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The ‘Boys at the Lake’ Collection of Durand’s Famous People of the World Medals

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This collection was sold on 12 February 2020.

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Lot 1154, 12 Feb 20

Roger Bacon (1214-94), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (E 9; BDM II, 227); Petrarch (1304-74), a copper medal by R. Jeuffroy, 41mm (BDM III, 74); Johannes Gutenberg (1400-68), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227); Christopher Columbus (1442-1506), a copper medal by L. Petit, 41mm (BDM IV, 466) [4]. Extremely fine or better [third with NGC slab tag MS 64 RB] £150-£200

Lot 1154, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1155, 12 Feb 20

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), a restrike silver medal by R. Gayrard, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (BDM II, 227). Once cleaned but now re-toned, otherwise extremely fine, very rare in silver £400-£500

Lot 1155, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1156, 12 Feb 20

Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a copper medal by A. Veyrat, 41mm (BDM VI, 258); Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), a copper medal by L. Petit, 41mm (BDM IV, 466); Michelangelo (1474-1564), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227); Desiderius Erasmus (1477-1536), a copper medal by J. Pingret, 41mm (BDM –) [4]. Extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1156, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1157, 12 Feb 20

Martin Luther (1483-1546), a copper medal by A. Depaulis, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (BDM I, 559). About as struck [with NGC slab tag MS 65 BN] £100-£120

Lot 1157, 12 Feb 20

Sold for £70

Lot 1158, 12 Feb 20

Hernan Cortez (1485-1551), a copper medal by M. Vivier, 41mm (BDM –); Francis I (1494-1544), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227); Charles V (1500-58), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227); John Calvin (1509-64), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227) [4]. Extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1158, 12 Feb 20

Sold for £120

Lot 1159, 12 Feb 20

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227); Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 227); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), a copper medal by J. Barre, 41mm (BDM I, 128); Maurice of Orange (1567-1625), a copper medal by J. Pingret, 41mm (BDM –) [4]. Extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1159, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1160, 12 Feb 20

William Harvey (1578-1657), a copper medal by W. Binfield, 41mm (E 196; BDM I, 190); Axel Oxenstierna (1583-1654), a copper medal by J.-B. Salmson, 41mm (BDM –); Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), a copper medal by E. Gatteaux, 41mm (BDM II, 207); John Milton (1608-71), a copper medal by M. Vivier, 41mm (BDM VI, 291) [4]. Extremely fine or better [first with NGC slab tag MS 64 BN] £150-£200

Lot 1160, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1161, 12 Feb 20

Blaise Pascal (1623-62), a copper medal by J. Pingret, 41mm (BDM –); Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), a copper medal by Peuvrier, 41mm (BDM IV, 472); Christian Huygens (1629-95), a copper medal by F. Henrionnet, 41mm (BDM II, 478); John Locke (1632-1704), a copper medal by F. Caunois, 41mm (BDM I, 361) [4]. Extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1161, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1162, 12 Feb 20

Isaac Newton (1642-1727), a copper medal by L. Petit, 41mm (BDM IV, 466); Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), a restrike copper medal, unsigned, 41mm; William Congreve (1672-1729), a copper medal by A. Caqué, 41mm (E 517; BDM I, 342); George Frederick Handel (1684-1759), a copper medal by B. Wolf, 41mm (E 664; BDM VI, 525) [4]. Extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1162, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1163, 12 Feb 20

William Penn (1644-1718), a restrike copper medal by E. Rogat, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (BDM V, 192). Contact marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine £100-£120

Lot 1163, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1164, 12 Feb 20

Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), a copper medal by A. Caqué, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (Greenslet 42; BDM –). Good extremely fine £100-£120

Lot 1164, 12 Feb 20

Sold for £100

Lot 1165, 12 Feb 20

Samuel Johnson (1709-84), a copper medal by T. Smith, 41mm (E 812; BDM V, 553); Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), a copper medal by J.-P. Montagny, 41mm (BDM IV, 130); James Cook (1728-79), a copper medal by T. Smith, 41mm (E 781; BDM V, 553); Joseph Haydn (1730-1809), a copper medal by E. Gatteaux, 41mm (BDM II, 207) [4]. About extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1165, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1166, 12 Feb 20

George Washington (1732-99), a copper medal by M.N.M. Vivier, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (Musante 98; Baker 132; BDM VI, 291). Extremely fine £200-£260

Lot 1166, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1167, 12 Feb 20

George Washington (1732-99), a copper medal by M.N.M. Vivier, bust left, legend reads wasington, rev. legend, 41mm (Musante 100; Baker 131; BDM VI, 291). About extremely fine £200-£260

Lot 1167, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1168, 12 Feb 20

George Washington (1732-99), a restrike copper medal by J. Bacon, imaginary bust right, rev. legend, 41mm (Musante 101; Baker 130; BDM VII, 37). Good extremely fine £200-£260

Lot 1168, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1169, 12 Feb 20

Torbern Bergman (1735-84), a copper medal by J.-B. Salmson, 41mm (BDM V, 318); Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), a copper medal by P. Léveque, 41mm (BDM III, 424); Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746-1817), a copper medal by F. Caunois, 41mm (BDM –); Quirino Visconti (1753-1818), a copper medal by A. Caqué, 41mm (BDM I, 344) [4]. Extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1169, 12 Feb 20

Unsold

Lot 1170, 12 Feb 20

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-94), a copper medal by B. Wolf, 41mm (BDM VI, 525); Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), a copper medal by J.-J. Barre, 41mm (BDM I, 131); Victor Moreau (1763-1813), a copper medal by F. Caunois, 41mm (BDM –); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), a copper medal by A. Durand, 41mm (BDM –) [4]. About extremely fine or better £150-£200

Lot 1170, 12 Feb 20

Sold for £120

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