Lot Archive

Lot

№ 307

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31 January 1996

Hammer Price:
£60

United States of America, Chicago World Fair, 1893, bronze medal, 76 mm, by Barber and St. Gaudens, reverse with Columbus setting foot on American soil, awarded to Jacob De Mell (in the die) (Forrer II, 215), extremely fine, and Universal Exposition St. Louis 1904, bronze medal, 67mm square, almost extremely fine; Vatican, Pius IX (1846-1878) silver medal, 44mm, by G. Cerbara, on the building of a bridge between Albano and Ariccia, 1851 (Forrer I, 386) [3], brushed, good very fine (£80-100)