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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/12/2023 Auction 183	Medals	Lot 755	USA Philadelphia Exposition 1876 76mm diameter in bronze by H. Mitchell, Obverse : Female figure seated right holding a wreath, the United States shield at her side, the border decorated with vignettes displaying the symbols of Art and Industry. Reverse: INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, PHILADELPHIA, MDCCCLXXVI, a wreath within, AWARDED BY UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISION, 271.96 grammes and 9mm thick, GEF cased More medals like this	£230
03/12/2023 Auction 183	Medals	Lot 756	USA Philadelphia Exposition 1926 Medal of Award 76mm diameter in gilt bronze by Albert Laessle, Obverse: A defiant eagle protecting a nest with Independence Hall and a rising sun in the distance, Reverse: MEDAL OF AWARD in centre, SESQUICENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION PHILADELPHIA 1776-1926, Edge B.B.B. Co. PHILA, 154.57 grammes, EF in the fitted case of issue, this with repairs on the front lower corners More medals like this	£130
04/12/2022 Auction 179	Medals	Lot 853	China - The Chinese Exhibition undated (1843) 45mm diameter in white metal by Thomas Halliday, Birmingham, BHM 2107. Obverse: CHUN AH-YOU OF THE CHINESE COLLECTIUON above bust of Ah-You three-quarters right in mandarin's robes and cap. Reverse: Legend in thirteen lines: THE CELEBRATED / CHINESE COLLECTION / [FROM HYDE PARK CORNER] / VISITED BY THE QUEEN / THE QUEEN DOWAGER AND / ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY / NOW EXHIBITING IN LIVERPOOL / "THERE IS NO EXHIBITION CAN COMPARE / "WITH IT IN ORIENTAL RANDEUR / "AND BEAUTIFUL ARRANGMENT" / THE TIMES! / AH YOU WILL ATTEND EACH / DAY AND EVENING. with 1848 inscribed below. 25.23 grammes, NEF and lustrous. The collection was formed by Nathan Dunn a Philadelphia-born China Trade merchant, and was first exhibited in the city in 1839. A report of the exhibition states: 'What increases the interest of the scene is a young Chinese, in full costume, who walks around the hall in full costume explaining the exhibits to the visitors in a most amiable manner that shows he is gratified in being useful'. No doubt this is Chun Ah-You, who accompanied the exhibition to London in 1841. The exhibition was initially exhibited in Hyde Park in a special pagoda, and was open to the public from April to June 1842. After some repairs to the lanterns which were now lit by gas, the exhibition re-opened in November 1843 until the end of the year. The collection then returned to the United States following Dunn's death in 1844, and later returned to England again in 1851 for the Great Exhibition. On 10 December 1851 Christie's auctioned 'The Celebrated Assemblage...collected by the late Nathan Dunn' More medals like this	£1,300
07/09/2014 Auction 146	Medals	Lot 1915	USA 1859 James Ross Snowden Mint Medal, an impressive piece, 79mm diameter in Bronze with plain edge, by Anthony C. Paquet. Obverse: facing bust with legend, Presented to James Ross Snowden, Director Of The Mint, By His Personal Friends, As A Mark Of Regard For Him As An Officer, And Their Esteem For Him As A Citizen, in concentric lines. Paquet F. on the truncation and the date of 1859 below the bust. Reverse: United States Mint Building :- The Mint Of The United States Of America Philadelphia. In exergue: Built 1832, Rendered Fire Proof 1856. This is an extremely popular medal featuring Mint Director Snowden on the obverse, and an exceptional depiction of the second Philadelphia Mint building on the reverse, A/UNC and nicely tone with a few small spots More medals like this	£120

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