Auction Catalogue

10 May 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 418

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10 May 2007

Estimate: £30–£40

France, Olivier de Serres, c. 1850, a silver award medal by H. de Longueil for the Société d’Agriculture, Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres d’Indre-et-Loire, bust left, rev. wreath, un-named, 50mm (cf. DW 24, 434); Souvenir de la Saint Louis, 1888, a bronze award medal by A. Poncet for L. Penin, named (Jean Joseph Rimaud, 5 Mars 1889), 68mm [2]. First brilliant mint state, second very fine; both in fitted cases of issue (£30-40)