Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1873, Austria. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, VIENNA. By Joseph Tautenhayn and Karl Schwenzer. Bronze 71mm. OBVERSE: Laureate head of Franz Joseph facing right. REVERSE: Three allegorical figures. $175. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2018)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 12938-KP

 

Undated (early 20th century). CRUFT’S DOG SHOW. Gilt-bronze 38mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2020).

Price: $0.00

SKU: 0001-10R

 

1814, Great Britain. THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE OF PARIS. Unsigned. Bronze 46mm. BHM 830 Unsigned. Bronze 46mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2020)

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q0597-14914-10R

 

1911, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE V. By A. Toft. Bronze 52mm. BHM 4055. Cased. $90. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q5378-7S

 

1969, Great Britain. STAMPEX TROPHY CONTEST AWARD. By William Wyon. Silvered-bronze 55mm (or possibly unmarked silver: there is no underlying bronze color showing in the lettering on the edge). Edge inscribed to W.J. ALLEN. Matt finish. In a cardboard box. $125. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2018)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 14984-10R

 

1925, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNS, PARIS. By Pierre Turin. Octagonal bronze 72mm (The larger version of this medal). Obv: A semi-nude female, seated on a cloud, supporting a basket of flowers on her shoulder and dropping flowers with her other hand. Rev: A tablet set against flowers. Maier 322. Slight rubbing on its highest points, some abrasion on the obverse on the torso and some slight verdigris on the reverse $350. Sorry, SOLD ————- Turin’s most celebrated medallic work. —

Price: $0.00

SKU: 5527-16176-5T

 

1971, Great Britain. STAMPEX TROPHY CONTEST AWARD. By William Wyon. Silver 55mm. $225. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2018)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 11046-10R

 

1908, Great Britain. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION. By Frank Bowcher. Uniface trial striking of the reverse. Bronze 51mm. Cf. BHM 3960, Eimer 1903. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2019)

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q7973-15019-10R

 

France. PROTECTION. By Auguste Rodin. By Auguste Rodin. Issued in 1916 to benefit artists and employees of Paris theatres. Struck 1927 by the Monnaie de Paris. Some spots on the reverse. $700. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2019).

Price: $0.00

SKU: J9150-15025-10R

 

1965, U.S.A. JAMES SMITHSON (1765-1829), Philanthropist. By Paul Vincze. Bronze 63mm. Obv: Head of James Smithson facing left. Rev: A building of the Smithsonian Institution. Some slight marks in the obverse field, nearly extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021). ——– Paul Vincze (1907-1994), the son of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother was born in Hungary. He studied at the High School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest and later in the studio of E. Telcs. In 1935 he won a scholarship to study in Rome. In 1937 he moved to England and eventually became a British citizen. He worked out of a studio in Chelsea, but later moved to the south of France, where he died. He is noted for an extensive body of medals.

Price: $0.00

SKU: E-7020-6R

 

France. World War I. THE DEVASTATION OF THE SOMME. By P. Ansard. Bronze 49mm. $95. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2019)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15149-10R

 

1996, Great Britain. MICHAEL AYTON. By Ian Rank-Broadley, published by the British Art Medal Society. Cast bronze 100mm x 100mm. Eimer 2192. $400. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020).

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15290-10R

 

1983, Great Britain. DOLPHIN. By Michael Rizzello, published by British Art Medal Society. Cast bronze approximately 95mm. &400. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2020). ——————- Michael Gaspard Rizzello was born in London on 2 April 1926. His parents were Italian, his father working as a tailor. Rizzello enlisted in the army in 1944 and served until 1948. He was a good singer and considered a career in music, but chose art instead, enrolling in the Royal College of Art winning both the Drawing Prize and Travelling Scholarship in Sculpture. This led to him studying sculpture in Rome for two years. He was awarded the Prix de Rome for Sculpture in 1951. He began his career making wax heads for Madame Tussauds. Rizello became a noted sculptor and served two terms as President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He created several coins and medals. He received the OBE in the 1977 birthday honors. Rizello died on September 28 2004 in London.

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q3175-15289-11T

 

1908, Great Britain. SOUTH OF ENGLAND COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. By J.A. Restall. Bronze 52mm. Cased. $95. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2019)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 14296-5G

 

1889, Italy, Papal States. POPE LEO XIII. By Bianchi 43mm. $175. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2020)

Price: $175.00

SKU: 15033-10R