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1769, Great Britain. SHAKESPEARE JUBILEE, STRATFORD. By John Westwood Sr. Silver 32mm. OBV: Bust of Shakespeare facing right. REV: Inscription. BHM 136, MI I 208/43, Eimer 731, Ogden 45. Good very fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S20-5658

 

1925, Switzerland. LOCARNO. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968. Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 68mm. $150. 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 ?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 on July 25 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

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SKU: 14654-5G

 

1804. Austria/France. AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS AGAINST FRANCE. Unsigned. Silver 20.5mm Obv: Laureate head of Francis II facing right. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. D?Essling 1054. Good very fine. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: E0502

 

1938, Chad. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY. AE 62mm. Obv: A caduceus and symbols of commerce, agriculture and industry. Rev: An armorial shield. A couple of lighter spots and color slightly uneven on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1932, France.THE LAUNCHING OF?THE CHAMPLAIN.? By Raymond Delamarre. Bronze 68mm. Obv: A galleon sailing alongside the ?Champlain,? Rev: A statue of Champlain. Extremely fine. $100 ———–

Raymond Delamarre was born in 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and later under Rodin. He won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He is noted for large scale sculptures, but also a body of medals and plaquettes.?

Price: $100.00

SKU: Q3892-12158

 

1963, U.S.A. THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD. By Joseph A. Coletti. AE 73mm. Obv: Two angels. Rev: A great frigate bird soaring against the constellation of Scorpius. Sixty-eighth issue of the Society of Medalists. Edge B. Alexander 68.1. Reported production of 875 in bronze. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box with a photocopied descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $55. Sorry, SOLD

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1772, Great Britain. DAVID GARRICK, ACTOR, LAUDATORY MEDAL. By Lewis Pingo. AE 40mm. Obv: Draped bust of David Garrick facing right. Rev: Three muses. BHM 160, Eimer 746, Fearon 223.2, Svardstadt 73. Nearly extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD

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1938, France. PAUL BEGOVIN, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGERY AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN BORDEAUX. By Andr? Lavrillier. BRonze 81mm. OBV: Bust of Professor Begovin facing left. REV: The School of Medicine, Bordeaux. Extremely fine. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: S13-11110

 

1955, France. THE LAUNCHING OF THE “PIERRE LOTI,” BY COMPAGNIE MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. By Andre Lavrillier. BRonze 58mm. OBV: A facing, unifromed bust of Loti. REV: The head of a unicorn set against a crowned anchor. In its original box. Some slight dullness to the obverse, extremely fine. $70

Price: $70.00

SKU: S19-12052

 

Undated (circa 1895), France. HORTICULTURE. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. Silver plaquette 48mm x 61mm. Obv: Two females in classical dress, attending a potted plant. Rev: a small child seated under a tree. Cat. Gen vol. 3 175/F, Maier 122. Extremely fine. $180. Sorry, SOLD ? Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis, French painter, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1849. At the age of seventeen he entered l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. In 1868 he won second prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. He was made an officer of the L?gion d?honneur in 1898. Daniel-Dupuis died in 1899, when he was killed by his wife.

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1860, Austria. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, VIENNA. Unsigned. AE 43mm. Obv: Bust of St. Joseph. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $60.? Sorry, SOLD

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1964, Great Britain. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. By Paul Vincze. Silver 57mm. OBV: Bust of William Shakespeare facing left. REV: A kneeling male holding a lighted torch and an open book and a seated female holding the masks of comedy and tragedy. Eimer 2103. Cased. $135. Sorry, SOLD (March, 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: 2811-16467-10T