Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1966, U.S.A. NATURE PERENNIAL INSPIRATION. By Robert Lohman. Bronze 73mm. Obv: A female with her hand before her mouth; a figure in a tree in the background. Rev: Various figures. Seventy-third issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 807 in bronze. Alexander 73 variety with dark patina. Edge B. $70. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023)

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SKU: 0446-19085-6B

 

France. SOCI?T? FRATERNELLE DES AMIS DES ARBRES (Fraternal Society of Friends of Trees). By Ren? Baudichon (1878-1963). Bronze 63mm. $175. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022) ——— Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963

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SKU: 1196-16873-5A

 

1914, France, World War I. LA FRANCE AU DEVOUEMENT (France’s Devotion) ? PATRIE HUMANIT? (Patriotism and Humanity). By Hippolyte Lef?bvre (1863-1935). Bronze 58mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2020) ————Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. Lef?bvre won gold medals for medals that he exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exposition.

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SKU: K4602-15670-KS

 

1819, Great Britain. JAMES WATT, MEMORIAL. By George Mills. Bronze 46mm. BHM 983. $375. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 7116-19513-10B

 

1928, France. RALLYE AUTOMOBILE FEMININ. PARIS-STRASSBOURG. By Henry Demey (1888-1966). Bronze 50mm. Cased. $150. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2022)

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SKU: 16212-7A

 

1948, France. THE TRICENTENARY OF THE ANNEXATION OF ALSACE TO FRANCE ? TRIBUTE TO TURENNE. By Robert Cochet (1903-1988). Bronze 68mm. Cased. $120. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023) ——— 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: 16496-5A

 

U.S.A. DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE UNITED STATES. By Eli Harvey. Uniface bronze 89mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2024)

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SKU: 51064-T4

 

1842, Italy. ADELAIDE OF AUSTRIA, DUCHESS OF SAVOY – ALMS TO THE POOR. By J.D. Boehm. Bronze 38mm. Small nick on the rim on the obverse. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 1944-30260-5C

 

France. VILLE DE PARIS ? CONCOURS DE FA?ADES. By Charles Pillet. Silvered-bronze 70mm. $120. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ———- Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet, sculptor and medallist was born on 20 July 1869 in Paris . He studied under Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu and Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. He won the premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1890. He became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1898. In 1900 he won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Pillet was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1911. He won the Salon?s medal of honor in 1923. Pillet died in 1960.

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SKU: 18833-4B

 

1922, Monaco. CONCOURS D??LEGANCE AUTOMOBILES. By Tony Antoine Szirma? (1871-1938). Silver 64mm. Cased. $600. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) —— Tony Antoine Szirma? medallist and sculptor was born in Hungary in 1871. He entered the Budapest School of Decorative Arts, and later studied under Prof. Eberle at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Italy, where he studied under Prof. Kopf for two years at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome. In 1892 he- went to Paris and entered the studio of the Master Ernest Barrias. Szirma? died in 1938.

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SKU: J8658-15273-5S

 

France. LIMOUSINE. By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac (1858-1933). Bronze 51mm x 63mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? volume 3 353/G. $90. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2023). ———– 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: 9646-16085-2T

 

Undated (Late 19th century), Great Britain. NATIONAL HEALTH SOCIETY. By T.W. Cutler, produced by Ed. Geerts, Brussels. Heart-shaped bronze 57mm x 62mm. In a damaged case. $60. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022)

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SKU: 18681-3B

 

France. CHRISTOPHLE, PARIS. ORFEVRERIE (Silversmith). By Oscar Roty. Bronze-gilt plaquette 28mm x 58mm. $200. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ———– Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

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SKU: 18845-3B

 

France. LES AMIS DES ARTISTES. By Pierre Roche. Bronze 50mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ——– Pierre Roche, also called Fernand Massignon, was born in Paris in 1855. He studied under Roll, Dalou and Rodin. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, where he won a silver prize in 1900. He was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Roche died in Paris on January January 18, 1922.

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SKU: 19020-3B

 

1817, Great Britain. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, MEMORIAL. By John Hancock. White metal 38mm. Obv: Diademed bust of Princess Charlotte facing right. Rev: A funerary urn under a weeping willow tree. BHM 937. $45. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023).

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SKU: 17522-8B