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1915, France. ÉTOILE, OU T’EN VAS TU, DANS CETTE NUIT IMMENSE? (Star, where are you going in this immense night?). By Étienne Victor Exbrayat (1879-1914). Published by La Gerbe d’Or. Embossed brass plaquette 106mm x 70mm. $60.

?tienne Victor Exbrayat, sculptor, engraver and medallist, was born at Saint-?tienne on May 12, 1879. He received an honorable mention at the Salon des artistes fran?ais in 1904 and received a troisi?me m?daille in 1911. Exbrayrat became a member of la Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais in 1905. Following the outbreak of World War I, he was made a corporal in the 16e r?giment d’infanterie, he died of battle wounds at the Ch?teau de Bains at Boulogne-la-Grasse on October 1914.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 53039-8D

 

1952, Belgium, Insurance. TRIBUTE TO PIERRE PLÉECK, Director of La Compagnie Belge d’Assurances Générales sur la Vie. By Marcel Rau (1886-1966). Bronze 98mm.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 53035-8D

 

1946, France. World War II. CONFERENCE DE PARIS. By Louis Muller. Bronze 68mm. $125.

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.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 59036-KE

 

France, Literature. GABRIEL FAURÉ, Writer. By Louis Muller. Bronze 68mm. $60.

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.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 40076-2D

 

France, Medicine. DR. FERNAND ARLOING, Bacteriologist. By Louis Muller. Bronze 82mm. $90

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.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40078-2D

 

France. PORTEUSE DE FLEURS. By Pierre Turin. Bronze, octagonal 71mm. OBVERSE: A woman carrying a basket of flowers on her shoulder. REVERSE: Presentation inscription. Maier 323, Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 383/K, Classens 130. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51020-TC

 

France. LÉDA. By Raymond Pelletier (1907-1958). Bronze uniface plaquette 62mm x 98mm. OBV: Leda and the swan. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 p.306. $325.

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.

Price: $325.00

SKU: 62631-9F

 

1936, France. PAUL BOYER, Professor of Russian, administrator of the School of Oriental Languages. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 68mm. $100.

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.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 64611-JF

 

1967, Italy, U.S.A. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ARTURO TOSCANINI, conductor. By Paul Vincze. Silver 57mm. Cased. $275.

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: $275.00

SKU: 40041-9D

 

Great Britain. SKYE TERRIER CLUB OF ENGLAND. Unsigned. Bronze 38mm. $85

Price: $85.00

SKU: 63290-JD

 

1821, Ireland. VISIT OF GEORGE IV. By William Mossop. Bronze 43mm. BHM 1128 R. $350

Price: $350.00

SKU: 62312-JD

 

England. ELIZABETH CLEYPOLE, DAUGHTER OF OLIVER CROMWELL. Late 18th century issue by John Kirk after Thomas Simon. Apparently issued for collectors unable to secure Simon’s medal of Elizabeth Claypole. Silver 34mm. MI I 430/75. $500

Price: $500.00

SKU: 62305-JD

 

1826, Great Britain. TAYLOR COMBE, Numismatist and archeologist. By W.J. Taylor. Bronze 45mm. BHM1258, Eimer 1184. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 63640-JD

 

Belgium. GODEFROID DEVREESE, Medallist, Self Portrait. Bronze plaquette 57mm x 77mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 63066-10E

 

China. TIENTSIN (Tianjin). British army sports award for 110 meters. Silvered-bronze 45mm. $225. Sorry, SOLD.

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