Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1840, France. THE TRANSFER OF NAPOLEON?S REMAINS TO LES INVALIDES. By Jean Pierre Montagny. Bronze 42mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing left. Rev: A winged female holding wreaths above a decorated monument. Edge: The prow of a ship (1842-1845). Bramsen 1981. Extremely fine. $140. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398387

 

1881, Great Britain. INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION. By Leonard Charles Wyon and John Pinches after L.F. Day. Silver 46mm. Obv: Draped, diademed head of Victoria facing left. Rev: A cartouche, crab, fish and seaweed. BHM 3111 R.Cleaned, nearly extremely fine. $200.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399514

 

ALLEN, Leslie Lewis. The World?s Show. Coincraft?s Catalogue of Crystal Palace Medals and Tokens 1851-1936. London, 2000. 276 pages, profusely illustrated. 8.5? x 11.25?. $60. Sorry, SOLD A well-researched and comprehensive listing of medals associated with the Crystal Palace.

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SKU: 10399560

 

1889, Great Britain. AWARD BY ?PHOTOGRAPHY.? AE 39mm. Obv: A female seated behind a camera. Rev: Inscription. Color slightly uneven, extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400044

 

1974, U.S.A. CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS / CHINESE LANDSCAPE. By Stanley Bleifeld. AE 73mm. Obv: Chinese philosophers. Rev: A Chinese landscape.? Society of medalists issue 90. (Issue of 1,300). In a cardboard box (no leaflet). Extremely fine. $40. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398860

 

1979, U.S.A/Great Britain. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE?S EXPLORATION OF CALIFORNIA. AE 76mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of Sir Francis Drake. Rev: A ship under sail. Extremely fine. $60.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400403

 

Undated (circa 1845), Germany. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. By E. Gatteaux for the Paris Mint. AE 50mm. Obv: Bust, left. Rev: A lyre. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399490

 

GIORDANO, Joseph S. Portraits of a Prince. Coins, Medals, and Banknotes of Edward VIII. London, 2010. 679 pages, illustrated throughout, laminated boards. $85. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398352

 

Undated (circa 1840s), Great Britain. YORK MINSTER. By Joseph Davis. AE 61mm. Obv: Exterior view of the Minster. Rev: Interior view of the Minster. BHM -, Taylor 13c. A couple of spot, extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399156

 

1675, France. BATTLE NEAR THE BRIDGE AT ALTENHEIM. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Victory brandishing a sword with one hand and holding a laurel wreath with the other; a river god at her side. Divo 147, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 147. Rounded edge. Extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398950

 

Undated (Circa 1930s), Netherlands. DOG AWARD. AE 40mm. OBV: An Afghan Hound. REV: Initials: N.V.O.W. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399789

 

Undated (1801), Great Britain/Ireland. UNION OF IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN. By Kempson and Kindon. AE 48mm. Obv: Draped, laureate bust of George III facing right. Rev: Britannia seated with a rudder. BHM 527. Some contact marks, nearly extremely fine. $225 ?Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399969

 

Undated (1942), France. BACCHANTE. By Georges Crouzat. Uniface, silvered-bronze plaquette 90mm x 49mm. Obv: A nude female, seated beside a grape vine, with a bowl and a bunch of grapes. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 112/B. Extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD Georges Crouzat was born in 1904. He was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and received an honorable mention in 1928. Crouzat died in 1976.

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SKU: 10398027

 

1913, France. PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD. By F?lix Rasumny. Silver 40mm. Obv: A seated female in a photographic laboratory. Rev: An engraved cartouche and a branch.Nearly extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD F?lix Rasumny sculptor and medallist was born at Sebastapol in 1869 and was naturalized in France. He was a student of Millet, Gauthier and Tasset. He began exhibiting at the Salon in 1889 and becase a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1907. He became a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1933. Rasumny died in 1940.

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SKU: 10400724

 

1885, Great Britain. NATIONAL INVENTIONS AND MUSIC EXHIBITION. By L.C. Wyon. AE 45mm. Obv: Diademed, veiled bust of Victoria, left. Rev: Two figures symbolizing invention and music. BHM 3198. Cased. Extremely fine. ?$125 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399908