CNG 100, Lot: 1108. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRALIA. Victoria. Queen of Great Britain, 1837-1901. AV Medal (39mm, 51.27 g, 12h). Melbourne International Exhibition. By H. Stokes. Dated 1880 (in Roman numerals). Presented to B. Samuel & Sons, London, for harmoniums. mELBOuRnE InτERnAτionAL EXhIBIτIOn mDCCCLXXX, veiled head left, wearing stephane; pellet below / “VITAM/EXCOLVERE/PER ARTES” (Life have they cultivated through the arts) in three lines; all within laurel wreath; H. STOKES in exergue. Edge: B. SAMUEL & SONS, LONDON _ HARMONIUMS. See http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/82559/medal-melbourne-international-exhibition-gold-victoria-australia-1880 (for another example, presented to William Bliss & Son for Woollen Goods). EF, hairlines, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex New York Sale XXIII (6 January 2010), lot 538.