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1971, France. JULES VALLES, Journalist and Author. By Marcel Chauvenet. Copper 68mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Cast bronze 110mm. Number 4 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 386/C. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 30443-6C

 

1874, U.S.A. MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION. By F.N. Mitchell. Silver 51mm. $175. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023).

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SKU: 1312-30253-5C

 

France. ICARUS ? SERVICE DES SPORTS AERIENS. By C. Charles. Gilt-bronze 50mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2021) ——— Benezit notes that Charles Charles was born in Paris. He was a student of Injalbert and Thomas. He exhibited at the Salon des Artists Fran?ais from 1913 to 1930.

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SKU: 16248-4A

 

1932, Great Britain. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE. By Bertram Mackennel. Bronze 55mm. Edge inscribed: YOLANDE BICH, INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS, 1932. FRENCH. Cased. $70. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 30037-4C

 

France. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MINES AT LENS. By Oscar Roty and Hippolyte Lef?bvre. Silvered-bronze plaquette 47mm x 69mm. Cased. $175. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023). ———— Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911. ———– Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. Lef?bvre won gold medals for medals that he exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exposition.

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SKU: 19722-12B

 

Belgian Congo. THE EVENTS OF 1914-1918. By Frans Huygelen. Bronze 90mm. Vancraenbroek 88. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: 6503-19125-6B

 

France. SWIMMING AWARD. By ?mile Monier. Bronze 68mm. $135.

?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: $135.00

SKU: 30440-6C

 

Japan. ADMIRAL HEIHACHIRO. Bronze 54mm. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 2276-20615-3C

 

1935, France. Cardinal Richelieu – 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Cast bronze 117mm. $600.

Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13, 1885, at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

Price: $600.00

SKU: 7197-30048-4C

 

Undated (circa 1798), Great Britain, Minorca. MINORCAN MAGISTRATES MEDAL. By J. Milton. Bronze 51mm. BHM 461 RR. $1,950. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022)

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SKU: 18690-3B

 

1923, France. PARIS ? CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE PARIS, CHAMPIONNAT ARTISTIQUE. By Hippolyte Lef?bvre (1863-1935). No edge stamp. Silvered-bronze or possibly silver 61mm x 87mm. Very slightly bumped on its corners. $275. Sorry, SOLD. ———– Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. Lef?bvre won gold medals for medals that he exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exposition.

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SKU: 15256-4A

 

1987, Netherlands. GERARDUS MERCATOR, Geologist and Cosmologist. By Joseph Kapitz. Published by le Club Fran?aise de la M?daille. Plated copper 78mm. Number 73 of an edition of 100. $120. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023)

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SKU: 20401-2C

 

France. World War I. TO THE FACTORY WORKERS OF THE GREAT WAR. By Louis Desvignes. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $50.

Louis Desvignes, sculptor and medallist,was born on November 14 1877 at Creusot (Sa?ne-et-Loire), He was a student of Raoul. Verlet, Paul Auban and Henri Dubois at l’?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris . He was a soci?taire du Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a gold medal in 1932. Desvignes died in Paris on June 22, 1934.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 20656-4C

 

1831, Great Britain. CORONATION OF WILLIAM IV. By Ingram. White metal 55mm. Variety of BHM 1484 (Reverse varies in several details. E.g. Rose above the crown JULY 11TH JUNE 26TH). $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 8804-18010-11A

 

1953, France. ESCRIMEUSE (Swordswoman). By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac. Bronze plaquette 74mm x 50mm. $70.

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28, 1933.

Price: $70.00

SKU: 5790-20631-3C