| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 303 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Italian and Jacobite interest, The Escape of Princess Clementina from Innsbruck, 1719, bronze medal by Ottone Hamerani, CLEMENTINA. M. BRITAN. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA. bust of the Princess left, rev. FORTVNAM CAVSAMQVE SEQVOR, the Princess escapes in a chariot, an Italianate landscape and ship at sea beyond, 42.36g, 48mm (Eimer 484; MI ii 444/49; Woolf 36:1). A few light contact marks, otherwise extremely fine. Princess Clementina was born one of the wealthiest women in all of Europe, inheriting vast estates in Galicia and Lithuania from her grandfather Jan Sobieski III. Her wealth attracted the attention of many bachelors, including James Stuart (III/VIII), the Jacobite Pretender to the British thrones. George I of Great Britain, upon hearing the news of a possible marriage, requested the intervention of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to stop it. Charles intercepted and arrested Clementina whilst on her way to marry James in Italy, imprisoning her in Innsbruck castle. With the help of Jacobite soldier and diplomat Charles (Chevalier) Wogan, however, Clementina managed to escape the castle through cunning deceit. She managed to make her own way to Bologna, where she managed to contact the increasingly worried James Stuart. Through a complicated series of communications, Clementina was married upon her request by proxy to James, before formalising the marriage in a ceremony at the Cathedral Santa Margherita in Montefiascone on the 3rd of September 1719. Starting price: 400 GBP |  |
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| St. James's Auctions Ltd > Auction 88 | Auction date: 27 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 251 Price realized: 380 GBP (Approx. 480 USD / 443 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817), Death, gilt-bronze medal, 1817, by Thomas Wyon Sr., after Peter Turnerelli (1774-1839), bust l., her hair in chignon, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA &c, rev. legend in centre and two lines around, ...AS THE MORNING CLOUD, AS THE EARLY DEW, SHE PASSETH AWAY., 50.5mm. (BHM 943; BDM VI, p. 640), in contemporary maroon leather case, a choice medal, extremely fine and scarce *ex. The Pavilion Collection, sold in these rooms, 25 March 2020 (lot 474); previously bt. R. Gladdle, April 2014; BHM [L. Brown], in error, records the obverse legend reading '... AUGUST'.; Peter Turnerelli (1774-1839) was an Irish born sculptor of Italian origin who studied under Peter Francis Chenu and joined the Royal Academy schools. His name is acknowledged on the medal. From 1797 to 1800 Turnerelli taught modelling to the daughters of George III and was subsequently Sculptor-in-Ordinary to the Royal Family. An example of the bust of Princess Charlotte was sold by Lyon & Turnbull as part of the 'Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House', 1 November 2011 (lot 259 - £2000). Estimate: 350 - 450 GBP |  |
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| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 338 Price realized: 5,500 GBP (Approx. 6,912 USD / 6,421 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Arrival of Princess Mary in Holland, AR Medal, 1642, by Sebastian Dadler, LIBERTAS PATRIÆ, ME DEFENSORE, TRIUMPHAT, INSIDIATA NIHIL VIS INIMICA NOCET., Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, seated left, tramples on his enemies and holds sword and band with shields of the seven Provinces, Prince William and his bride behind, city beyond, rev. QUO TE MARS ET AMOR VOCAT INTRA. DIVA VIRETUM FRUCTUM HIC LIBERTAS TE GENITRICE FERET., pleasure garden within wattled fence, over the entrance strides the Belgic Lion, Prince William receives his bride, edge plain, 108.98g, 73mm (Wieçek 107; Maué 47; Murdoch 93; MI i 290/105; van Loon II, 257), light edge bruising, more so to the reverse at 2 o'clock, touches of softness to the very highest points of this prominently struck-up medal, otherwise with a most striking electric-blue and light ochre tone upon uniformly cabinet grey and brilliant fields, a most desirable extremely fine, scarce in this metal. This medal was struck in honour of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, to commemorate the arrival of the young Princess Mary, daughter of Charles I, who had been married to Prince William in the preceding year, and who now on account of the dangers which threatened the royal family, was solemnly requested by the States' Ambassadors to come to Holland. Princess Mary was married to William II of Orange at the age of nine in 1641 but remained in England for the next six years due to the precarious political unrest about. Shortly before she left for the continent, she was designated the first Princess Royal. She would only end up spending three years in The Netherlands with her husband before he died of smallpox, and only eight days after losing him did she give birth to future king of England, Scotland and Ireland, William III of Orange. She gave great support to her older brother, Charles II, whilst he was in exile and was a avid supporter of the restoration, however this made her increasingly unpopular in the Netherlands, as did her strained relationship with her mother-in-law Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, who thought the princess to be youth and inexperienced. When the monarchy was restored in 1660, Mary headed back to London for celebrations, however whilst there she contracted smallpox and died. Estimate: £6000 - £8000 |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 292 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 201 Price realized: 20 GBP (Approx. 25 USD / 23 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals Jennewein, Carl Paul (German, 1890-1978); b. Stuttgart, emigrated to the United States of America 1924 U.S.A., Third of a Century of I.B.M., 1947, a bronze medal by C.P. Jennewein for Medallic Art Co, bust of Thomas Watson half-left, rev. legend in 9 lines flanked by small laurel wreaths, Watson's signature below, edge impressed medallic art co. n.y. bronze, 63mm, 112.43g (MACO 1947-003). Very fine; in a contemporary gilt frame, with hook on the back for suspension £25-£35 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, June 2015 The International Business Machines Corporation, founded in June 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Co at Endicott, NY, was renamed in 1924. Thomas John Watson Sr (1874-1956), who had been fired from the National Cash Register Co for illegal anti-competitive sales practices, was hired in May 1914 as its general manager, but within a year he was promoted and was to become chairman and CEO of International Business Machines. The self-styled 'king' of punch-cards, who was hailed as the world's greatest salesman on his death, oversaw the company's growth into an international force and was regarded as Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'unofficial' ambassador in New York. |  |
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| St. James's Auctions Ltd > Auction 85 | Auction date: 3 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 265 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Jacobite interest: Treaty of Ryswick and the "Fortunes of Prince James", 1697, small bronze medal, by N. Roettier, young bust l., rev. radiant sun, partially eclipsed, shines over a calm sea, CLARIORE E TENEBRIS, 25.5mm. (MI 193/501; Woolf 14:3; Eimer 374), very fine; Vatican, Benedict XIV (1740-1758), Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, Memorial to Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-1735), wife of James [III], the Old Pretender, copper medal, 1743 (Year 3), by Ottone Hamerani, bust of Pope right, in cap and cope, rev. the monument in the Vatican, 34.5mm. (MI.570/204; Woolf 45:2; Eimer 570; Lincoln 1812), nearly extremely fine (2) The monument, designed by Filippo Barigioni, was erected in the Vatican eight years after her death, at the expense of the Reverenda Fabbrica di S. Pietro. The figures were sculpted by Pietro Bracchi; the mosaic by Pietro Paolo Cristofari based on an oil painting by Ignaz Stern, whilst the gold decoration was the work of Francesco Giardoni. Estimate: 100 - 140 GBP |  |
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| London Coins Ltd. > Auction 183 | Auction date: 2 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 720 Price realized: 42 GBP (Approx. 53 USD / 49 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Medals (8) Charles I and Henrietta Royalist badge cast in brass Obverse: Bust of the King right, Reverse: Bust of Henrietta left, Poor, holed, Death of Charles Calvert 1832 44mm diameter in bronze by W.Wyon, Obverse: Draped Bust of Charles Calvert left, Reverse: A TRIBUTE FROM THE ELECTORS OF SOUTHWARKTO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES CALVERT ESQr THEIR FAITHFUL REPRESENTATIVEIN FIVE SUCCESSIVE PARLIAMENTS FIRST ELECTED 1812 DIED SEPTr 1832 in 10 lines, BHM 1569, Robert Fellowes 1827 38mm diameter in bronze by W.Wyon, Obverse: Bare Head of Robert Fellows left, ROBERTVS FELLOWES L.L.D. MERENTI PROPOSVIT, Reverse: MORBIS INSPECTIS DESCRIPTIQVE MERVIT. VNIV: COLL : LOND: ALVMIMVS. BHM 1311, About VF with some spots, Defeat of Napoleon 1814 39mm diameter in white metal Obverse: Peace standing emptying cornucopia onto sea shore, barrel to left, ships in background, THEY SHALL PROSPER THAT LOVE THEE, BHM 798, Fine with some pitting, holed at the top, King George III Sentimental Medal 1773 26mm diameter by J. Kirk, Obverse: Bust of the King, right, reverse: GEORGE III KING OF GREAT BRITAIN ETc. BHM 167, About Fine, The Reform Bill 1832 25mm diameter in Brass, unsigned, Obverse: Conjoined heads of Lord Grey, Lord Russell and Lord Brougham, THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, Reverse: THE GREAT REFORM BILL THE BULWARK OF FREEDOM PASSED INTO A LAW JUNE 7. 1832 in 7 lines, BHM 1616, VG holed, listed as rare by BHM, Coronation of Queen Victoria 1838 49mm diameter in White metal by J.Davis, Obverse: Bare head of Queen Victoria left, hair high in chignon, HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESRTY VICTORIA, Reverse: Queen Victoria enthroned, Scotia, Britannia and Hibernia around, Fame and Archbishop behind, BORN MAY 24 1819 ASCENDED THE THROME JUNE 20 1837 CROWN JUNE 26 1838, BHM 1811, Fine/Good Fine with some blistering, holed at the top, Opening of the Newport Dock Extension 1858 51mm diameter in bronze, by J. Moore, A. Aston Medallist, Obverse a view of the new dock. AREA OF NEW DOCKS 57000 YDS, LENGTH 950 FT. Breadth 350 FT. DEPTH 26 FT. COST £64000, Reverse: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OPENING OF THE NEWPORT DOCK EXTENSION. MARCH 2nd 1858. Legend in 12 lines : CHAIRMAN S. HOMFRAY ESQ. SECRETARY CAPTN. FOOTE R.N.ENGINEER Jas. ABERNETY ESQ. M.I.C.E. RESIDENT ENGINEER J.R. KELLOCK ESQ. CONTRACTORS MESSRS. RENNIE LOGAN & Co.MAYOR Wm. WILLIAMS ESQ. unlisted by BHM NVF with some edge knocks Estimate: 20-50 GBP Starting price: 20 GBP |
