Auction Catalogue

11 July 2006

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2342

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11 July 2006

Hammer Price:
£35

Victoria (1837-1901), Edinburgh University, copper award medals (2), named (1882, Natural History, F.T. King; 1885-6, Senior Greek, James C. Smith), both 52mm (Brodie 569, these pieces); Dundee Public School Competition, Sir John Leng’s Trust Scottish Song Prize Medal, 1906, a silver award, unsigned, bust of Robert Burns half-left, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (Nellie Forrester), hallmarked gdf Birmingham 1905, 39mm (Brodie 556, this piece); Banff Academy, 1922, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms. rev. named (Session 1922-23, Presented by James Ritchie, Esqr, for Mathematics, won by Ellen M. Martin), hallmarked wg&s Birmingham 1922, 52mm (Brodie 528, this piece) [4]. Extremely fine; first in case of issue (£50-70)

Provenance:
N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lots 528, 556, 569