Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction - Online 23-25 Aug 2021
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AUSTRIA. Anton Scharff. Silver Medal. 50th Birthday of John S. White, Teacher in New York, 1897. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
65mm; 118.82 gms. Loehr-295. Obverse: Bust right, wearing bow-tie and frock coat; Reverse: Minerva/Athena seated right on stool, instructing youth standing to right; facade of building in background to right and above in garnished shield. Edge: [two hallmarks] located at 5h. A VERY RARE type--especially in silver--this specimen offers slate gray surfaces with an alluring degree of brilliance when cradled back and forth. For completeness, a few light deposits are noted between the youth's legs.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
65mm; 118.82 gms. Loehr-295. Obverse: Bust right, wearing bow-tie and frock coat; Reverse: Minerva/Athena seated right on stool, instructing youth standing to right; facade of building in background to right and above in garnished shield. Edge: [two hallmarks] located at 5h. A VERY RARE type--especially in silver--this specimen offers slate gray surfaces with an alluring degree of brilliance when cradled back and forth. For completeness, a few light deposits are noted between the youth's legs.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Ex: Virgil Brand Collection.
Estimate: $200 - $400