The ‘Boys at the Lake’ Collection of Durand’s Famous People of the World Medals 1154
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 Provenance: Second bt H. Betts January 2010; last bt R. Margolis January 2011
1155 1156
Provenance: Bt D. Young October 2010 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
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 Provenance: First bt D. Young November 2010; last bt H. Betts December 2009
1157 1158
Provenance: Bt J.J. Teaparty August 2010 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
Provenance: First bt R. Margolis January 2011; last Presidential Auction (Baltimore), June 2009, lot 1680 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 1159
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 Provenance: Last bt D. Young October 2014; others bt H. Betts December 2009 1160
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 Provenance: Third bt H. Garrison September 2013; last bt R. Gladdle February 2010 1161
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 Provenance: Third bt H. Betts August 2010; last bt D. Young September 2009 1162
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 Provenance: First bt M. Reid September 2013; second bt D. Young November 2010; third bt H. Betts December 2009
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