Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 November 2015
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GREAT BRITAIN. Nearly Complete Set of Elgin Marbles Medals, 1821. EXTREMELY FINE.
Eimer-1140; BHM-1061. 47 pieces in lot. RARE. By Sir Edward Thomason, missing only the King's Dedication Medal, which is often not found with the rest of the set. Each 48mm Copper medal (Eimer-1140; BHM-1061) illustrates the Royal Arms along with a view one of the fragments of the decorative frieze from Athen's Parthenon which Lord Elgin had removed and sent to Britain in 1812. Of great historical significance. Retail value over $2,000. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. Average condition EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Collection.s of The Strong, Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum's Collection.s fund; originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937).
Estimate: $800.00- $1200.00
Eimer-1140; BHM-1061. 47 pieces in lot. RARE. By Sir Edward Thomason, missing only the King's Dedication Medal, which is often not found with the rest of the set. Each 48mm Copper medal (Eimer-1140; BHM-1061) illustrates the Royal Arms along with a view one of the fragments of the decorative frieze from Athen's Parthenon which Lord Elgin had removed and sent to Britain in 1812. Of great historical significance. Retail value over $2,000. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. Average condition EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Collection.s of The Strong, Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum's Collection.s fund; originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937).
Estimate: $800.00- $1200.00