Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1633, France. PIERRE SEGUIER. Unsigned. Cast AE 74mm. Obv: a high-relief bust, in ecclesiastical robes, facing right. Rev: Two allegorical females by a flaming altar. Leg: CONVENIVNT CERTANTQVE SIMVL. A pleasing, probably somewhat later cast. Nearly extremely fine. $400. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10397986

 

1893, Great Britain, Denmark. VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF DENMARK TO THE CITY OF LONDON. By Frank Bowcher. Bronze 77mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Christian IX and Louise facing right. Rev: Londinia seated. BHM 3454, Welch 26, Eimer 1783, Fearon 344.4. 450 specimens struck. Light handling, but generally pleasing. $175. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2018)

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SKU: 10399537

 

1855, Great Britain. RICHARD SAINTHILL, 1787-1869, Numismatist and Antiquarian. By Leonard Charles Wyon. AE 58mm. Obv: Head of Richard Sainthill facing right. Rev: A female welcoming a girl and parting a curtain to reveal an old man. BHM2571, Eimer 1501. Patina slightly uneven, extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399895

 

1814, Great Britain/Europe. THE PRINCE REGENT AND ENGLAND GIVES PEACE TO THE WORLD. By George Mills and ?tienne Jacques Dubois. WM 41mm. Obv: Head of the Prince Regent facing left. Rev: Britannia, seated, hands a laurel branch to a personification of the World. Mudie 28, BHM 776, Bramsen 1438, Eimer 1047, Fearon -. Scarce in white metal. A little dullness in the fields of the obverse, extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400344

 

1960, U.S.A. NATIVITY. By Adlai S. Hardin. AE 73mm. Obv: Three shepherds gaze skywards as the Angel (out of view) speaks to them. Rev: A nativity scene with a star in the background. Sixty-second issue of the Society of Medalists. Edge B. Alexander 62.1. Reported production of 930 in bronze. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box with a descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $65. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398120

 

1944, U.S.A. INSPIRATION – ASPIRATION. By Richard Recchia. Silver 50mm. Obv: The bust of a young man, his mind stretching upwards to and beyond the flight of the wings of imagination. Rev: A youth standing on a pinnacle and straining upwards towards the stars. Twenty-ninth issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 891 50mm medals in silver. In a cardboard box with its descriptive leaflet. A little rubbing on the high points of the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $160. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S5-11

 

1972, U.S.A. WORLD POPULATION CRISIS. By Sten Jacobsson. Bronze 73mm. Obv: A Christ-like figure set against a multitude of people. Rev: Playful figures from a simpler time. Eighty-fifth issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 1,333 in bronze. Alexander 85.1. $30. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S8-9

 

1929, France. CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET M?TIERS. By Henri Auguste Jules Patey. Silvered-AE plaquette 49mm x 68mm. Obv: A femaly personification of Technology opens a cupboard to revewal various instruments and models to a group of students and professors. Rev: A cartouche and oak branch above a large building. Obverse as Cat. Gen. vol 3 299/D. Richly toned. $90. Sorry, SOLD

Henri Auguste Jules Patey, sculptor and medallist was born in Paris in 1855. In 1873 he entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. He studied sculpture under Capu and medal engraving under Chaplain. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome, for medal engraving, in 1881. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exposition of 1889 and a gold medal at the Exposition of 1900. In 1896 he succeeded Lagrange as engraver-general of coins. Patey was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. He died in 1930. ? Silvered-AE plquette 49mm x 68mm. Obv: A femaly personification of Technology opens a cupboard to revewal various instruments and models to a group of students and professors. Rev: A cartouche and oak branch above a large building. Obverse as Cat. Gen. vol 3 299/D. Richly toned. $150 ? ? Henri Auguste Jules Patey, sculptor and medallist was born in Paris in 1855. In 1873 he entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. He studied sculpture under Capu and medal engraving under Chaplain. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome, for medal engraving, in 1881. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exposition of 1889 and a gold medal at the Exposition of 1900. In 1896 he succeeded Lagrange as engraver-general of coins. Patey was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. He died in 1930.

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SKU: E-0589-1

 

1731, Great Britain. SECOND TREATY OF VIENNA. By John Croker. bronze 47mm. Obv: Laureate head of George II facing left. Rev: Neptune in his conch drawn by four sea-horses. MI II 496/39, plate CL/9, Eimer 523, VL suppl. 58, Brockmann 871. Nearly extremely fine. $350. Sorry,SOLD

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SKU: S10–3

 

1963, U.S.A. MARK HOPKINS (1809-1887), Educator and Theologian. By Joseph E. Renier. AE 76mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of Mark Hopkins. Rev: Two seated figures reading. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $40. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 11-Jan

 

1961, U.S.A. DAVID AND GOLIATH. By Nathaniel Choate. AE 73mm. Obv: Seated figure of Goliath with a sword and shield. Rev: David, seated besides Goliath’s severed head, cleaning his sword. Sixty-fourth issue of the Society of Medalists. Edge B. Alexander 64.1. Reported production of 925. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box with a descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $70. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S5-12

 

1963, U.S.A. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809-1865, President. By Anthony de Francisci. AE 76mm. Obv: Head of Abraham Lincoln facing right. Rev: A group of nude figures; in the background: a pair of hands in a broken shackle before the rising son. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $160. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S15–4

 

1954, U.S.A. SOCRATES AND PLATO. By Ivan Mestrovic. AE 73mm. OBV: Socrates seated with three disciples. REV: Plato writing on a tablet. Fiftieth issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 690 in bronze. Edge F. Alexander 50.2 In a Society of Medalists box with its descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S5-13

 

1937, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 69mm. OBVERSE: A workman, and a female holding a palette and brushes, before the head of Marianne. REVERSE: A hammer and olive branch before a caduceus and two lighted torches. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? volume 3 382/B. $195. —————– Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a Duexi?me second Grand Prix in 1914, a Premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the completion in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died in 1968.

Price: $195.00

SKU: 51019-TC-1

 

1908, Belium/Belgian Congo. TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST COLONISTS IN THE BELGIAN CONGO. Unsigned (by Fernand Dubois). Plaquette AE 48mm x 54mm. Obv: ?A seated female, before her: nude youth taking the hand of another female. Rev: A man and woman decorating a monument. Published by the Societe Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Medaille d’Art. Buchet & Toussaint 21, Vancraenbroek 78. Extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-1137-1