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

№ 2453

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11 July 2006

Hammer Price:
£25

Belgium, Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, the First Performance of the Parsifal, 1914, a plated bronze medal by G. Devreese, standing figure of Parsifal, rev. four females dancing around central figure, 76mm, exergue stamped épreuve d’auteur (Niggl 2152; cf. BDW 5, 81); Exposition Internationale, Liège, 1930, a plated bronze award medal by G. Devreese for Fonson, seated elderly man with artisan, microscope on table at left, rev. semi-naked female in the act of inscribing, un-named, 70mm [2]. About very fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Hans-P. Wipfler.

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