The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

AUSTRIA, Jahresprämie des Künstlerbundes österreichischer Medailleure auf das 100jährige Walzerjubiläum [Artists’ Association of Austrian Medallists on the Centenary of the Waltz], 1929, a uniface cast bronze medal by W. Bormann, naked couple performing a waltz, violin and bow in background, 95mm, 159.40g (Niggl 1939; cf. WAG 77, 2667). Very fine £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Baldwin Auction 30, 7-8 May 2002, lot 1345

Johann Baptist Strauss (1804-49), the famous composer, was noted for his development of the waltz, and other dance music, in the late 1820s in Vienna.