MAILBID 37

A Postal Auction of Medals post 1945

SIMMONS GALLERY

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 3 May 2007 At 12 noon BST

	Medals from British Art Medal Society and other contemporary British medals	Condition extremely fine unless stated otherwise. Please note that for cast pieces there are always variations between one example and another.		Reserve-estimate
1.		Dutton, Ron, Moon Tree, one of the early atmospheric pieces, playing on abstract forms in nature, uniface cast bronze medal no.8/20 edition c. 1984. 77mm.		50-75
2.		Dutton, Ron, Stonehenge, the famous pre-historic standing stones, with a map of the area on the reverse and Ron’s poem: Stones unencumbered by priest ritual chant stand sadly posed upon untrodden grass a monument to faded hope and spirit passed. BAMS issue 46, cast bronze 90mm. no.5/100 (officially 70 declared sold), 1987		60-80
3.		Carter, Lloyd Gala close-up of Duncan Goodhew, the Olympic swimmer in action with a medley of divers and swimmers on the reverse, BAMS issue 29, ed. 26, M7, cast bronze 107mm.		50-75
4.		Gulyas, Dawn This Fragile Earth “Hail the medal as propaganda! … a fine example of the modern medal” was Ron Dutton’s comment (M24.111) on this tree frog, an endangered species whose survival monitors the well-being of the natural world. An original edition Royal Mint cast, made while the jeweller was studying at the Royal College of Art 1992 73mm x 92mm Note: the Mint has since re-issued this medal. Coll. Ernest Morton		75-100
5.		Hamilton Finlay, Ian Terror/Virtue 18^th century France perfectly summed up by the classicism of the arts and the technical but terrible brilliance of the guillotine. An iconic medal, and in my opinion, one of the best BAMS has ever issued. As far as we know the first of these medals to have appeared on the market for several years. M4– BAMS issue no.15, 1983, 52.5mm Edition 43 plus a number sold by the artist.	This example Collection Ernest Morton acquired directly from BAMS.	300-500
6.		Forster, Frank Michelangelo, BAMS issue no. 19, 1984; a medal in homage to the artist; with interpretations of Michelangelo’s portrait of the Rondo on the reverse. 94mm. cast bronze, cast by the artist, ed. 35 M5.		60-80
7.		Fuz, Veronica Konrad Lorenz 1903-89, portrait of the naturalist surrounded by his geese. BAMS issue no.123, 1996, edition of 30, AE cast 94mm, 1996		40-60
8.		Laing, Gerald The Parsifal Medal young voices – O ces voix d’enfants chantant dans la coupole with the Holy Grail as winged hourglass on the reverse, cast bronze BAMS issue no.98, 1993,large heavy cast bronze 121mm, ed.25, M24		80-120
9.		Meszaros, Michael Battle of Britain A small plane caught in the searchlights contrasts with the crumpled form of a downed aircraft. Starkly graphic commemoration of those who lived and died in this battle. BAMS issue no.53, 1988, cast bronze 110mm., The Medal no.13, ed.30		40-60
10.		Neagu, Paul Ten Years of Hyphen, an abstract meditation on the tenth anniversary of the art group by a founder member. BAMS issue 36, ed.17 cast bronze 100mm. M8 1985/6		20-40
11.		Nikolov, Bogomil Acta est Fabula; made before the end of Soviet occupation in Bulgaria - the symbolism is self-explanatory. 1989. cast bronze, 110mm BAMS issue 62. M16, edition 24.		40-60
12.		Oliver, Hilary Ticket to Audnax, 1986, Meditation in the abstract on landscape with sea and hills behind. BAMS issue 41, ed. 12, cast bronze 89mm. M10		30-40
13.		Olzewska Borys, Ewa In Memory of Joseph Conrad, portrait of the writer and mariner with the powerful waves of the sea as reverse and background. A great, poetic, heavy medal in the modern Polish manner - BAMS issue 102 cast bronze, 1994 100x100mm, cast by the artist. M25. Edition 66.		180-275
14.		Quinn, Peter John Betjeman 1995, BAMS issue 22, cast bronze 102.5mm, M6, ed.47 Poet laureate in customary overcoat and hat; rev. Betjeman looking in at the window, teddy bear on the window sill.		50-75
15.		Rich, Fred Osprey The medal takes the viewpoints of prey and predator in the instant before the bird dives; a chance to acquire an exquisite early work by this renowned jeweller and enameller. BAMS issue no.10, 1983 cast bronze, M3, edition of 60, cast bronze gilt with coloured enamels 70x63mm, with silken tassel (coll. Ernest Morton)		150-200
16.		Searle, Ronald Samuel Pepys Esqr. 1633-1703, facing portrait with Pepys taking an extravagant though humble bow on the reverse: BAMS issue 20, 1984, 71.5mm, high relief struck bronze (Birmingham Mint), M6, edition 93 (sold MB25 £209)		150-200
17.		Wilson, Eva Record of Memory, commemorative of her time at the British Museum, with references to Assyrian, Indian and Egyptian sculpture. BAMS 86, 1992, cast bronze 100x70mm. M21, edition 25		40-60
18.		Vaughan, Avril Henry Moore, the first in the series of medals in homage to sculptors, printers and artists Vaughan revered and acknowledged as influential on her work. The reverse echoes his Oval with Points, and his work in general - cast bronze, 97.5mm, ed. 20		75-100
19.		Vaughan, Avril Henri Matisse, 1869-1954, portrait of the painter and printer after his own self-portrait with on the reverse, incuse, as if a print, a reference to Matisse’s Nu Bleu IV of 1952; rarely seen medal, 1986, cast bronze 91mm, ed. 3/10		100-150
20.		Vaughan, Avril Kathe Kollwitz 1967-1945, portrait of the troubled illustrator and pacifist with an interpretation of her anguished work Death and the Mother (1934) on the reverse. 1986, cast bronze 93mm, ed.3/10		100-150

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