Stack's Bowers Galleries

Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction  –  11 - 13 April 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction

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Part 8: Mo, 11.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 12.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 10: Tu, 12.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: We, 13.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

1859 Alexander von Humboldt Memorial Medal. By Anthony C. Paquet. White Metal. MS-63 (NGC).

51 mm. Obv: Famed scientist's head right, peripheral inscriptions ALEXANDER / V. HUMBOLDT and BORN SEPT. 14 1769 / DIED MAY 6 1859, signed PAQUEST F below truncation. Rev: Multi-line tribute EARTH AND HEAVEN / HE EXPLORED, / REVEALED NATURE, / AND FREED THE / MIND.

From Heritage's sale of the Virgil Brand Collection, September 2017 Dallas Signature Auction, lot 21484.

Estimate: $ 100

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Price realized 140 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 100 USD
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