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NICOLAS MAIER MEDAL COLLECTION SELECTIONSThe medal collection of author Nicolas Maier is coming up for sale at MDC Monaco. At my request he selected eight lots which are among his personal favorites. Thank you - great medals. NOTE: the descriptions have been machine-translated from French to English. -Editor 
FRANCE - FRANCE. Third Republic (1870-1940). Medal, to the poets without glory by Louis Botte, SAMF No. 83 1905, Paris. Av. TO THE POET WITHOUT GLORY. In a cemetery setting, Allegory of poetry on the right, veiled, holding a harp girded with a crown of epines, and a crown; signature LOVIS BOTTEE 1904. Rv. On the grave slab of a poet hang various figures bearing attributes such as a theater mask, a mirror or a veil, in the foreground Venus with flowers and a Love with its quiver, in the background, Chronos with its false; signature LOVIS BOTTEE. Maier 33; Bronze - 255g - 90mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. On the edge punches (horn) BRONZE (lizard) and number 83. Only 120 copies minted in bronze and distributed to members of the Society of Friends of the French Medal. A small blow under the harp to the right. Nice patina. Superb in Corner Flower.
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FRANCE - FRANCE. Third Republic (1870-1940). Medal, Seasons by Rene de Saint-Marceaux, SAMF No. 69 1906, Paris. Av. [Spring] A young woman naked and kneeling right on clouds over a landscape and holding sheaves of flowers; signature St MARCEAVX. Rv. [Winter] An old naked woman curled up at the foot of a tree with crows in the sky; signature 1897 St MARCEAVX. Maier 39; Bronze - 188g - 65mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. On the edge punches (horn) BRONZE (lizard) and number 69. Only 119 copies minted in bronze and distributed to members of the Society of Friends of the French Medal. With a brown patina. Superb in Corner Flower. Rene de Saint-Marceaux (1845-1915) is a sculptor and medalist, gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.
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FRANCE - FRANCE. Third Republic (1870-1940). Fonte, Music and Dance by Paul-Marcel Dammann, SFAM No. 195 1927, Paris. Av. ?? - ?? Y. Young woman sitting on the right, half naked, playing the double flute; below signature P. MR DAMMANN. Rv. ?? ??. Young woman standing on the right, half naked, dancing and pouring lilies on a fauna. Maier 318 - SNR Belgium Exhibition 1784 - Orsay, 2012 133-134; Bronze - 294g - 98mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. On the square punch slice SFAM and number 195. Cast iron distributed to members of the French Society of Friends of the Medal. Beautiful brown patina. Superb in Corner Flower.
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FRANCE - FRANCE. Third Republic (1870-1940). Fonte uniface, woman entering her bathtub, by A. L. M. Charpentier ND (1891?), Paris. Av. A naked young woman, seen from behind, entering her bathtub. Rv. Smoothes. Orsay Medor 246 - Orsay, 2008 162; Bronze - 371g - 170 x 130mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. Not signed. With a beautiful patina. Gorgeous.
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FRANCE - FRANCE. Third Republic (1870-1940). Plaque, French-American refinery standard, inauguration of the Port-Jerome refinery, by G. Miklos 1934, Paris. Av. Leaving flames, Minerve standing left in front of derricks; below signature G. MIKLOS. Rv. View of the stylized refinery of Port Jerome near Le Havre. Below, cartridge inscribed : STANDARD FRAN-/CO AMERICAINE/DE RAFFINAGE INAU-/ GURATION DE LA/REFINERIE DE/PORT-JEROME/ 1933 - 1934; signature GM. Maier-; Bronze - 407g - 105mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. With its original case. Attribution to PIERRE HOMOLLE. Punch (triangle) BRONZE. With its original case. Superb in Corner Flower. By Gustave Miklos (1888-1967), painter, sculptor and decorator, forerunner of Cubist design. The sales record for this plate is held by a copy, sale Delorme and Collin du Bocage, expert St. Sombart / iNumis, dated 3 May 2016 No. 284 achieved 5132 € (including fees) after being noticed in Gazette Drouot 17 of 22 April 2016
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FRANCE - FRANCE. Third Republic (1870-1940). Uniface cast iron, Goldsmithing, Oscar Roty at work in Christofle workshops, by O. Roty ND (1892), Paris. Av. GOLDSMITHING. In the ATELIERS CHRISTOFLE PARIS, Oscar Roty at work at his workshop, chiselling a teapot. Rv. Smoothes. Maz. cf. 131 - Maier cf. 97; Bronze - 300g - 183mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. Bronze cast iron of large format, constituting the right part of the triptych of the fiftieth anniversary of the House Christofle. Brown patina. Gorgeous.
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MONACO - MONACO. Albert I (1889-1922). Plate, inauguration of Oceanographic Institute of Monaco in 1910, by R. Gregoire 1909, Paris. Av. OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE/ALBERT I PRINCE DE MONACO FOUNDATION. View of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco taken from the sea. A naked woman in the foreground drapes herself with algae, signature R. GREGOIRE 1909; below EX ABYSSIS AD ALTA, From the abyss to the stars, motto of the Albert I Foundation. Rv. Seabed landscape with an abyssal anglerfish in the foreground. Maier 247 = this item; Silver - 145 g - 56 x 80 mm - 12 hours. Comes from the collection of Nicolas Maier : This is the copy that appears in the book "The Art of the medal in France", published in 2010, No. 247. SILVER punch 950/1000 (lozenge) (blood head). Small marks and slightly cleaned but a rare strike of period in silver, distributed during the inauguration of 1910. Gorgeous.
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USA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Federal Republic of the United States of America (1776-to the present). Plaque uniface (electrotype), A woman at the piano or Miss. C. at the piano [Katrina Trask], by V. D. Brenner 1900, Paris. Av. A woman sitting at the piano; signature V. BRENNER 1900. Rv. Smoothes. MET.07.125.8 - ANS 1987.147.154 - Orsay Medor 127-1; silver bronze - 239g - 157 mm - 12h. From the collection of Nicolas Maier. Silver bronze electrotype known by the other copies at the ANS or the MET in New York. Gorgeous.
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