MAILBID 37

A Postal Auction of Medals post 1945

SIMMONS GALLERY

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 3 May 2007 At 12 noon BST

Lot no.		France: Monnaie de Paris 1960’s-1980’s bronze		Reserve-estimate
74.		Chauvenet G. Bachelard, 1884-1962, French philosopher - reverse a reference to the elements of fire, earth air and water with which he defined his art and literature critiques 69mm VF		10-15
75.		Kiffer Serge de Diaghilev; Russian ballet director and impresario, portrait with ballet dancers to left and right; rev. Nijinsky and Lifar - two of his most famous dancers. 72mm gVF		15-25
76.		Guzman, Aleth Sigmund Freud 1856-1939, 66mm His portrait in middle age. Association Psychiatrique Internationale on reverse around Greek inscription with serpent opposing a sphinx gVF		25-35
77.		Coeffin, JH Marie Curie, centenary of the birth of Polish Nobel prize winner for Chemistry 1867-1934 (1967). Reverse Polonium and radium 1893 - date of her great discovery of the elements and their powers for radiation and X-rays. Patina impaired - see photo - nVF		15-25
78.		Comandini, M Giorgione, Italian Renaissance painter 1476-1510; rev. reinterpretation of one of his female nudes gVF 1973 copper, 8mm thick, 73mm.		25-35
79.		Aubert, Ch. Theodore Gericault, French painter: rev. horse and naked rider 68mm VF		15-25
80.		Guanstalle, Helene Hokusai, 1760-1840, Japanese printmaker with a view of a watery rural landscape, with distant Mount Fuji on the reverse - typical of his work. 80mm. VF		15-25
81.		Landry, AnnetteMarie de France, famous French poet of the Renaissance and one of the few women to be recognised and published at the time. 1967, rev. Amour est fatal - ny vous sans moy, ny moy sans vous (Love is fate - no you without me, no me without you..) dark/bright contrasting patina 62mm. VF		15-25
82.		Mocquot, MO.V. de Lubicz-Milosz, writer 1877-1939, rev. seated naked figure, with quotation in spiral from writer, 68mm VF		10-15
83.		Revol, G-ChHonoré de Balzac familiar portrait of the ebullient French giant of the 19^th century romantic/realist novel (cf Le Pere Goriot) ; on the reverse his dates 1799-1850 with the titles of his works - not necessarily the best known ones includes the Cure de Tours and Cousin Pons. Bronze 67mm high relief 1949 EF		35-50
84.		Schiffer, W B L Pasternak, writer and novelist: his portrait on a background of weapons and bullets 1890-1960; reverse a balalaika with a key symbolising the power of art against a background of trains, warfare and prison.1971 dark bronze 68mm. EF		15-20
85.		Cossaceanu, MLLuca della Robbia 1400-1482, portrait of the artist; rev. head of a young boy playing pan pipes 68mm. EF		15-20
86.		Galtié Toulouse-Lautrec homage to the artist on the centenary of his birth 1864-1901, 1964, The painter in his huge broad brimmed hat. Reverse is a bawdy scene from the Moulin Rouge with an exhausted dancer dominating the scene; limited edition MP CFO 3, no. 121/250 (one of the early issues of collector series). Large sized heavy cast 96mm EF		65-100
87.		DebusWilliam Shakespeare, portrait directly engraved into the die; reverse an crazed Lady Macbeth sleepwalking 69mm VF		15-25
88.		Joachim, JEric Tabarly- Victoire en solitaire portrait of the solo mariner; reverse - through a port-hole is glimpsed his boat Pen Duick 1 with the inscription 1964 Course Transatlantique 1969 Course Transpacifique.		25-40
89.		Gibert, LucienFigure skating pairs (Patiner) a couple on the ice - the reverse an interesting take on the usual wreath - made of skating blades. 68mm gVF		10-15
90.		Goldberg, STennis Doubles doubles match with single racket and net on reverse 77mm VF		10-15
91.		Revol, Guy-CharlesTennis singles looks just like a flattened tennis ball, same size but in copper, rev. a singles match is played. 1967 Condition gF		10-15
92.		Martinie, Berte Polo horse and rider with reverse V design showing the polo sticks and ball; dark patina and handsome stylised design 80mm EF		20-30
93.		Le Ruyet Cycling a pack of cyclists, head on contrasting with the side view of a single cyclist - very stylised. and very high relief. 63mm Bronze Flor(entin) golden bronze colour EF		20-30
94.		Dufresne, Therese Tercentenary of La Comedie Francaise 1680-1980 - created by Louis XIV, like bees to a hive people have swarmed to this golden theatre. 1981 Bronze Flor.. special finish gilt 72mm EF		30-40
95.		Yencesse, Hubert Claude Roger Marx art critic and writer on medals. Portrait with a quotation from him on the reverse: Le grand Art est à la fois de son temps et de tous les temps A classical feminine profile looks towards the contemporary nude. 1973 bronze 72mm.nEF		15-25
96.		Gio Republique Francaise, a line drawing of Marianne in her revolutionary bonnet. Reverse - the Republic expressed by the energy of atomic particles. 50mm. condition only F		8-12
97.		Simon, Georges Tercentenary of l/Academie des Sciences 1666-1966, head of Apollo reverse Apollo Palatinus image taken from the old medal of the Academy (with clock, alembic, globe, astrolabe and winged dragon skeleton!) bronze, black/white patina; 73mm		20-30
98.		Bourroux, A Notre Dame de Paris Madonna and Christ child with the interior of the church (nave) seen from the upper levels, looking towards the high altar. 80mm bronze VF		12-20
99.		Leygue, Louis Sacrificial lamb and phoenix, stylised with Thorn thicket reverse (Biblical reference to the sacrifice of Abraham offered this lamb instead of his son Isaac) 81mm bronze nVF		10-15
100.		(Acts of the Apostles) But they didn’t recognise him…ch.76 .the appearance of the risen Christ to two disciples, on the road 69mm 1980 bronze EF		10-15
101.		Roch, J Ph.La Basse Auvergne view of the towns of the area with the Parc des Volcans (volcanoes/domes) of the lower Auvergne on the reverse; oval medal 80mm x 70mm bronze 1977 EF		25-35
102.		Curtil Boyer, G Arenes de Nimes - bullfighting French-style, with the ancient coliseum on the reverse, the energy all conveyed in a free uninterrupted working of the clay like the encircling arena. 80mm cast bronze no.4/100		35-45
103.		Lhoste Ammonite; reverse world divided into sedimentary layers of rock and fossils, bronze 1980, high relief 68mm.EF		25-35
104.		Dolphins, 1979 , bronze 71mm. VF		15-30
105.		Swallows birds feeding their young in the nest and each other - all along a wire… 71mm bronze nEF		15-25
106.		Ganesh, the elephant of Hindu mythology and religion and a small herd of elephants - the shape of the medal follows the track of the elephants. 1977 79x51mm bronze		15-35
107.		(Nuclear Spectroscopy) Gaston Dupouy/Microscopes Electroniques de 1 et 3 millions de volts, CNRS Toulouse nEF