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1908. Great Britain, Scotland. EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. By Kirkwood. Uniface bronze 43mm x 78mm. Inscribed on its edge: JAMES A. ANCI (partly obliterated) EDINBURGH 1908. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 0084-18051-11A

 

1824, Great Britain. OPENING OF SHEERNESS BASIN AND DOCKS. By W. Bain. Bronze 64mm. BHM 1220 RR. $375. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2022)

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SKU: 17759-11A

 

BROWN, Lawrence: BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, VOLUME 1. THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE III TO THE DEATH OF WILLIAM IV. 2007 reprint of the 1980 edition. 469 pages. Lists 1,755 medals with many illustrated in black and white in the text. Large quarto, 8.5″ X 12″. Now out of print. One of the last of my stock. $150

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France. OEUVRES POST-SCOLAIRES. By Mérot. Bronze 48mm x 76mm. . Catalogue Général Illustreé vol. 3 254/B. A couple of spots and light flecking on the obverse. Uneven patina on the reverse. $80.

Julien-Louis M?rot (1876-1956). M?rot won the Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving in 1905.

Price: $80.00

SKU: Q8243-15365-5S

 

1925, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNS, PARIS. By Pierre Turin. Octagonal Silver 59mm. 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. Quite rare in silver. $1,250. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021).

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: Q9128-15673-8S

 

France. LA SOCI?T? DES AMIS DE LA M?DAILLE FRAN?AISE. By Alexandre Charpentier for the Soci?t? des Amis de la M?daille Fran?aise. Bronze 71mm x 65mm. Maier 11. $1,000. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021) ———- Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, medalist, sculptor and craftsman was born in Paris in 1856. He initially trained as a jeweler, then worked under a medallist. This led him to entering L??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied medal engraving from 1871 ? 1876 in the studio of Hubert Ponscarme. Charpentier first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 with a portrait medallion of his mother and in 1879 exhibited ?Tireur d?Arc,? a bas-relief, which was purchased by Alexandre Dumas. He with Ponscarme, Louis-Oscar Roty and others was responsible for the resurgence of medallic art in France in the late 19th century. Charpentier died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1909.

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SKU: 18826-10A

 

1965, Great Britain. 900TH ANNIVERSARY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. By Michael Rizzello. Silver 57mm, 86.9 grams. Eimer 2107. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 18032-11A

 

France. PROFESSOR SIRAUD. By Jean Chorel. Bronze plaquette 47mm x 66mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2023) ———- Jean-Louis Chorel, painter, sculptor and medallist was born in Lyon on January 29 1875. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Lyon and later moved to Paris, where he studied under Coutan and Barrias. He became a member of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais. He received an honorable mention in 1903 and a third prize medal in 1907. Chorel died at Villeurbanne on June 4 1946.

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SKU: 17333-8A

 

France. ÉGLISE ST. JOSEPH. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1848-1899, Grand Prix de Rome, 1872). Copper 75mm. In a circular case. $150. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2023)

Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1848-1899), French painter, sculptor and medallist entered l’École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts at the age of seventeen. In 1868 he won the second Prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. In 1898 he was made an officer of the Légion d’Honneur. Daniel-Dupuis died tragically in 1899, when he was shot in his sleep by his wife, who had a history of mental illness. His wife then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide.  Daniel-Dupuis created an extensive oeuvre of medallic works.

 

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SKU: 2098-18069-1B

 

France. CYPRIS. By Léon Mascaux for la Société Français des Amis de la Médaille. Cast bronze 110mm. Maier 312. $1,500.

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $1,500.00

SKU: 9381-18227-10A

 

1930, Belgium. SOCIÉTÉ FÉLINE LIÉGOISE – INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. Silvered-bronze plaquette 51mm x 71mm. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 2466-18610-1B

 

Great Britain. Bridge. NOTTINGHAM SCHOOL BOARD SWIMMING ASSOCIATION – 440 YARDS AWARD. Bronze 51mm. Cased. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 8681-17746-10A

 

Madagascar. TANANARIVE (Antananarivo, capital city). By Fran?ois Bazin (1897-1956). Bronze 68mm. $175. sorry, SOLD (January, 2023)

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SKU: 4460-17364-11A

 

1739, Italy. CHARLES EMANUEL III OF SAVOY, KING OF SARDINIA. By Jacques-Antoine Dassier. Bronze 55mm. Eisler II p.170 2b. $495

Price: $495.00

SKU: 17725-8A

 

Undated. Great Britain. THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS ? Street Architecture medal. Unsigned (by Langford Jones) Bronze 65mm. (Awarded from 1922-1964 for a prize-winning building. Edge inscription is partly obliterated: ..D ERNEST PRESTWICH, FF R.I.B. NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS , SWINTON AND PENDLEBURY. Cased. $200. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2022)

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SKU: 1374-17745-11A