Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Austria. SIGMUND FREUD. By Karl Maria Schwerdter. Bronze 60mm. BDM 5/441.$295. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022)

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SKU: 3413-16872-3A

 

1845, Great Britain. WILLIAM III – THE CHURCH, THE CROWN AND THE COTTAGE – PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY. By Allen and Moore. White metal 61mm. Unrecorded in BHM. Slight edge bump on the reverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 8281-16847-3A

 

1930, France: AERO CLUB DE FRANCE ET SYDICAT DE LA PRESSE PARISIENNE – NATIONAL DAY OF AVIATION, VINCENNES. Unsigned. Silvered-bronze 64mm x 54mm. $160. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2019).

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SKU: Q9789-15043-8S

 

1848, Great Britain. Art Union of London. WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764), painter and printmaker. By Leonard Charles Wyon (obverse after a sculpture by Louis-Fran?ois Roubiliac). Bronze 55mm. Obv: Draped bust of Hogarth wearing a cap and facing right. Rev: Two rival canvassers soliciting a voter (a detail from Hogarth’s painting “The Election”). Plain edge. Beaulah 4, BHM 2301, Eimer 1427. In an Art Union of London case. $225. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021)

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SKU: 17796-9A

 

1937, Great Britain. ABANDONED CORONATION OF EDWARD VIII. By John Pinches. Silver 28mm. Giordano CM246c, BHM 4291, W&E 6682. Proof-like finish (not captured well in the picture). $60. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2021)

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SKU: 15798-4A

 

France. NATATION. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Pair of medals: Bronze 50mm, 23.5mm. Some glue residue on the reverse of each. $175. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2023)

This medal is from a series of medals created by Mascaux, related to various sporting events, for the Art exhibition held at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. He departed from the traditional representation of the events and selected various animals to capture the essence of each sport. His designs are discussed in an article in the February 1924 issue of Art et Décoration.

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882,  He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts Déoratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

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SKU: 6135-16421-2B

 

France. APPLE HARVESTING. By Adolphe Rivet (1855-1908). Bronze 68mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022).

Adolphe Rivet, sculptor and medallist, was born at Veletz (Corrèze) on July 30 1855. He was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Jules Cavelier, Hubert Ponscarme and Oscar Roty. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he received an honorable mention in 1888 and a second class medal in 1908. He died at Gentilly (Seine) on November 8, 1925

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SKU: 1352-16243-7A

 

France. PORTEUSE DE FLEURS. By Pierre Turin. Bronze, octagonal 71mm. OBVERSE: A woman carrying a basket of flowers on her shoulder. REVERSE: Presentation inscription. Maier 323, Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 383/K, Classens 130. $200. Sorry, SOLD

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

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SKU: 51020-TC

 

1863, Great Britain. ENTRY OF PRINCESS ALEXANDRA INTO THE CITY OF LONDON – Miniature version. By J.S. and A.B. Wyon. Bronze 17mm. BHM 2784 RRR. $300. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2024)

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SKU: 51015-3D

 

France. SOCI?T? DES AGRICULTEURS DE FRANCE. By Robert Cochet (1903-1988). Silvered-bronze 41mm. In its original box. $35. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ———- Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26 1988.

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SKU: 9156-16828-3A

 

1980, Belgium. PAUL DELVAUX, painter. By Quérolle. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Plated copper 82mm. Number 49 of an edition of 100. $90. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2024)

Madeleine-Pierre Qu?rolle, painter sculptor and medallist was born in 1914. He studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs de Nice and later at the ?cole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Jandon and Lafaye. His output of medals is quite extensive.

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SKU: 0957-20295-4C

 

1783, France. FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF A HYDROGEN BALLOON. By Gatteaux. Copper 42mm Malpas 3. $200. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023)

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SKU: 20618-2C

 

France. World War I. LE RHIN FRAN?AIS. By Raoul Eug?ne Lamourdedieu (1877-1953). Bronze 50mm. $80. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2023). ———– Raoul Eug?ne Lamourdedieu (1877-1953) was born at Faugerolles (Lot-et-Garonne). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts at Bordeaux. He won the Prix de la Ville de Bordeaux at the age of twenty. He moved to Paris and studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts. Be became a professor at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, a member of La Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d?Automne. He created numerous medals and sculpture in carved wood and other materials.

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SKU: 18865-4B

 

1860, France. NAPOLEON III – INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, BESAN?ON. By Antoine Bovy. Copper 50mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 17737-8A

 

France. PAIX & COMPAGNIE, Petroleom. By Ovide Yencesse. Bronze 50mm. OBVERSE: A seated female before an altar. REVERSE: A Winged wheel and torch. $125. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023) ———- Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947) was born at Dijon. He studied under Ponscarme, Thomas and Levillain at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was director of the ?cole des Beaux-Arts at Dijon. He won gold medals at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1900 and in 1920. Yencesse was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1900. Many of his medallic works have a distinctive, subtle effect using a soft, shallow relief.

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SKU: 1996-18867-4B