Auction Catalogue

3 April 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 716

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£70

International Exposition, Milan, 1906, a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the Comité Française, naked boy seated, decorating a vase, reverse Italian female with baskets stood in front of the Italian entrance to the Simplon Tunnel, 71 x 52mm (cf. PBE 1030; Coll. R. Marx 163; BDM VI, 695; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.51, 201). Extremely fine ( £150-£180)

The Milan Expo of 1906 was organised to coincide with the completion of the Simplon Tunnel under the Alps, the 20km feat of engineering linking Switzerland with Italy, on which work had started in August 1898. The tunnel was opened by Victor Emanuel III on 19 May 1906, three weeks after the official inauguration of the Expo on 28 April 1906.
See back cover illustration