Auction Catalogue

13 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. Numismatic Books

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1161

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13 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£70

France, Exposition du Travail, 1895, a gilt-bronze award medal, unsigned, seated male artisan with tools, rev. wreath, named (Triboulet, Membre du Jury), 56mm; Jeanne d’Arc, 1896, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, Joan of Arc tied to the stake, flames licking around, rev. St Michael presenting standing figure of Joan with sword, 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.91; PBE 895; Coll. R. Marx 54; BDM V, 234, 236); Finland, Jean Sibelius, 1974, a bronze medal by R. Pépin, bust left, sheet music in background, rev. an evocation of the islands and lakes of Finland, 82mm (Niggl 3700; CGMP p.1459; cf. DW 20, 557); Russia, Igor Strawinsky, 1960, a bronze medal by Renée Vautier, bust left, rev. bird posing against a background of sheet music, 68mm (Niggl 1992; CGMP p.1852) [4]. Last extremely fine, others about very fine and better; first with clip and ring for suspension (£40-50)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Finnish composer; Igor Feodorowitsch Strawinsky (1882-1971), composer from St Petersburg