Australian Historical Medals
Lot 1013 Session 4 (4.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $600
GEORGE III, Resolution and Adventure Medal (1772), Captain James Cook, uniface casting of the obverse in iron, the impression of the mounting pin in the original medal from which impression was taken shows (44mm, 6.8mm thick) BF on truncation (Matthew Boulton) (cf M.H.373; BHM 165). Attractive grey patina, nearly extremely fine and probably unique (see Smith p 31).
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 80 (lot 595) and L.R.Smith Collection (Spink Australia Sale 31, lot 1328 part g).
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Lot 1011
LINDSAY, Norman, oil on canvas, 55cm x 49cm, "Olive", signed lower right.
Estimate $20,000
Lot 1012
GEORGE III, Resolution and Adventure Medal (1772), Captain James Cook, uniface striking of the obverse ...
Estimate $1,500
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GEORGE III, Resolution and Adventure Medal (1772), Captain James Cook, uniface casting of the obverse ...
Estimate $600
Lot 1014
DANIEL SOLANDER, 1778, in silver (37 mm) by Gustave Ljunberger (Sweden) (BHM 252; Eimer 798). ...
Estimate $5,000
Lot 1015
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, death of Cook 1779, "Courage and Perseverance" in bronze (37mm) in ...
Estimate $12,500