Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2023 World CCO Auction 16-19 May 2023
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. San Francisco. Panama-Pacific Exposition/World's Fair Bronze Award Medal, 1915. EXTRA FINE.
By John Flanagan. 70mm. Obverse: Robust male and female nudes over the Isthmus of Panama, sunrise and clouds in the background; Reverse: The Exposition's "Tower of Jewels" building with award legend in cartouche below, all between wreath of palm branches; perimeter legend with date below. The imagery relates the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Panama Canal to the joining of a man and a woman. Nicks and scratches due to some remiss storage in the past, but a large and artistic medal from the well-known American coin and medal engraver. To view all items from the PHG Collection click here.
From the PHG Collection.
Estimate: $75 - $150
By John Flanagan. 70mm. Obverse: Robust male and female nudes over the Isthmus of Panama, sunrise and clouds in the background; Reverse: The Exposition's "Tower of Jewels" building with award legend in cartouche below, all between wreath of palm branches; perimeter legend with date below. The imagery relates the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Panama Canal to the joining of a man and a woman. Nicks and scratches due to some remiss storage in the past, but a large and artistic medal from the well-known American coin and medal engraver. To view all items from the PHG Collection click here.
From the PHG Collection.
Estimate: $75 - $150