Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

France. DENIS DIDEROT Philosopher and Man of Letters. Copper 41mm. From the series of medals “Galerie Metallique des Grands Hommes Fran?ais.” $40. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022).

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SKU: 7887-9B

 

1935, France. EXPEDITION OF THE JEANNE D’ARC TO CLIPPERTON, an uninhabited atoll and France’s only territory in the North Pacific. Bronze 52mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2025)

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SKU: 44093-11C

 

France, Egypt. CREDIT FONCIER EGYPTIEN. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Embossed bronze 93mm. $250. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)

Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13, 1885, at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

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SKU: 18494-8B

 

1927, Germany. CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. By Morel. Uniface bronze plaquette 64mm x 80mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

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SKU: 2571-19180-9B

 

France. ST. JOAN OF ARC. Indistinct signature. Bronze 59mm. $60. Sorry, SOLD September, 2023)

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SKU: 6559-19066-9B

 

1930, Algeria. CENTENARY OF ALGERIA. By Pierre-Marie Poisson (1876-1953). Bronze 70mm. Escande 200. $150. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2021)

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SKU: 9830-16181-5T

 

1963, Greece. MILLENIUM OF THE MONASTIC COMMUNITY OF MOUNT ATHOS. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 664/B. $125. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2025)

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors.  He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy. He later studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

 

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SKU: 30842-8C

 

1802, France. NAPOLEON – TREATY OF AMIENS. By Jeuffroy. Copper 68mm. Bramsen 218, Julius 1093, Schwering 923, Tresor 90/9. $275. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2024)

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SKU: 30841-8C

 

1931, France. EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE. By ?douard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Bronze 68mm. $375. Sorry, SOLD —————- ?douard-Pierre Blin was born on August 30 1877 at Chartres. He studied under Chaplain, Peter, Bott?e and Hector Lemarie. He won several distinctions as a medallist and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Blin died in Paris in 1946.

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SKU: 17324-5A

 

France, Egypt. JEAN-PHILIPPE LAUER, Architect and Egyptologist. Bronze 70mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2025)

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SKU: 30815-8C

 

1903, United States. THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. Bronze 76mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 30868-8C

 

France, Switzerland. SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES. By Georges Simon. Bronze 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1737/E. $75. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)

Georges Simon was born in Paris in 1906. He studied at the École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Paris under Henri Dropsy. He worked with Lavriellier, Gregroire and Bazor. He exhibited at the Salon des Artists Français where he received a mention in 1936 and a bronze medal in 1939.He was an engraver and later master-engraver at the Paris Mint from 1931-1971. Simon died in 1982.

 

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SKU: 5421-16048-6T

 

France. SPECTER A LA ROSE. By Maurice Charpentier-Mio (1881-1976). Uniface bronze with prop for standing. 45mm x 60mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 87/7. It comes with a small prop that screws into its back, so it can be displayed standing up. $250. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023) ———- Maurice Charpentier-Mio, French sculptor, was born in 1881. He was a member of the Acad?mie Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He is most noted for his works in terracotta. Charpentier-Mio died in 1976.

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SKU: 2384-18847-4B

 

France. VEND?ENNE. By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 354/E. $90. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022) ———– From Robert- M?rignac?s series of plaquettes depicting women in regional costumes of France: Alsacienne, Angevine, Auvergnate, Boulonnaise, Bourbonnaise, Bressane, Bretone, Catalane, Charentaise, Limousine, Lorraine, Normanide, Olonnaise, Poitevine, Proven?ale, Saintongeaise, Vend?enne. —————-

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

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SKU: 0108-16087-2T

 

Belgium. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ANTWERP. BY Floris de Cuyper. Bronze 65mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022)

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SKU: 8158-17533-6A