Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

192 pages. Lavishly illustrated with several color plates. Card covers. Used.?$35 Sorry, SOLD??????????????????????????????? ????????? An outstanding work that traces the history of the medal as an art form. This is a work that should be in the library of every serious connoisseur of medallic art.

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SKU: 10400198

 

1828, Great Britain. RESTORATION OF WINDSOR CASTLE. By A.J. Stothard. AE 72mm. Obv: Head of George IV facing right. Rev: A view of Windsor Castle. BHM 1337, Eimer 1202, Taylor 131a. Good very fine. $675. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400465

 

1936, Germany. OLYMPIC GAMES PARTICIPANT?S MEDAL. By Otto Placzek. AE 70mm. Obv: Five figures in a parallel pose behind each other. Rev: The Olympic Bell. Extremely fine. $375. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400440

 

1830, France/Algeria. THE CONQUEST OF ALGIERS. By Armand Auguste Caqu?. AE-gilt 41mm. Obv: Two female figures flying above a seahorse. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. BDM 1/343. Escande 5 (AE), Dogan collection 6497 (AE). Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398337

 

1761, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE III. Unsigned. Silver 41mm. Obv: Cuirassed bust of George III facing left. Rev: Bust of Charlotte facing right. BHM 30, Eimer 692.Nearly Extremely fine. $750. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399242

 

1902, Great Britain. CORONATION OF EDWARD VII. By Fuchs. Silver 39mm. Obv: Conjoined, crowned busts, right. Rev: Britannia seated with Westminster Abbey in the background. BHM 3772. Cased. Matt finish. Toned, extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD ??

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SKU: 10400462

 

1900, France. THE TURNING OF THE CENTURY ? THE PARIS MINT. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. Silver 51mm. Obv: A putto holding up a lighted torch and leaning against a screw press. Rev: Clio, seated in clouds and attended by a small child, recording the ?1900? in a book. Vide Tempus in Nummis vol. 2 p. 28. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 172/D. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD Jean-Baptiste Daniel Dupuis, French painter, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1849. At the age of seventeen he entered l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. In 1868 he won second Prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. He was made an officer of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1898. Dupuis died tragically in 1899. He was shot in his sleep by his wife, who had a history of mental illness. His wife then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide. Daniel-Dupuis created an extensive body of medallic works. ?

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SKU: 10398113

 

1914, U.S.A. TERCENTENARY OF NEW YORK CITY. By Paul Manship. AE 70mm. Obv: A seated female. Rev: An early settled and a native American with a ship in the background. Baxter 361. In its original book-like holder. 11th issue of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion. Small label on the cover of the holder. Extremely fine. $325. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399708

 

1881, Great Britain. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF GEORGE STEPHENSON. By T.P. Chapman. WM 45mm.? Obv: Bust of George Stephenson facing left. Rev: A locomotive pulling wagons. Variety with exergue inscription: THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE THAT EVER PULLED A PASSENGER TRAIN.? BHM 3096, Eimer 1681B, Moyaux 40. Nearly extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399893

 

1797, France/Italy. LIGURIA REUNITED WITH FRANCE. By Hieronymus Vassallo. AE 63mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of Napoleon facing left. Rev: Bust of C. Guglielmo Faipoult, Minister of Finance facing left. Hennin 791, d?Essling 717, Julius 543, Schwering 765. Slight die crack on the obverse. Choice, extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399551

 

Undated (1880), France. MINERVE. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. Silvered-AE 68mm. Obv: Genii either side of Minerva. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. In its original case with a decorative gilt embossed border. Extremely fine. $275.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398195

 

Undated (circa 1820), France. LOUIS XVIII AND HENRI IV. By E. Dubois. Silver 17mm. Obv: Head of Louis XVIII facing left. Rev: Bust of Henri IV facing right. Cf. Collignon 127. Toning uneven, nearly extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400627

 

1809, France/Italy. THE BUILDING OF A ROAD FROM NICE TO ROME. By Bertrand Andrieu and Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: Vibilia seated on the road. Bramsen 690, D?Essling 1202, Julius 1846, Schwering 1112, Todd 60, Zeitz 94. Extremely fine. $175.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399379

 

1795, France. MEMORIAL TO LOUIS-CHARLES, SECOND SON OF LOUIS XVI. By Daniel Friedrich Loos. Silver 30mm. Obv: Bust of the Prince facing left. Rev: Fame inscribing a monument revealed by a drawn-back curtain. Hennin 664, Julius 446, Schwering 739. Nearly extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD ?

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SKU: 10398993

 

1915, Germany. GENERAL VON HINDENBURG. Unsigned. Uniface plaquette AE 48mm x 65mm. Obv: Half figure of Hindenburg in uniform and wearing a cap. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD ?

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SKU: 10400252