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ENGLAND/U.S.A., Medal for Marilyn, 2000, a cast bronze medal by Diana Thomson [Nautilus Fine Art Foundry], facing head of Marilyn Monroe, earring at right, rev. Monroe standing left, head turned back, holding down her ‘Flying Skirt’, for ever, and ever, ah men in field to left, rev. edge engraved d.c.t. 2000 1, 120mm, 1,969.22g. Extremely fine, a very substantial work, the first of only two castings made and undoubtedly the rarest Marilyn Monroe medal £200-£400
Hammer Price: £280
FRANCE, Tricentenaire du Rattachement de Valenciennes à la France [Tercentenary of the Annexation of Valenciennes to France], 1978, a bronze medal by G. Thurotte, Marianne, her head flanked by a lis and the Phrygian cap, receiving the arms of the city, two swans below, rev. crowned arms of Louis XIV emanating from a radiant sun, clasped hands below flanked by a sword placed on a shield decorated with an octopus, ears of wheat, a toothed wheel, a painter's palette, a feather and an unrolled...
Hammer Price: £15
MEXICO, Primer Centenario de la Proclamacion de Su-Independencia [First Centenary of Independence], 1910, a silver medal by Tiffany & Co, robed figure of Victory standing facing, holding sword and torch, sun over mountains in background, rev. legend in eight lines within wreath, edge impressed sterling, 90mm, 239.30g (Grove 382a; cf. Heritage 61310, 24479; cf. Stack’s/Bowers/Ponterio Oct. 2014, 687). Very fine and toned, rare £400-£600
Hammer Price: £1,200
FRANCE, Danse Antique, 1934, an Art Déco bronze medal by [after] M. Tobon Mejia, a couple of naked dancers, the man advancing to left and supporting the arms of his female partner who stands almost facing, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 59mm, 90.88g (CGMP p.375; cf. Künker 356, 8422; cf. iNumis MBS 48, 1395; cf. DNW 58, 1567). Some rubbing to left thigh of female, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £220
FRANCE, Reconnaissance des Bons Services, 1965, a bronze award medal by A.-H. Torcheux, robed female to right preparing to present a palm-wreath, rev. tablet flanked by oak wreaths, un-named, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 50mm, 70.24g (CGMP p.1805). Extremely fine; in blue box of issue £10-£15
Hammer Price: £10
NORWAY, Norge 1976, a bronze medal by F. Truedsson for A. Nyborg [Kultateollisuus Finland] as part of the Nordisk Kunstmedalje Serie [Nordic Art Medal series], fishes, rev. oil pipelines, edge impressed kultateollisuus finland udgivet af anders nyborg a/s nordiskkunstmedalje serie den 1/976 nr. 2173/5000, 70mm, 297.00g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.119, 11). Extremely fine; in white case of issue by Anders Nyborg A/S £10-£20
Hammer Price: £95
MONACO, Principauté de Monaco, 1943, a bronze medal by P. Turin, view of the principality, rev. aerial map, Grimaldi arms above and rays of the sun behind, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 150.49g (CGMP p.379; cf. Baldwin 39, 1904; cf. DNW M8, 2363). Good very fine £30-£40
ITALY, Pietro Rossi, 1716, a cast bronze medal by B.G. Vaggelli, bust right with zucchetto and mantellina, rev. Prudentia, robed, standing left, right hand raised to the sky, left hand holds a serpent, stag couchant at left, 85mm, 148.65g (V & T 359; cf. Sincona 73, 1458; cf. Baldwin 64, 467). Extremely fine and attractively patinated £90-£120
Hammer Price: £110
GREECE, Olympic Games, Athens, 1906, a plated bronze award plaque by P. Vannier, standing figure with stadium in background and Acropolis at upper left, rev. winged figure of Fame over tablet, un-named, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 70 x 49mm, 96.56g (GV 6; cf. Höhn 94, 638; cf. DNW M2, 2632). Extremely fine, toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £170
NETHERLANDS, Flamencodanseres [Flamenco Dancer], 1993, an openwork cast bronze medal by Elisabeth Varga, dancer appearing from the wings, rev. dancer in full view, 108 x 105mm, 320.33g (De Beeldenaar 1994-1, p.229; cf. Schulman 366, 1072). Extremely fine and as made, richly patinated, rare £80-£100
FRANCE, Henri Matisse, 1986, a cast bronze medal by Avril Vaughan, intaglio bust almost facing, rev. abstract figure, 93mm, 434.55g. Extremely fine, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
ENGLAND, The Wigan Camera Club, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, camera and photographic equipment on the sea-shore, radiant sun on horizon, rev. wreath, named (2nd Prize, M. Brown, 1904), 39mm, 24.21g (cf. DNW M11, 1109). Extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £50
FRANCE, Tête d’un Homme, 18[–]2, a uniface bronze medal by A. Vauthier-Galle [Eck et Durand], bust right with a cleft lip, back signed eck et durand, 148mm, 239.10g. Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £40
ENGLAND, National Art Competition, 1857, a copper electrotype award by A. Vechte, bust of Queen Victoria left, surrounded by allegorical figures of Genius, Justice, Truth, Science, Fame and Time, the last-named holding a shield, named (Robert P. Notley, 1861, Stage IIIb), 145mm, 198.75g (cf. Burt, The Medal 5, p.48-9; BDM VI, 214; E 1512; cf. DNW 132, 1594). Very fine; in original maroon gilt-blocked leather case of issue £60-£80
Hammer Price: £300
BELGIUM, Union Internationale du Yachting Automobile, c. 1930, an Art Déco bronze award medal by G. Verbanck, naked male emerging from the waves, right arm oustretched, left arm holds a conch-shell, rev. arms with central propellor, named (Sport, M. Marcel Jalla, 1920-1933), edge impressed j fonson, 75mm, 120.08g. Extremely fine; in maroon gilt-blocked case by J. Fonson, Médailles d’Art [this partly damaged] £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
FRANCE, Société Lyonnaise des Forces Motrices du Rhône, 1892 [struck c. 1900], a plated bronze Art Nouveau award plaque by A.C. Vermare, male swimming to left, personifying Rhône, naked female above him converting electricity to light through her arms over a distant cityscape of Lyon, rev. the Cusset hydroelectric plant in foreground, wreathed tablet above, un-named, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 90 x 66mm, 210.35g (PBE 931, recté A.C. Vermare; cf. iNumis MBS 49, 1077; cf. DNW...
Hammer Price: £130
FRANCE, Eve, 1906, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, naked figure of Eve standing to left in floral archway, rev. serpent coiled around tree trunk, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 78 x 30mm, 78.46g (Maier 165 [given to 1905]; PBE 985; CGMP p.396; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.26, 160; Jones, Art of the Medal, 330; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.348, 18; BDM VI, 243; cf. DNW 123, 694). Good very fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £320
ITALY, Centenario della Banco di Roma [Centenary of the Bank of Rome], 1980, a silver medal by G. Veroi for S. Johnson, robed female reclining left, holding a globe in her right hand, her left hand on the back of a wolf with twins by her side, rev. four prancing horses, impressed 800, 44mm, 39.68g (cf. Inasta e108, 2149). About extremely fine; in black gilt-blocked case of issue stamped 1836 Johnson Milano Roma £15-£25
Hammer Price: £35
FRANCE, Sagittaire [Sagittarius], an Art Déco light bronze paper knife by L.O.M. le Verrier, centaur with bow and arrow, back impressed le verrier 23 nov 21 dec bronze, 212 x 35mm, 101.22g. About very fine £80-£100
BELGIUM, Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1897, a uniface silver-gilt award plaque by Baron T.J. Vinçotte for Wolfers Frès, winged Fame in diaphanous robe at left, blowing trumpet and leaning on arch with a distant cityscape, tablet above named (Lucas, John Seymour, A.R.A.), each edge impressed with vp and scales foundry mark, 83 x 71mm, 353.40g (Maier p.132, 49; BDM VI, 280; cf. Kölner Munzkabinett 113, 1060; cf. BSJ 8, 458). Extremely fine and very rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £750
U.S.A./ENGLAND, Man’s First Landing on the Moon, 1969, a silver medal by P. Vincze [Roger Reading & Smith], astronaut standing on the surface of the moon, names of the astronauts below, rev. Apollo, holding wreath and caduceus, regarding the rocket launching, progress of the lunar module prior to its landing on the moon in 12 vignettes around, edge impressed fine silver, 43mm, 94.15g (cf. Noble 105, 2248; cf. Cayon e9, 5157). Trifling handling marks, otherwise brilliant; in blue...
Hammer Price: £90
GERMANY, Rein-Nickel, 1936, a nickel medal by A. Vocke for the Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG, kneeling male miner, hands clasped on an axe, surrounded by seven bearded dwarves, rev. map of the Eastern hemisphere, edge impressed preuss. staatsmünze 1936 ni. 99,5% [Berlin mint], 56mm, 74.74g (cf. Teutoburger 134, 2002; cf. WAG 67, 3607). Extremely fine £40-£50
FRANCE, Tout est Accompli, or La Crucifixion, 1969 [struck 1970], a bronze medal by A. Volti, Christ on the Cross, inclining his face towards God, flanked by two thieves being crucified whose faces are bowed towards the earth, rev. Virgin Mary seated with the body of Christ across her lap, her neck and head bent in pain, edge impressed bronze 1970 and cornucopia, 77mm, 190.50g (CGMP p.1891; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.107, 60; cf. DNW 45, 869). Extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £25
BELGIUM, La Chasse, c. 1930, a uniface cast bronze octagonal Art Déco plaque by A. Vriens for Fonson, Diana running to left, holding spear, accompanied by a hunting dog, edge impressed j fonson, 75mm, 155.89g (cf. Höhn 101, 399; cf. DNW 49, 853). Good very fine, patinated £60-£80
ENGLAND/SPAIN, Medal for Dalí, 1991, a cast bronze medal by S. Ward [Tallix Morris Singer] for the British Art Medal Society, bust of Salvador Dalí left, Cross behind and broken chain at left, rev. weeping eye at centre of a crutch on which is superimposed a long baguette, impressions of feet at upper left, flies at lower right, 84mm, 516.02g (Attwood 84; The Medal 20, p.121). Extremely fine, as made £70-£90
ENGLAND, John Flaxman, 1854, a copper medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. representation of Flaxman’s bas-relief of Mercury supporting Pandora flying left, edge impressed art-union of london 1854, 56mm, 76.33g (Beaulah 6; BHM 2530; BDM VI, 423; E 1479). About extremely fine £100-£150
AUSTRIA, Stärke [Strength], 1911, a uniface bronze plaque by A.R. Weinberger, male standing left, flexing his muscles, weightlifting equipment below, 116 x 57mm, 247.91g (BDM VIII, 266; cf. DNW M2, 2430). Extremely fine and patinated, rare £80-£100
ENGLAND/FRANCE, Giverny, 2004, a bronze medal by Prof. P. Welton [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, bridge over a pond of water lilies, rev. boat moored under the branch of a tree, 80mm, 173.50g (The Medal 45, p.110). Extremely fine and patinated, as made £60-£80
E.E.C., European Coin Cemetery, 2002, an openwork bronze plaque, unsigned [by Etchi Werner-Nyiri], hand at right of an abstract scene on which demonetised French and German coins have been attached, rev. date in panel, four other demonetised coins from Italy, Austria and Germany set in edges, 78 x 60mm, 157.66g. Very fine, as made, unusual; in a black velvet bag as issued £25-£35
ENGLAND/FRANCE, Walk Through Sénanques, 1986, a openwork cast bronze medal by Caroline White for the British Art Medal Society, view of part of the exterior through a hexagonal prism representing sacred geometry, rev. the interior of the cloister through a similar prism, 125mm, 706.45g (Attwood 43; The Medal 10, p.78; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.89, 333; cf. DNW 123, 509). Extremely fine, as made £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
PORTUGAL, Catedral de Toledo [Toledo Cathedral], 1867, a copper medal by C. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, rev. interior of the citadel, 59mm, 90.18g (Ross p.21; Reinecke 52; RBN 1888, p.222, no. 27; BDM VI, 481, recté 1867; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 188, 5496). Extremely fine, attractively patinated £80-£100
ENGLAND, Sir Charles Barry, 1862, a copper medal by L. Wiener for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. front elevation of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, 60mm, 87.04g (Beaulah 14; Eidlitz 58; BHM 2712; Taylor 171i; BDM VI, 488 [assigned to Jacques Wiener]; E 1558). Brilliant mint state, attractive patina £80-£100
FINLAND, Suomen Tasavallan Hallitusmuoto [Formation of the Government of Finland], 1919, a bronze medal by E. Wikström, lion rampant in shield surrounded by wreath of wheat, rev. farmer and a soldier greeting a robed male, mother and child, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 72 mm, 162.45g (Bostron 2.154.2; cf. Elsen 116, 2290). Very fine £30-£40
ENGLAND, Dreams of a Dying Moth, 2000, a cast bronze medal by Lucy Willow [Falmouth College of Arts] for the British Art Medal Society, moth positioned at the edge of the medal, rev. light bulb in a central void, 68 x 62mm, 235.27g (Attwood 158; The Medal 40, p.107). Very fine, the subject matter highlighted with a green patina £30-£50
ENGLAND, Benjamin West, 1866, a copper medal by W.A. Wilson for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. soldiers surrounding the dying figure of General James Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, the image taken from the central group of figures from West’s painting Death of Wolfe at Quebec, edge impressed art-union of london 1866, 55mm, 88.24g (Beaulah 16; BHM 2862; BM Acq. 1983-7, 19; BDM VI, 510; E 1589). Reverse edge nick at 6 o’clock and some light spotting, otherwise about...
Hammer Price: £160
ENGLAND, Facet Medal, 2013, a cast bronze multifaceted abstract geometric medal by N. de Wit for the British Art Medal Society, sides ground into eight asymmetrical facets, each with a slot at 90º to the other, small integral central hole, 65 x 65 x 24mm, 478.28g (The Medal 63, p.71). Extremely fine, green patina; in black BAMS box of issue £150-£200
ENGLAND, Past and Present, 2001, two magnetic bronze and steel medals by R. Wood [the artist] for the British Art Medal Society, the work incorporating a set of 21 cut-out steel parts in a variety of geometric and floral forms, one side of each of the medals bearing an English translation of a quotation from Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu, medals each 78mm, total wt. 347.59g (Attwood 156; The Medal 39, pp.120-1) [23]. About extremely fine and complete £70-£90
Hammer Price: £100
BELGIUM, Stadhuis van Louvain [Louvain City Hall] [1848], a silver-gilt award medal by Ets Würden after J. Wiener, three-quarters elevation of the City Hall viewed from the Grote Markt, rev. arms above wreath, un-named, 51mm, 38.19g (cf. Ross M43; cf. Schulman e2, 3646). Extremely fine, attractively toned £40-£50
ENGLAND, Charles Leslie, 1870, a copper medal by A.B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. a scene from Tristram Shandy in which Uncle Toby, sat on a bench, looks into the eye of the Widow Wadman at left, being detail from Leslie’s painting The Sentry Box, 55mm, 123.55g (Beaulah 19; BHM 2911; BM Acq. 1983-7, 20; BDM VI, 575; E 1608). Extremely fine £80-£100
ENGLAND, John Bacon, 1864, a copper medal by J.S. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Bacon’s statue of Samuel Johnson in Roman attire, 55mm, 107.45g (Beaulah 15; BHM 2797; BDM VIII, 297; E 1573). About extremely fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £140
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