The “Founder” of Phrenology

424, Lot: 644. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Brandenburg-Preußen. Franz Josef Gall. 1758-1828. AR Medal (39mm, 18.68 g, 12h). By Friedrich Loos. Dated 1805. DR FRANZ JOSEPH GALL AUS WIEN/IM FORSCHEN KÜHN BESCHEIDEN IM BEHAUPTEN, half-length bust right; FR · LOOS on truncation of arm; GEB · 1758 below / DER SEELE WERKSTATT ZU ERSPÄHN/FAND ER DEN WEG, veiled skull right, set on plinth decorated with crossed torch and staff of Aesculapius; plinth set on entablature; LEHRTE/INBERLIN/1805 in three lines below. Medicina in Nummis 374. Near EF, toned.

Purchased from Paul Bosco, 28 May 2010, for $400.