Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

France. SAINT-CHRISTOPHE. By Albert Herbemont (1874-1953). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? 208/C. $90. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023) —————- Albert Herbemont was born in 1874 and was a pupil of Ponscarme. He won a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1923. Herbemont was a founding member of the Soci?t? Fran?ais des Amis de la M?daille. Herbemont died in 1953.

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SKU: 6299-16877-11A

 

France. BEE KEEPING – LE RUCHER DE P?RIGORD. By E. Tellier and L.O. Matt?i. Silvered-bronze 48mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2021)

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SKU: A1399-15712-1T

 

France. FAUNESSE A LA COLOMBE (Female Faun with a Dove). By Georges Crouzat (1904-1976). Uniface bronze plaquette 71mm x 26mm Two holes drilled into its bottom edge (probably originally attached to a plinth). Catalogue Général Illustré vol 3 112/C. $125. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2022).

Georges Crouzat (1904-1976) was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a sociétaire des Artistes Français and received an honorable mention in 1928.

 

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SKU: 17309-8A

 

1975 (edge stamp), France. LES FROMAGES DE FRANCE. (The Cheeses of France). By Andr? Chevalard. Bronze 68mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 4 397/F. $75. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2021)

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SKU: K6884-15713-1T

 

1924, France. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLUB ALPIN. By A. Penin. Silvered-bronze 68mm x 50mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2021)

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SKU: Q7365-12988-8S

 

1857, Great Britain. Art Union of London. WILLIAM CHAMBERS (1723-1796), architect. By Benjamin Wyon after Westmacott . Silver 55mm. Obv: Bare head of William Chambers facing right. Rev: Fa?ade of Somerset House. From the Art Union of London series. Beaulah 9. BHM 2596 RRR, Taylor 52a, Eimer 1516, Beaulah 9. $600. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2021)

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SKU: 17395-5A

 

1937, Great Britain. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE VI. By Percy Metcalfe. Silver 32mm. Matt finish. Obv: Crowned bust of George VI, left. Rev: Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II, left. BHM 4314, Eimer 2046, Wollaston 29, Fearon 388.1. Rare with a matt finish. $60. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2020)

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SKU: 15851-JG

 

Algeria. CENTENARY OF ALGERIA – COMIT? DE L?AFRIQUE FRAN?AIS CONGRES DE LA COLONISATION. By Louis Desvignes (1877-1934). Bronze 58mm. Escande 132. $175. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2021) —– Louis Desvignes, sculptor and medallist,was born on November 14 1877 at Creusot (Sa?ne-et-Loire), He was a student of Raoul. Verlet, Paul Auban and Henri Dubois at l’?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris . He was a soci?taire du Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a gold medal in 1932. Desvignes died in Paris on June 22, 1934.

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SKU: Q8265-16058-1T

 

France, LE HAVRE. By Pierre-Marie Poisson. Silvered-bronze 76mm. Classens 112. Cased. $150. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2024)

 

Pierre-Marie Poisson was born on 19 November 1876 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later moved to Paris to study sculpture. He received a scholarship for the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria in 1908. He worked primarily as a sculptor and only turned to creating medals later in his career.

 

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SKU: 7666-19055-9B

 

1933, France. INTERNATIONAL CAT SHOW. Unsigned. Bronze 50mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)

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SKU: 7953-17385-5A

 

1931, France and colonies. INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL EXPOSITION. By Lucien Bazor. Bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: Marianne with three figures representing the French colonies. REVERSE: A plan of the exposition site. Maier 330. Cased. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 6693-19189-9B

 

1989, Finland. CENTENARY OF THE UNIVERSITY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION. Bronze 80mm. $60. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2023)

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SKU: 4043-16455-9B

 

France. PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA. By Raymond Delamarre. Uniface silvered-bronze octogon 75mm x 75mm. $600. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022)

Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8, 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’École des beaux-arts de Paris. He was also a student of Rodin. He was mobilized in World War I and was wounded and captured in 1914. He returned to Paris following the war and won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He exhibited at the international expositions of 1925, 1931 and 1937. Delamarre is noted for large scale sculptures, and a bas-relief, Les Arts et Monuments Régionau on the liner ‘Normandie.”   He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28, 1986. Delamarre’s works, including his medals are discussed and illustrated in RAYMOND DELAMARRE, Sculpteur et Médailleur By Claire Maingon. Rennes, 1924

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SKU: 18830-3B

 

France. PRINTEMPS. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Uniface cast bronze 66mm x 66mm. Maier 321. $750. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2022)

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 École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition 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 Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

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SKU: 5274-17341-5A

 

France. THÉATRE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 3 137/J. $300. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022)

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

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SKU: 17323-5A