Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

France. VICTOIRE. By Léon-Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2021)

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

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SKU: A4906-15934-LS

 

1986 (edge stamp). France. CORDES SUR CIEL. By Yves Brayer. Bronze 71mm. $60. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024)

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SKU: 8783-17115-2B

 

1714, Great Britain. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE I. By John Croker. Silver 34mm. Obv: Laureate bust of George I facing right. Rev: Britainnia placing a crown on the king’s head. Variety with stops instead of colons in the obverse legend. Eimer 470, Fearon 165.5. MI II 423/8, plate CXXXIX/7, Wollaston x, Reported mintage of 1,200. $300. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2020)

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SKU: 15879-JG

 

1702, England. ACCESSION OF QUEEN ANNE. By John Croker. Copper 37mm. Obv: Crowned bust facing left. Rev: A heart within a chain of of hearts set against roses. MI II 227/3, pl CXV/3, Eimer 389. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15815-JG

 

France. VICTORY. By ?douard Fraisse (1880-1945). Uniface gilt-bronze 53mm x 53mm. Set into a cardboard case (Apparently glued in place). $35. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023). ————- ?douard Fraisse was born on May 14 1880 at Beaune. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. Fraisse collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was admitted to the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, where he won a gold medal in 1937. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1929. Fraisse died in Paris on September 13 1945

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SKU: 3734-17567-4B

 

Belgium. SOCI?T? F?LINE DES FLANDRES, GAND. By Huguenin. Gilt-bronze 40mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2023)

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SKU: 3328-18611-2B

 

1972 (Edge stamp), France. ST. JOAN OF ARC. By Fran?ois-Paul Niclausse. Bronze 77mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 4 1389/A. $60. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)————– Fran?ois-Paul (Paul) Niclausse was born on May 26 1879 at Metz (then annexed to the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian Wat). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris under Ponscarme and Gabriele-Jules Thomas and later joined the faculty as a professor. He was elected as a member of the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts and became a Soci?taire of the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, where he received an honorable mention in 1898 and a bronze medal in 1900. Niclausse was eventually made a chevalier de la L?gion d’honneur. He died at Paris on November 1 1958.

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SKU: 8859-17760-4B

 

France and Colonies. SUPPORT OF FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS IN WORLD WAR I. By Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931). Bronze 68mm. Ruedas 214. $150. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2023)——– Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: 1869-18249-11A

 

1895, France. THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909). Silver (stamped 2ARGENT on its edge) 65mm. $375. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ———— Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, medalist, sculptor and craftsman was born in Paris in 1856. He initially trained as a jeweler, then worked under a medallist. This led him to entering L??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied medal engraving from 1871 ? 1876 in the studio of Hubert Ponscarme. Charpentier first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 with a portrait medallion of his mother and in 1879 exhibited ?Tireur d?Arc,? a bas-relief, which was purchased by Alexandre Dumas. He with Ponscarme, Louis-Oscar Roty and others was responsible for the resurgence of medallic art in France in the late 19th century. Charpentier died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1909.

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SKU: 18858-4B

 

1922, Belgium. CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF BRUSSELS. By Godefroid Devresse. Bronze 70mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) —————— Godefroid Devreese was one of Belgium’s most prolific medallists. He was born at Courtrai in 1861. He studied sculpture under his father and later at the Academy of Brussels. In 1885 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome. In 1889 he won the first Grand Prix for sculpture at the Academy of Brussels and a gold medal at the International Exposition in Cologne. A brief biography and a complete catalogue of his medallic works is provided in GODEFROID DEVRESE 1861-1941 by Poels, Vandamme and Van Dreiessche.

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SKU: 18853-4B

 

1891, France. SOCI?T? DE VITICULTURE DE L?AIN. Silver 39mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022)

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SKU: 2336-15487-5A

 

France.ICE SKATING. By Holy Fr?res. Bronze 50mm. $40. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024)

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SKU: 6207-16886-5A

 

1870, Great Britain. Art Union of London. CHARLES ROBERT LESLIE (1794-1859), painter. By Alfred Benjamin Wyon. Silver 55mm. Obv: Bust of Charles Robert Leslie facing right. Rev: Detail from Leslie’s “The Sentry Box.”From the Art Union of London series. Beaulah 19, BHM 2911, Eimer 1608. In its original case. $800. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2021)

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SKU: 17501-5a

 

France. TRIBUTE TO SANTOS-DUMONT. By Raoul Lamourdedieu. Bronze plaquette 71mm x 55mm. $295. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2023). ———– Raoul Eug?ne Lamourdedieu (1877-1953) was born at Faugerolles (Lot-et-Garonne). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts at Bordeaux. He won the Prix de la Ville de Bordeaux at the age of twenty. He moved to Paris and studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts. Be became a professor at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, a member of La Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d?Automne. He created numerous medals and sculpture in carved wood and other materials.

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SKU: 8066-19114-6B

 

France. BIMILLENIUM OF LYON. By Paul Penin (1921-?). Silver 50mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2023) ———

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SKU: 17182-8A