Shop Now

 

1882, France. REBUILDING OF THE HOTEL DE VILLES (City Hall), PARIS. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909). Bronze 76mm. Cased. $225 Sorry, SOLD (February, 2022) ———– Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909) was born at Mortagne. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888.

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q4312-15770-KS

 

1961, U.S.A. PILGRIMS AND PATRIOTS. By Adolph Black. Bronze 73mm. Obv: Pilgrims stepping ashore. Rev: Revolutionary soldiers. Sixty third issue of the Society of Medalists. Alexander 63.1. Reported production of 827 in bronze. $60. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 0036-19088-7B

 

1815, France. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. By Émile Rogat. Copper 40mm. (This medal is a later creation by Rogat (1799-1852). A pointing hand stamp on edge indicates that it was struck between 1845 and 1850). Bramsen 1636, Julius 3336. Schwering 1484, Trésor 65/8. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 6777-30410-8C

 

France. CERES. By Samuel Gr?n (1869-after 1930). Bronze 50mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023).———- Samuel Gr?n, painter, sculptor, engraver and medalist was born on February 19 1869 in Tallin, Estonia, the son of Maurice Gr?n, a painter. He worked in London and Paris. Gr?n exhibited at the Soci?t? des artistes Fran?ais and at the Salon of the Royal Academy in London. The exact date of his death is unknown, probably some time after the 1930s.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 6424-18819-5B

 

1959, Belgian Congo. VICTOR STRAELEN, Geologist and Paleontologist. By Marcel Rau. Bronze 69mm. Vancraenbroek 136. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 30072-5c

 

1954, Belgium Congo.25TH ANNIVERSARY OF INSTITUT ROYAL COLONIAL BELGE. By Willy Kreitz. Bronze 90mm. Vancraenbroek 161. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 30070-5C

 

1826, France. INSTITUT ROYAL DE FRANCE. Unsigned. Bronze 50mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15948-8A

 

France. NUDE CHILD WITH A FAUN. By Victor Peter. Bronze 50mm. $90.

Charles Victor Peter was born at Paris on December 20 1940. He studied art over the objections of his parents. He was a pupil of S?bastien Cornu, Fran?ois Th?odore Devaulx and Alexandre Falgui?re. He exhibited at the Salon and won a medal in 1879. He won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Peter worked in various media, but specialized in sculpture and medallic art. As a medallist, Peter is best known for his depictions of animals. He became professor of sculptur at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts in 1901 and was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur. Peter died on March 20 1918.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 30633-8C

 

1938, France. 16TH FAIR AND EXPOSITION, BRIGNOLES. By Robert Cochet. Bronze 42mm. $45.

Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6, 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26, 1988.

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30631-8C

 

France. LES ÉCOLES D’ART, FRANCE. By Ovide Yencesse. Bronze 50mm. Lightly cleaned. $150.

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: $150.00

SKU: 30632-8C

 

France. CONFEDERATION DE L’ARTISANAT FRANCAIS. By Georges Contaux. Bronze 50mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023) ———— Georges Contaux was born on September 22, 1891 in Paris. He entered the ?cole Boulle, where he studied sculpture and engraving. He joined the 26?me R?giment d?artillerie de campagne at Chartres in 1911. Contaux was wounded during World War I and had two fingers amputated. In 1921 he received an honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. From 1922 to 1923 he worked for the engraver Pierre Lasserre (1870-1943). He then established himself at Vigneux-sur-Seine, where he remained, for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor and medallist. We was a prolific medallist producing about twenty-five hundred medals over the span of fifty years from 1930 to 1980. About fifteen hundred of his medals were religious, another eight hundred related to sports and about 150 were portrait medals. Contaux died at Vigneux-sur-Seine on September 15, 1984.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 4436-18812-5B

 

1905, Switzerland. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE IN BASEL. By Hans Frei. Bronze 61mm. $65. Sorry, SOLD 9June, 2023)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 2118-30274-5C

 

1929, France. AUTOMOBILE CLUB DU NORD DE LA FRANCE. By Raoul Bénard (1881-1961). Gilt-bronae 63mm. Cased. $125.

Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September, 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 0346-17559-3B

 

1956, France. SEMEUR (“The Sower”). By René Baudichon. Gilt-bronze plaquette 42mm x 63mm. Obv: A man sowing seed. Rev: A field of wheat under harvest. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 24/A. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 19069-9B

 

1969, Great Britain. INVESTITURE OF CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES. By Paul Vincze. Silver 57mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2020) ————- 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.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15279-1T