Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1606

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£85

Centenary of the Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven and the Vienna Festival, 1870, a bronze medal by C. Radnitzky, bust right, rev. lyre over arms, 57mm (Niggl 225; BDM V, 15; cf. DNW 60, 1556); 60th Birthday of Johannes Brahms, 1893, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bust right, rev. legend and wreath of oak and palm, 59mm (Niggl 405; BDM V, 368; cf. BDW 5, 11); Bicentenary of the Birth of Josef Haydn, 1932, a uniface square bronze plaque by J. Tautenhayn Jr, bust right in wreath, 50 x 50mm (Niggl 895); together with other miscellaneous medals, etc (6, one in silver), of Haydn, Bach, Schubert, etc [9]. Mostly very fine, first two better (£80-100)