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Lot 599
Sale 5580 - Gentlemen Collectors: The Lucas Family of Baltimore
May 23, 2018
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$200
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two commemorative bronze medals for the Grolier Club depicting Nathaniel Hawthorne and James Russell Lowell 1892 and 1895
Comprising "Nathaniel Hawthorne" by Jean Ringel d'Illizach (French, 1847-1916), signed and dated in cast "Ringel-D'Illizach Medr MDCCCXCII" and with French ink inscription on rear: "Nathaniel Hawtorne [sic.] edite par le Grolier Club"; and "James Russell Lowell" by Charles Calverley (American, 1833-1914), signed and dated in cast "Chas. Calverley Sc. MDCCCXCV" and with French ink inscription on rear: "James Russell Lowell edite par le Grolier Club." (2).
Dia: 7 in. (medals); Dia: 11 1/2 in. (frames)