Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1761, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE III. Unsigned. Silver 27mm. BHM 42 (Rated as R, i.e. rare). $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15308-9T

 

France. L??L?GIE. By Pierre-Victor Dautel. Uniface cast bronze plaquette Bronze 92mm x 151mm. Obv: Bust of a woman facing left with her head tilted upwards. $600. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023) ———— Pierre-Victor Dautel, French sculptor and medallist was born at Valenciennes in 1873. He studied sculpture and architecture at the ?cole Acad?miques at Valenciennes and later studied sculpture at the ?cole Nationale et Sp?ciale des Beaux Arts at Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Dubois. He won various awards during his distinguished career and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1929. Dautel died in 1954.

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SKU: 4319-18842-4B

 

France. CARITAS. By Louis Desvignes (1877-1934). Silver 50mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 145/F. Some slight spots. In a contemporary circular case. $150. Sorry, SOLD (November, 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: 4710-15768-10T

 

1804, Great Britain, India. SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH AT BOMBAY AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY?S VICTORY OVER A FRENCH SQUADRON. By Jean-Pierre Droz and George Mills. Silver 41mm. Obv: Neptune, holding a Union Jack and cornucopia, and reclining against a globe. Rev: Neptune radiate seated upon a globe and holding a trident and a figure of Victory. Mudie 2, BHM 567, Bramsen 2184, Eimer 952, Fearon 255.4, MH555, Schwering 950. $625 Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022)

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SKU: 19080-6b

 

France, U.S.A. TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT BY CHARLES LINDBERGH. By ?douard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Bronze 100mm. $325. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2020) – ?douard-Pierre Blin was born on August 30 1877 at Chartres. He studied under Chaplain, Peter, Bott?e and Hector Lemarie. He won several distinctions as a medallist and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Blin died in Paris in 1946.

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SKU: J9814-15470-4S

 

France. OLONAISE. By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 354/A. $90. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022) ——– From Robert- M?rignac?s series of plaquettes depicting women in regional costumes of France: Alsacienne, Angevine, Auvergnate, Boulonnaise, Bourbonnaise, Bressane, Bretone, Catalane, Charentaise, Limousine, Lorraine, Normanide, Olonnaise, Poitevine, Proven?ale, Saintongeaise, Vend?enne. —————-

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

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SKU: 7698-16084-2T

 

1889, France. UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION. By Louis-Alexandre Bott?e. Bronze 63mm. Obv: A seated female placing a wreath on the head of a youth sitting on an anvil. Rev: Fame before a bust of Marianne. In its original leather pouch. Scarce with its original pouch. Light handling with some black spots on its reverse. $100. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2020) – Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941) was born in Paris. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a button-making manufactory, where he was responsible for engraving dies. He later studied at the ?cole des Art D?coratifs. In 1869 he joined the atelier of Paulin Tasset and in 1871 he joined the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Premiere Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1878 and a gold medal at the Salon of 1900. In 1903 he was made an Officier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: J5081-15473-4S

 

France. CHARLES HERMITE. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909). Bronze 68mm. Light handling. $95, Sorry, SOLD (June, 2022). —————-

Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909) was born at Mortagne. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888

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SKU: J6780-15141-4S

 

France. COMPAGNIE POUR LA DIFFUSION D??LECTRICIT?. By Paul-Marcel Dammann. Bronze 64mm. Obv: Facing female head with raised hair and rays emanating behind her. Rev: A female with raised hands diverting rays towards the city of Paris. BM Acq. 1978-82 pl. 54/42, Maier 319. $120. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023). ———— Marcel Dammann (1185-1939), sculptor and medallist was born at Montgeron. He studied under Chaplain at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

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SKU: 2922-17358-4B

 

France. SOCI?T? DES BEAUX ARTS ? SALON. By Andr? L?on Galti? (1908-1983). Silvered-bronze 50mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023)———– Andr? L?on Galti? was born in Toulouse on February 26 1908. He won a silver medal in 1944 at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais. Galti? died at Brian?on on August 4 1983.

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SKU: 0787-19106-6b

 

(1788), Great Britain. CENTENARY OF THE ABDICATION OF JAMES II. Unsigned. White metal 38mm. MI I 646/75. Die crack on the reverse. Note: The medal has a light grey tone (not the greenish tone, suggested by the pictures, which I was unable to adjust). $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N0254-8T

 

1896, Great Britain. THE LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC. By J.A. Restall. Silver 42mm. Cased. $125. Sorry, SOLD (March, 1024)

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SKU: K7131-15990-KS

 

France. FERRY III, DUKE OF LORRAINE AND MARGUERITE OF NAVARRE. By Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (1658-1738). From his series of medals of the Dukes of Lorraine). Bronze 47mm. $90 Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020) ———- BDM vol. 5 p. 310. $90. Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain was born at Nancy on June 30, 1658 (or possibly 1654, according to one source), the son of Claude Augustin de Saint-Urbain, a goldsmith and engraver. In 1673 he was appointed Mint-engraver at Bologna. In 1683 he moved to Rome, where he was appointed Chief engraver by Innocent XI. He returned to Nancy in 1704 and was appointed as Engraver at the mint there in 1797. He created over 120 medals, most of which have a distinctive border, such as that on this medal. Saint-Urbain died in Nancy on January 10, 1738.

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SKU: 15971-KS

 

1897, Great Britain. QUEEN VICTORIA?S JUBILEE ? BUSBURY (Herefordshire) HORSE SHOW. Unsigned. Silver 60mm. Cleaned, edge nick and an edge bump. $250. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)

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SKU: 0296-16159-10T

 

France. SOCI?T? DE PROTECTION DES ANIMAUX DU D?PARTMENT D?ILLE-&-VILAINE. By Jacques Cartier (1907-2001). Bronze 41mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2021) ———— Jacques Cartier was born at Arles on September 20 1907. He was taught by his uncle, Eug?ne Cartier, who became his guardian after the death of his father in 1916 At the age of 15, he was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and continued to exhibit there annually until 1940. He created works in various media, but specialized in wildlife painting sculpture. He was appointed Secretary of the Artistes Animaliers in 1929. He disliked cities and established himself at Clamart, where he died in his home on October 17, 2001.

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SKU: 2506-16175-5T