Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1871, Great Britain. MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS LOUISE AND THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. By Joseph Sheppard Wyon. AE 63mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne facing left. Rev: Two crowned shields. BHM 2916, Eimer 1613, W&E 1147. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398707

 

1818, India/Great Britain. PINDAREE & MAHRATTA CONFEDERACY DEFEATED. By William Wyon after Peter Rouw. AE 41mm. Obv: Head of the Marquis of Hastings facing left. Rev: Victory in a chariot drawn by two winged lions. Puddester 818.1, BHM 974, Eimer 1108. This medal was possibly intended for inclusion in Mudie?s series of ?National Medals.? Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398632

 

1680, France. THE MARRIAGE OF THE DAUPHIN TO MARIE-ANNE OF BAVARIA. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Busts vis ? vis of the Dauphin and Marie-Anne of Bavaria. Divo 181, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 181. Die flaw on the obverse, near the rim at 8 o’clock. “Sharp,” straight edge. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400364

 

1966, U.S.A. WILLIAM PENN, 1644-1718, Landholder and Philosopher. By Edward R. Grove. AE 76mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of William Penn in a hat. Rev: A ship. Form the series of medals of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $55. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400976

 

1662, France. THE ABOLITION OF DUELLING. By Jean Mauger. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Justice with her sword and scales. Divo 67, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 67. “Sharp,” flat edge. Slight die flaw. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399050

 

1810, France. THE STATUE OF DESAIX.? By Bertrand Andrieu and Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: A heroic statue of Desaix; a sphinx?s head, obelisk and standard in the background. Bramsen 976, D?Essling 1321, Julius 2305, Schwering 1229, Todd p.93, Zeitz 116. Extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399403

 

Undated (1930). CHIEN SANS PEUR. By Victor Peter. AE 51mm. Obv: A seated dog. Rev: An inscription on a circular compartment within a wreath. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 310/F. Light cabinet friction. $75.? Sorry, SOLD Victor Peter was born at Paris in 1840. He studied art over the objections of his parents. He was a pupil of S?bastien Cornu, Devaulx and Falgui?re. He exhibited at the Salon and won a medal in 1879. He won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. He was an artist who worked in various media. As a medallist, Peter is best known for his depictions of animals. He became professor of sculpture at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts in 1901 and was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur. Peter died in 1918.

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SKU: 10400827

 

1970, Germany. 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Composer, 1770-1821. Published by Huguenin. AE 50mm. Obv: Facing bust of Ludwig van Beethoven. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $20. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398161

 

1937, Straits Settlements. CORONATION OF GEORGE VI. AE-gilt 36mm. OBV: Crowned, conjoined busts of George VI and Elizabeth facing left. REV: Three plumes. Extremely fine. ?$125 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399484

 

1820, Great Britain. GEORGE III MEMORIAL. By J. Marrian. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate, cuirassed bust of George III facing left. Rev: Britannia mourning in front of a monument. BHM 997. This medal was used by Sir Edward Thomason to add George III to in his reissue of Dassier?s set of the medals of the Kings and Queens of England.? Extremely fine. $90??Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400069

 

1832, Great Britain. THE REFORM BILL. By Benjamin Wyon. AE 51mm. Obv: Liberty, kneeling, handing a scroll inscribed “REFORM” to Britannia. A medallion with the head of William IV above an inscribed monument. Rev: An inscription within a wreath with a crown above and the arms of the City of London below. BHM 1603, Welch 3, Eimer 1254. Extremely fine. ($135) Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399948

 

1932, Germany. HUNTING MEDAL. Uniface oval, iron 62mm x 72mm. Obv: The head of a wolf. Pierced twice for mounting. Extremely fine. $75

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SKU: 10398772

 

Undated (circa 1936), France. CONCOURS DE P?CHE. By Charles-Louis Virion. AE 50mm. Obv?: Three fish. Rev?: A circular, inscribed compartment. Various itesm of fishing equipment. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 400/B. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD ? Louis Virion, French sculptor, medallist and ceramist, was born at Ajaccio (Corsica) in 1865. He studied under Aub? and Charles Gautier. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a third class medal in 1895. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exposition in 1900. Virion died in 1946. ?

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SKU: 10398480

 

1931, France/Australia. THE LAUNCHING OF THE AVISO D?ENTRECASTEAUX. By Anie Mouroux. AE 50mm. Obv: Bust, facing right, of Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, 1739-1793, navigator and explorer of the Australian coast. Rev: A broadside view of the Aviso D?Entrecasteaux. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 283/F. Nearly extremely fine. $120.? Sorry, SOLD Anie Mouroux was born in Paris in 1887. She was a student at ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1919 she was the first female to compete for the Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving. She became a professor at the ?cole des Beaux Arts at Casablanca and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Mouroux died in 1978.

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SKU: 10398100

 

1.???? 1964, France. Crit?rium Cercle de Yachting ? Voile du Grand Large. By Augis. AE-gilt. 50mm.Obv: The bust of a youth, wearing a laurel wreath and facing left above a circular compartment showing a yacht under sail.?? Cased. ?Extremely fine. $30. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10401015