Spring 2024 Auction – 25 - 28 March 2024
Live Sessions: U.S. Coins and Currency, Physical Cryptocurrency
Part 2: Mo, 25.03.2024, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 3: Tu, 26.03.2024, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 26.03.2024, from 9:00 PM CET
Part 5: We, 27.03.2024, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 6: We, 27.03.2024, from 8:00 PM CET
Part 7: We, 27.03.2024, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 8: Th, 28.03.2024, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 9: Th, 28.03.2024, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 10: Th, 28.03.2024, from 8:00 PM CET
Description
1920 Welles Bosworth Medal. Bronze, 94 mm. By Paul Manship. Murtha-125, Eidlitz-103. MS-63 (PCGS).
An extraordinary cast medal by Manship, showcased in his portfolio at the Exhibition of American Sculpture in New York City in summer 1923. The obverse depicts the architect William Welles Bosworth in profile, while the reverse showcases a kneeling Euphrosyne, the goddess of joy. Glossy dark tan with fine granularity from its method of manufacture. Immaculate surfaces and superb eye appeal suggest a grade far higher than that assigned. Bosworth, a native of Marietta, Ohio, is best remembered for his designs of MIT's campus and his guidance of the renovations at the Palace of Versailles under the auspices of his patron, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
From the Richard Margolis Collection.
Estimate: $2500
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Bidding
| Price realized | 1'900 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 2'500 USD |
