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France. FRANÇOIS BOGGIO. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999). Uniface cast bronze 125mm. $150.

Roger Alphonse B?tannier, was born in Paris in 1920, He exhibited in the sculpture section at the Salon in 1947. He created many medals in during his career. B?tannier died in 1999.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 0511-20655-3C

 

1985 (edge stamp), LIBERATION OF PARIS IN 1944. By Lucien Gibert. Bronze 67mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2020). ———— Lucien Gibert (1904-1988), sculptor and medallist, studied at l??cole des Beaux-Arts se Saint-?tienne and later at l??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Jean Boucher and Charles Despiau. He won a gold medal at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937 and at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1939. Gibert was made an officer of la L?gion d?Honneur. He created over 200 medals.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 15764-KS

 

France. LA CRECHE. Unsigned. Bronze 50mm. $65

Price: $65.00

SKU: 7746-15555-5A

 

France. ARCHILLE URBAIN, Professor of the Natural History Museum. By A. Tremont. Bronze 59mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 1071-42035-10C

 

1727, Great Britain. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF CAROLINE. By John Croker. Silver 34mm. Variety. Varying in slight details, most notably: There is a stop after REGINA on the legend on the obverse and there is a larger space before the final stop on the reverse. Obv: Draped bust of Caroline facing left. Legend: CAROLINA . D : G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. (Caroline, by the grace of Gof, queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Rev: The queen in royal robes, attended by Religion and Britannia. Legend: HIC . AMOR . HAEC . PATRIA. (This my affection, this my country). Exergue: CORON . XI . OCTOB . MDXXVII. Eimer 512, Fearon 178.7, MI II 480/8, plate CXLVIII/11, Wollaston 14. Quite worn. $150. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15806-JG

 

1914, France. TRIBUTE TO THE HEROIC VICTIMS OF THE GREAT WAR. Bronze plaquette 52mm x 70mm. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 1929-42030-10C

 

1916, Germany. THE GERMAN REPLY TO AMERICA. By Karl Goetz. Cast bronze 57mm. Kienast 176. $425. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2023) ———————– Karl Goetz was born at Augsburg in 1875. He attended the Art School in Augsburg, and later the art schools in Dresden, Leipzig , Berlin and Dusseldorf. He spent five years in Paris and later moved to Munich, where he settled in 1904. Goetz was a prolific medallist, most noted for his satirical works, especially those of World War I. Goetz died in 1950.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 30619-7C

 

1920, Germany. OCCUPATION OF THE MAIN PROVINCE. By Karl Goetz. Cast bronze 58mm. Kienast 261. $375. Sorry, SOLD

Karl Goetz was born at Augsburg in 1875. He attended the Art School in Augsburg, and later the art schools in Dresden, Leipzig , Berlin and Dusseldorf. He spent five years in Paris and later moved to Munich, where he settled in 1904. Goetz was a prolific medallist, most noted for his satirical works, especially those of World War I. Goetz died in 1950.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 30617-7C

 

1993, Great Britain. ALBERTO GIOACOMETTI, Swiss painter and sculptor. By Avril Vaughan. Cast bronze 93mm. $250. Sorry, SOLD

Avril Vaughan, one of Britain’s leading medallists, was born in Twickenham in 1937. She won a scholarship to the Twickenham School of Art, where she studied in the 1950s. In the early 1960s she went to work for the designer and goldsmith, David Thomas, There she developed the skills in the cire perdue casting method, in stone cutting and in enamelling. She later freelanced as a jeweler and sculptor. In 1976 Vaughan worked for the Royal Mint and modelled the coinage for Tuvalu after designs by John Donald. She served as senior sculptor at the Franklin Mint U.S.A. for a couple of years, then returned to freelance work, undertaking commissions from the Royal Mint, the Norwegian Mint and the Royal Dutch Mint . She won a Prize at the 1992 FIDEM congress for the best portrait medal. She died in 2008.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51062-4T

 

1761, Great Britain. IMITATION OF THE OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE III. Unsigned (after Lorenz Natter). Silver 35mm. Cf. BHM 21-24, Wollaston 21. $500. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15828-JG

 

France. JULES SIEGFRIED. By Ovide Yencesse. Bronze 55mm. $100.

Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947) was born at Dijon. He studied under Ponscarme, Thomas and Levillain at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was director of the ?cole des Beaux-Arts at Dijon. He won gold medals at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1900 and in 1920. Yencesse was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1900. Many of his medallic works have a distinctive, subtle effect using a soft, shallow relief.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 2216-17594-10A

 

1887, Great Britain. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, MINING, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. Bronze 51mm BHM. 3343 In its original case. $175. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 17390-5A

 

1930, France. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLEGE DU FRANCE. By Pierre Turin. Silver 68mm. OBVERSE: The head of a female holding a lighted torch with rays issuing forth. REVERSE: A statue of Guillaume Budé. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 378/D. In its original, circular cardboard case $600.

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: $600.00

SKU: 5634-16459-10T

 

1702, England. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF QUEEN ANNE. By John Croker. Silver 35mm. OBVERSE: Bust of Anne facing left. REVERSE: Pallas hurling thunder at a two-headed monster. LEGEND: VIDEM GERIT . ILLA . TONATIS. (She is the vice-regent of the thunderer). MI II 228/4, Cf. pl. CXV/4 (Variety with FR: in legend. Only one stop after BR touches the hair, club on reverse touches the letter N). $300. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15841-JG

 

Undated (1837). Great Britain. THE MAJORITY OF PRINCESS VICTORIA. By Thomas Halliday. White metal 41mm. BHM 1741A. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 18669-3B