Auction Catalogue

6 March 2024

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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

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№ 317

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6 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£60

Plackman, Carl Joseph (British, 1943-2004); b. Huddersfield

ENGLAND, Reason versus Pleasure, 1985, an openwork uniface cast bronze medal by C.J. Plackman [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, pick-axe prising a loaf of bread on a divided mill-stone held by a sledge-hammer, ball and chain at upper right, 108mm, 593.76g (Attwood 23; The Medal 6, p.47; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.84, 170; Jones, CBM, p.52, no.1). Extremely fine, as made £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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