Null An Enamel Wall Clock
ca. 1920's
Diam. 32 cm.

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An Enamel Wall Clock ca. 1920's Diam. 32 cm.

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An Enamel Wall Clock ca. 1920's Diam. 32 cm.

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Estim. 100 000 - 125 000 EUR

St. Louis 1904 Olympics Gold Winner's Medal for Rope Climbing - Presented to George Eyser, an American Gymnast with One Leg Extraordinarily rare gold winner’s medal from the St. Louis 1904 Olympics, issued by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) to American gymnast George Eyser for placing first in the rope climbing competition. Solid gold, 31 gm, 44 mm, by Dieges & Clust, New York. The front of the medal depicts the goddess Fortuna on her Rota Fortunae [Wheel of Fortune] and holding a crown of laurels, encircled with raised text: “Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, MDCCCLXXXVIII”; the reverse is engraved with the name of the event, “Rope Climbing,” which is surrounded by sports equipment and the winged foot of Mercury, with text to the upper portion: “Champion.” The reverse also bears the maker’s mark and identifies the medal as “Solid Gold.” The medal bears trivial scuffs. Includes its original red-white-and-blue ribbon, which is in two pieces, the upper section retaining its golden badge with embossed text: “1904, Universal Exposition, Olympic Games, St. Louis.” Both ribbon sections bear toning and small tears. Gold, silver, and bronze medal AAU variants were inadvertently presented as official first-place prizes to an unknown number of podium finishers at the 1904 St. Louis Games, a rare distinction that, coupled with the medal’s recipient and its unusual event, isolates this award into a class all its own. One of the more remarkable tales of Olympic lore relates to the recipient of this gold medal, American gymnast George Eyser, who secured six medals at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics...in one day...with just one leg. The son of German immigrants who moved to America in 1884, Eyser lost most of his left leg after being run over by a train in a childhood accident. Undeterred, Eyser was fitted with a wooden prosthetic and joined the Concordia Turnverein [Turner] club in the southern suburbs of St. Louis. It was with Concordia that Eyser competed in the 1904 Games; during this period, the gymnastics competition was divided among club teams, not nations. The 1904 games featured a muddled program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The gymnastic events consisted of two sets, held in two seasons: the International Turners' Championship on July 1 and 2, and the Olympic Gymnastics Championships on October 28th. Although Eyser faired poorly during the July competition, he was more than prepared for the October contests. In a single day, Eyser won three gold medals in the parallel bars, the long-horse vault, and the 25-foot rope climbing, the gold medal for which is offered here. He won three more medals in combined (silver), the horizontal bar (bronze), and the pommel horse (silver), capping off a historically successful day and one of the Olympics’ most inspirational stories. Prior to 2008, Eyser was the only person with an artificial leg to have competed at the Olympic Games.

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Antwerp 1920 Olympics Gold Winner's Medal Winner's medal issued to British sprinter Guy Butler at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. Gilt silver, 60 mm, 88 gm, by Josue Dupon. The front shows a victorious athlete holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with a statue of Renommee in the background, inscribed "VII Olympiade"; the reverse depicts the Brabo fountain above the Antwerp shield, with the Cathedral of Our Lady and city looming in the background, inscribed above, "Anvers MCMXX." Bottom edge is stamped “A” for Argent and is engraved with the name of the event, the recipient, his teammates, and their placing: “U.K., 1st, G. M. B. Butler & (J. C. A. Davis, R. A. Lindsay, C. Griffiths), 1600 Meters Relay.” Accompanied by a silver-tone “Prize Medal” from Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports, 104 gm, 61 mm, with the reverse engraved: “1920, G. M. Butler, ¼ Mile, 49 ⅗.” Sprinter Guy Butler (1899-1981) remains one of the most awarded runners in the long history of British Olympians. Butler’s four Olympic medals — this offered gold in the 4 x 400, an Antwerp silver in the 400-meter, and two bronzes in the same events in Paris four years later — tie him with athletes Sebastian Coe, Christine Ohuruogu, and Mo Farah for the most athletic medals in British Olympic history. Hosting the Olympics in 1920 was a challenging endeavor so close to the end of the war. Because of financing problems for the Games, many shortcuts had to be taken; one of them was reducing the amount of gold plating on the first-place winner’s medals. Unfortunately, most of the gilding wore off almost immediately and, as is often the case, many of the medals appear almost silver. Faint traces of gilding can still be discerned in the medal’s low relief areas. A total of 29 nations attended the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium, with Hungary, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire all banned from competing due to their involvement in World War I and the cancelation of the 1916 Games. Despite such political unrest, the return of the Games debuted a trinity of enduring Olympic traditions—the voicing of the Olympic Oath, the symbolic release of doves, and the initial flying of the Olympic flag. An exceptional first place medal of the utmost historical interest and rarity.

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics Silver Winner's Medal Winner's medal issued to British sprinter Guy Butler at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. Silver, 60 mm, 87 gm, by Josue Dupon. The front shows a victorious athlete holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with a statue of Renommee in the background, inscribed "VII Olympiade"; the reverse depicts the Brabo fountain above the Antwerp shield, with the Cathedral of Our Lady and city looming in the background, inscribed above, "Anvers MCMXX." Bottom edge is stamped “A” for Argent and is engraved with the name of the event, the recipient, and his placing: “400 Meters, G. M. B. Butler, 2nd.” Accompanied by two sterling silver winner’s shield plaquettes issued to Butler at a Cambridge University Athletic Club track-and-field event at Trinity College in 1919, which identify Butler as the winner of the “¼ Race” and the “100 Yds Race.” Sprinter Guy Butler (1899-1981) remains one of the most awarded runners in the long history of British Olympians. Butler’s four Olympic medals — a gold in the 4 x 400 at Antwerp, this offered silver in the 400-meter, and two bronzes in the same events in Paris four years later — tie him with athletes Sebastian Coe, Christine Ohuruogu, and Mo Farah for the most athletic medals in British Olympic history. A total of 29 nations attended the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium, with Hungary, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire all banned from competing due to their involvement in World War I and the cancelation of the 1916 Games. Despite such political unrest, the return of the Games debuted a trinity of enduring Olympic traditions—the voicing of the Olympic Oath, the symbolic release of doves, and the initial flying of the Olympic flag. An exceptional first place medal of the utmost historical interest and rarity.

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