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France. KATZENJAMMER, society of bon vivants. Unsigned. Uniface cast bronze 73mm. $225. Sorry, SOLD

Austria. ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. Unsigned. Bronze 56mm. $60

1893, France. CENTENARY OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. By Louis Bottée. Bronze 68mm. $150. ———— Louis-Alexandre Bottée (1852-1941) was born in Paris. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a button-making manufactory, where he was responsible for engraving dies. He later studied at the École des Art Décoratifs. In 1869 he joined the atelier of Paulin Tasset and in 1871 he joined the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Premiere Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1878 and a gold medal at the Salon of 1900. In 1903 he was made an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Finland. RAIMO HEINO, Designer of Coins, Medals and Reliefs. Self-portrait. Uniface. Bronze 51mm, struck on a large, untrimmed flan 60mm. $60

1844, France. JEAN D’ARCET, Inspector General des Essais des Monnaies (Inspector General of Assaying) & J.P. JOSEPH D’ARCET, Directeur des Essais des Monnaies (Director of Assaying). By Raymond Gayrard. Copper 50mm. $75.

France. SYNDICAT PATERNAL DU BATIMENT ET DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS. Bronze 59mm. $45

France. FISHING PORT OF LORIENT-KEROMAN. By Coutre. Bronze 59mm. $80

1978, France. GEORGES HILBERT, Sculptor. By Raymond Corbin (1907- 2002). Silvered-copper 74mm. Published by the Club Française de la Médaille. Number 9 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 4 449/H. $100.

Raymond Corbin was born at Rochefort on April 23, 1907. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and succeeded him as professor of medal engraving in 1955. Corbin had a distinguished career, which included creating many medals and designing two commemorative coins for the French Mint. He won various honors. He died at Boulogne-Billancourt on March 1, 2002.

1979, France. ROGER BARON, Sculptor and Medallist. By Georges Crouzat. Bronze 68mm. $100.

Georges Crouzat (1904-1976) was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a sociétaire des Artistes Français and received an honorable mention in 1928.

Roger Baron, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1907. He was a student of Paupion and Wlérick and he worked in the atelier of Maxime Real del Sarte.

Hungary. A MASTIK SZOBA. By Antzal Czinder. Uniface cast bronze 105mm. $150

1933, France. PROFESSOR (JACQUES) ARSÈNE D’ARSONVAL. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 81mm. $250.

1922, Poland, France. MARIANNE – FRENCH ECONOMIC MISSION IN POLAND. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. Bronze 60mm. $90.

Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1848-1899), French painter, sculptor and medallist entered l’École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts at the age of seventeen. In 1868 he won the second Prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. In 1898 he was made an officer of the Légion d’Honneur. Daniel-Dupuis died tragically in 1899, when he was shot in his sleep by his wife, who had a history of mental illness. His wife then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide. Daniel-Dupuis created an extensive body of medallic works.

Great Britain. SHAKESPEARE. By Maurice Debus. Published by le Club Française de la Médaille. Cast bronze 165mm. Number 17 of a limited edition of 250. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 564/C. $600

France. CRUCIFIX. By Albert De Jaeger. Uniface bronze 68mm. $45

Albert de Jaeger was born on October 28, 1908, in Roubaix. He won the first prize at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Roubaix et de Tourcoing, and later the first prize at l’ l’École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Paul Niclausse, Henri Bouchard, Charles Despiau and Henry Dropsy. He won the premier grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1935 with La Légende et l’Histoire. He created many sculptural works and an extensive body of medals. He spent most of his life at Meudon, where he bought the Villa Charles Schacher. He died in Paris on May 19, 1992.