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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

 

France. LA ROUTE. By Raymond Pelletier. Silver (edge stamped with a cornucopia and 1ARGENT) 50mm. OBV: A nude male holding a van. REV: A head-on view of a van. $175. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022).

Raymond Pelletier was born in 1908.  He studied at l’École Boulle. As a medallist, he worked primarily for a private company. In 1951 he was appointed as engraver at the mint in Lima, Peru. Pelletier died in 1958.

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SKU: 16840-4A

 

France. LE BOIS (Wood). By Georges Ridet (1906-1967). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 347/D. $65. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2022) ———— Georges Ridet was born in 1906. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts at Dijon and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rior des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He won a second Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1935. He received a mention in the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1928 and bronze medal in 1931. Ridet died in 1967.

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SKU: Q9742-15955-LS

 

France. SEMAINE DE LA BIJOUTERIE-ORFEVRERIE DE FANTASIE. By Georges Contaux (1891-1984). Bronze 52mm x 60mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2021) ——- Georges Contaux was born on September 22, 1891 in Paris. He entered the ?cole Boulle, where he studied sculpture and engraving. He joined the 26?me R?giment d?artillerie de campagne at Chartres in 1911. Contaux was wounded during World War I and had two fingers amputated. In 1921 he received an honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. From 1922 to 1923 he worked for the engraver Pierre Lasserre (1870-1943). He then established himself at Vigneux-sur-Seine, where he remained, for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor and medallist. We was a prolific medallist producing about twenty-five hundred medals over the span of fifty years from 1930 to 1980. About fifteen hundred of his medals were religious, another eight hundred related to sports and about 150 were portrait medals. Contaux died at Vigneux-sur-Seine on September 15, 1984.

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SKU: Q7271-16052-11T

 

1970, Spain. TRIBUTE TO JOSEP ANDREI – CHARLIE RIVEL. Gilt-bronze 50mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)

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SKU: 14768-8a

 

1937, France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. By Raoul B?nard. Bronze 50mm. Obv: A workman walking with a pick and shovel on his shoulder; a large building in the background. Rev: The Trocadero. $90. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022) ———– Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

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SKU: 5396-16428-4A

 

1603, England. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF JAMES I. Unsigned (possibly by C. Anthony). Contemporary cast. Silver 29mm. OBVERSE: Laureate bust of James I in armor and a mantle, facing right. LEGEND: IAC : I : BRIT : CAE : AUG : HAE CAESARVM CAE. D. D. (James I, Caesar Augustus of Britain, the heir of the Caesars, presents this medal). REVERSE: A rampant lion holding a beacon and wheatsheaf. LEGEND: ECCE . PHAOS ; POPVLIQ . SALVS. (Behold the beacon and safety of the people). Eimer 80b, MI I 191/11, plate XIV/11, Wollaston 1. A nice example of this very scarce medal, which is the rarest of the English coronation medals. $900. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020)

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SKU: 15805

 

(1766), Great Britain. REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT. By Thomas Pingo. Bronze 40mm. Betts 516, BHM 713, Eimer (Pingo) 34, Eimer 713. $300. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2019)

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SKU: 15262-1S

 

France. ST. FRONT CATHEDRAL, PERIGUEUX. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 60mm. Hoydonck 157, Reinecke 42, Ross M250. $280. Sorry, SOLD

Jacques Wiener, whose given name was Jacob, was born on March 2, 1815, at Hoerstgen (Rhine Province) to Hungarian parents. He seems to have started using Jacques as his name when he moved to Belgium. At the age of 13 he went to live with his uncle Baruth, an artist, and studied drawing, modelling and engraving. In 1835 he moved to Paris to perfect his skills and in 1839 moved to Brussels, where he established himself as an engraver. He became a naturalized Belgian in 1845. He created an extensive body of medals and is best known for his finely detailed architectural medals, especially his series of Most Remarkable Edifices. He is also widely known for engraving the first Belgian postage stamp. Wiener died in Brussels in 1899.

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SKU: 6596-19103-6B

 

France. BAIGNEUSES (Bathers). By Abel Lafleur (1875-1953). Bronze 54mm. Maier 265. $175. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2020). – – – – – Abel Lafleur was born in Rodez (Aveyron) on 5 November 1875. He studied under Ponscarme, Chaplain and Charpentier at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited for the first time in 1901 at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais, where he later won a gold medal and became a member of the Committee. He also exhibited at the Salon des Ind?pendents and the Salon d?Automne. He created several monumental works and created the cup awarded by the International Football Federation. Lafleur died in 1953.

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SKU: J6257-15353-2S

 

Italy. VISIT OF JOHN VIII PALAEOLOGUS, EMPEROR OF CONSTANTINOPLE. By Antonio Pisano, called Pisanello. Uniface electrotype of the obverse. National Gallery 1, Armand I: 7/20, Hill 1931 1. $150. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023) ———- Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello was born in Pisa around 1395. He died in Rome around 1455. An artist of great talent, he is credited with the introduction of the Renaissance medal. He regarded himself foremost as a painter, signing his medals as such (e.g. Opus Pisani Pictoris [The work of Pisanello the painter]). Although many artists began creating medals soon after Pisanello introduced this new medium, his medals are generally regarded as the finest of the period.

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SKU: 19309-9B

 

1689, England. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF WILLIAM AND MARY. By John Roettier. Silver 35mm. Obv: Conjoined, draped busts, left. Leg: GVLIELMVS . ET . MARIA . REX . ET . REGINA. (William and Mary, king and queen). Rev: Jove hurling thunder at Phaeton, falling from his chariot, the earth in flames. Leg: NE TOTVS ABSVMATVR. (That is may not all be consumed). Exergue: INAVGVRAT . II . AP . 1689 (Crowned, 11 April, 1689). Variety varying in minor details, (most notable there is more space at the end of the legend on the obverse). Eimer 312, MI 662/5, plate LXX/10, Wollaston viii., Fearon 140.5. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2021).

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SKU: 15801-JG

 

France. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AWARD. By Alph?e Dubois. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $30. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023) ————– Alph?e Dubois (1831-1905), French sculptor and medallist was a student at the ?cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Barre and Duret as well as his father Eug?ne Dubois. In 1855 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. He exhibited at the salon in 1868 and 1869. He was a jury member at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Dubois was made a chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: 17305-8A