Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1861, Great Britain. Art Union of London. SIR DAVID WILKIE, Painter. By Leonard Charles Wyon. Bronze 55mm. Obv: Draped bust of Wilkie facing right. Rev: A detail from Wilkie’s “The Village Politicians.” From the Art Union of London series of medals. Beaulah 13, BHM 2704, Eimer 1549. In an Art Union of London case. Extremely fine. $225 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400052

 

GREENSLET, Phil ?W. (Edited by David E. Schenkman). The Medals of Franklin ? A Catalog of Medals, Tokens, Medallions, and Plaques Issued in Honor of Franklin. Lake Mary, Florida, 1993. 232 pages, illustrated throughout. 8.75″ x 11.25″. Cloth-bound. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399686

 

Undated (1917), France. LES ?PROUV?S DE LA GUERRE (The trials of war). By Raoul Lamourdedieu. AE plaquette 70mm x 56mm. Obv: A disheveled female sits in a ruin, a child at her side. Rev: An allegorical female comforts a weeping woman, a child at her side; a nurse aiding a wounded soldier in the background. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 220/B. Extremely fine. $150.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398896

 

Undated (circa 1445), Italy. DOMENICO NOVELLO MALATESTA, LORD ?OF CESENA AND CERVIA. By Antonio Pisano, called Pisanello. Later cast AE 80mm. Obv:? Bust of Domenico Novello facing left. Rev: Dominco Novello, in armor, kneeling before a crucifix; his horse to the left. Nat. Gallery 15, Armand I 6/16, Hill Corpus 35. Nearly extremely fine. $375. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399255

 

1864, Great Britain. TERCENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. WM 41mm. Obv: Bust of Shakespeare facing left. Rev: View of his birthplace. BHM 2804. Slight cut in the obverse field, otherwise bright, extremely fine. $75 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400535

 

1802, France. RELIGION RE-ESTABLISHED. By Bertrand Andrieu. AE 50mm. Obv: Head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: A personification of France raising a seated figure of Religion. Bramsen 213, d?Essling 981, Julius 1083, Schwering 917. Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398733

 

1835, France. PIERRE-JEAN DAVID (DAVID D?ANGERS), Sculptor and Medallist. By ?mile Rogat. AE 42mm. Obv: Head of David d?Angers facing left. Rev: Inscription. Collignon 1097. Extremely fine, a very pleasing medal. $160. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398370

 

DRATWA, D. M?dailles ? theme juif de Belgique / Joodse penningen in Belgi?. [Jewish themes on Belgian medals 1555 ? 1995]. Bilingual in French and Flemish. Brussels, 1997. 100 pages, illustrated. Includes descriptions of 67 medals and an autobiographical essay by the medalist, Jacques Wiener. ? 8? x 12? card covers. Used. $30. Sorry, SOLD
? A catalog of an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.

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SKU: 10400382

 

Undated (circa 1920), U.S.A. / Belgium. TRIBUTE TO HERBERT HOOVER. By Godefroid Devreese. AE 77mm. Obv: Bust of Herbert Hoover facing left. Rev: Inscription within a continuous wreath of wheat. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD Godefroid Devreese was one of Belgium’s most prolific medallists. He was born at Courtrai in 1861. He studied sculpture under his father and later at the Academy of Brussels. In 1885 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome. In 1889 he won the first Grand Prix for sculpture at the Academy of Brussels and a gold medal at the International Exposition in Cologne. ??

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SKU: 10398717

 

1973, France/Australia. DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS. AE 68mm. Obv: Two platypuses. Rev: A platypus with its baby on its chest. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400853

 

1936, Great Britain. ABDICATION OF EDWARD VIII. By L.E. Pinches. Silvered-AE 36mm. Obv: Crowned bust facing right. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. BHM 4277. Giordano CM347c. In a contemporary cardboard box. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400485

 

1821, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE IV. ?By Antoine Desboeufs. AE 50mm. Obv: Laureate head of George IV facing right. Rev: A female holding a caduceus and crowning the king. BHM 1072. Extremely fine. $300 ? Sorry, SOLD ?

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SKU: 10400121

 

1820, Great Britain. QUEEN CAROLINE?S RETURN TO ENGLAND. By P. Kempson. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust, left. Rev: Britannia welcoming a ship. BHM 1021 RR, Eimer 1130. Nearly extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398088

 

1976, U.S.A. THE MAYFLOWER. By Anthony Notaro. AE 73mm. Obv: A family of pilgrims. Rev:? The Mayflower. Ninety-fourth issue of the Society of Medalists. 750 issued. Boxed with a descriptive pamphlet. Writing on the box (typical). Extremely fine. $55. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398299

 

Undated, (circa 1938), Great Britain. THE LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY, JACKSON PRIZE. By L.E. Pinches. AE 53mm. Obv: Facing bust of Herbert Jackson. Rev: A wing above roses and thistles. BHM 4392 R. Extremely fine. $125.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400531