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1945, France. CAMILLE FLAMMARION – ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE ? WOMEN’S PRIZE. By Alph?e Dubois. Bronze 68mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 1538-19184-9B

 

Italy. PISANELLO. Unsigned after Pisanello. 20th Century cast bronze 159mm. $200. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2024)

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SKU: 5584-17724-4B

 

France. ALBIN HALLER, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Sorbonne. By René Baudichon (1878-1963). Silver plaquette 49mm x 68mm (edge stamped 1ARGENT). Freeman 224 (bronze). $200.

Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963

Price: $200.00

SKU: 8719-18872-4B

 

France. UNE SEULE FAMILLE (One Family) – LA FRANCE. By Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947). Bronze 60mm. Cased. $100.

Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947),sculptor and medallist a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alphée Dubois and sculpture under Falguière. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 he became a Sociétaire des Artistes Français and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 7860-17136-5A

 

Caribbean. TRANSMISSIONS GUADELOUPE-MARTINIQUE-GUYANE. Unsigned. Uniface bronze 73mm. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: 9235-16165-8A

 

1877, Ireland. ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. PRIZE MEDAL. Bronze 54mm. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: Q834-14994-KS

 

Ireland. AGRICULTURAL SHOW AWARD. By Joseph Moore and stampred ?WEIR & SONS DUBLIN.? Bronze 45mm. Cased. $125. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2023)

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SKU: 9195-16215-8A

 

1979, U.S.A. JAMES THURBER (1894-1961), Author and Cartoonist. By Ronald Searle, published by Club Fran?ais de la M?daille. Number 3 of a limited edition of 100. Bronze 76mm. $350. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2022) ————- Ronald William Fordham Searle was born in Cambridge on March 3 1920. He is best known as a satirical cartoonist and illustrator, and for being the creator of St. Trinian?s School. He started creating medals long after he had established his reputation. Searle started drawing at the age of five and left school at the age of 15. He trained at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University). In 1939 he enlisted in the army. In 1942 he was stationed in Singapore. He fought in Malaya and was taken prisoner. Searle was moved to the Kwai Jungle, where he worked on the ?Death Railway.? He suffered considerably during his imprisonment, contracting beri-beri and malaria, and was subjected to beatings. His weight dropped to under 90 pounds. During his captivity he made drawings that documented the atrocities he observed. He kept them hidden. About 300 survived the war. They are documented in a book published in 1986. The originals are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. After the War, Searle served as a courtroom artist at the Nuremberg trials. During the 1950s he produced an extraordinary amount of work, which was published in many leading publications, including Punch and the New Yorker. In 1961 he moved to Paris. He died on December 30, 2011 in Provence.

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SKU: 7319-16199-6T

 

France. LES PÊCHEURS (The Fishermen). By Émile Monier (1883-1970). Bronze 77mm x 37mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 3 262/E. $175.

?mile Monier, sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. In the course of his career he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 6355-16191-5T

 

France. LA CIGALE ET LA FOURMI (The Grasshopper and the Ant) – LA CAISSE D’EPARGNE DE ROANNE. By Jean Vernon. Bronze 68mm. Obv: The hard working ant and the singing grasshopper. Cf. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 391/D. $120. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

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SKU: 8444-16124-2T

 

1884, Great Britain. 100TH BIRTHDAY OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE, Jewish philanthropist. By A.D. Loewenstark & Sons. Silver 41mm. BHM 3166 (not listed in silver), Eimer 1707. $950. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2020)

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SKU: Q7377-06134-1S

 

1936, France. VILLE DE COLOMBES – GRANDE MANIFESTATION LAÏQUE. By Jean Vernon (1897-1975). Bronze 58mm. $125.

Sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6549-16077-1T

 

France. DR. PIERRE DESCLAUX. 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 ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxi?me 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 L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died in 1968.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 9847-16220-8T

 

Great Britain, U.S.A. HARRY S. TRUMAN. By Paul Vincze. Large uniface cast bronze studio model approximately 8 ? inches in diameter. $450. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2024) ———- 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.

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SKU: 15636-1T

 

1936, U.S.A. THIRD INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONFERENCE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 50mm. $80. Sorry, SOLD

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

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SKU: A7313-15633-12S