Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

France. WOMAN WITH A DOVE – QUOTE FROM A POEM BY VALERY. By Muller. Silver 50mm. $135. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2023).

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at Vénissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larrivé at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by André Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

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SKU: 17312-8A

 

1962, France, Vietnam. CENTENARY OF LA MAISON DENIS FR?RES ? ?LA MOUETTE? BORDEAUX-SAIGON. By Raymond Tschudin (1916-??). Bronze 58mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020)

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SKU: Q2087-15079-4S

 

France. LE SEMEUR (The Sower). By F?lix Rasumny (1869-1940). Silvered-bronze 40mm. $45. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)———- 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: 3378-16884-5A

 

France. PIERRE DE COUBERTIN, Founder of the Modern Olympics. By Madeleine-Pierre Qu?rolle. Bronze 68mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 17125-5A

 

France. TROUPES COLONIALES – SERVICE OF FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS IN WORLD WAR I. By Louis Patriarche (1872-1955). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol 3 302/C, Ruedas 213. $275. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2023) ———– Louis Patriarche (1872-1955), sculptor and engraver, was born at Bastia. He studied under Louis-Ernest Barrias, Vernon and Hippolyte Lef?vre. He exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artists Fran?ais, of which he was a member. He won a third class medal in 1906 and a second class medal in 1910. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1924.

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SKU: 17140-5A

 

Great Britain. CREWE CANINE SOCIETY. Unsigned bronze 51mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 7191-15915-2T

 

France. OPENING OF THE NEW SORBONNE. By Charles Pillet (1869-1960. Premier Grand Prix de Rome, 1890). Bronzed galvano cast artist?s model 100mm. Screw and nut attached to the reverse for mounting. From Pillet?s personal collection. $425. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2021) ———– Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet, sculptor and medallist was born on 20 July 1869 in Paris . He studied under Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu and Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. He won the premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1890. He became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1898. In 1900 he won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Pillet was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1911. He won the Salon?s medal of honor in 1923. Pillet died in 1960.

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SKU: 15329-1T

 

France. ANGE A LA HARPE. By Theodore Spicer-Simpson. Bronze 49mm x 53mm. Edge stamped METAL D (i.e. struck during World War II). Cat. Gen. vol. 3 367/C. $60. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022) ———- Theodore Spicer-Simpson was of English background born at Le Havre in 1871. He studied in England, Germany and at l??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He worked as a sculptor, painter and medallist. Spicer-Simpson travelled extensively and lived for a time in America. He is noted in particular for his cast portrait medallions, taken from life. He died 1960

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SKU: 0923-15490-5A

 

1727, Great Britain. GEORGE II AND CAROLINE. (Mule of the obverse of the official coronation medals). By John Croker. Silver 35mm. Apparently unrecorded. Cf: Eimer 510 & 518, MI II 479/4 & 8, Wollaston 12 & 14. $750. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15839-JG

 

France. POULTRY AWARD. By Albert Herbemont (1874-1953). Bronze 50mm. Classens 96. $45. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022) ——— 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: 2683-16682-4A

 

1814, Great Britain. THE PEACE OF PARIS. By Thomas Halliday and Thomas Wyon Jr. Bronze 54mm. BHM 804 RR. $450. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 9025-30233-7C

 

1840, Great Britain. G.G. LEVESON GOWER, DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. By William Bain. Bronze 50mm. BHM 1963. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 7986-30022-7C

 

France. DENYS PUECH, DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIE DE FRANCE IN ROME ? THE VILLA MEDICIS. By Lucien Bazor (1889-1974, Grand Prix de Rome, 1923). Bronze 68mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 30/E. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2020) ———- Lucien Bazor was born in 1889. He studied under Auguste Patey at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1923. Bazor succeeded Patey in the post of Engraver General at the Paris Mint, a post he held until 1958. He died in 1974.

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SKU: K2880-15668-KS

 

World War I. France. MARSHALL JOFFRE. By J. R. Samuel. Uniface cast bronze 165mm. $275. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

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SKU: J3166-13541-9G

 

1863, Great Britain. MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, Great Yarmouth. By Joseph Moore. White metal 39mm. W&E 929B R. In a contemporary circular box. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 30225-7C