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Home Portraiture, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.6g, 25x25mm), by D. & Co., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st Prize/Home Portraiture/won by/Miss S.E.Watkins/Invercargill/ 3/6/08'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Wellington Amateur Photographic Society, Exhibition 1918, fob medal, handcrafted in silver (35x33mm), by W.L. & S. (W.Littlejohn & Son, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Best Picture/Junior Section/Awarded to/J.S.Dick'. Toned, extremely fine in Littlejohn case.
Estimate $350
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Christchurch Photographic Society, struck in silver (45mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/F.L.Casbolt/Winner/A Grade/Competition/1939'; Canterbury Centenary Medal, 1950, in bronze (50mm) (M&P.1950/4), reverse inscribed 'Presented To/F.L.Casbolt/Judge/N.Z. Salon of Photography/1950'; Wanganui Salon, 1961, Metcalf Medal, in gilt (45mm), by Vaughton (London), 'Awarded To/F.L.Casbott (sic)/A.P.P.S., A.P.S.A./For/Best Print'; The Photographic Society of New Zealand, in gilt (41mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '17th N.Z./National Salon/1968/Pictorial Colour/F.L.Casbolt/A.R.P.S., A.P.S.A.'; another, in bronze (41mm), reverse inscribed '21st/N.Z. National/Monochrome Print/F.L.Casbolt/F.R.P.S., A.P.S.A./1972'; also, 'The Amateur Photographer', c1930s, in bronze (82x82mm), no maker (probably by Vaughton, London), reverse inscribed 'F.L.Casbolt'; International Fotosalon Fotoring, Belgie, 1949 in bronze (50mm), no maker, unawarded; Australian Photographic Society, in bronze (79x53mm), uninscribed, in a fitted case by Amor Pty Ltd, Sydney, with silver plaque on front (50x40mm), inscribed 'Presented to/F.L.Casbolt A.R.P.S., A.P.S.A./in recognition of/his association with/the Fifth A.P.S. convention/as the first official representative/of P.S.N.Z./Melbourne 30th Sept.1967'. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $2,400
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Federation of N.Z. Amateur Cine Societies, 1955, President's 'Mayoral' neck chain, in silver, made up of two central medallions at bottom (both with enamelling) and 27 name plates (30x23mm) (with names and dates for each President, 1952-2001) linked together to form the chain (approx 120cm long, total weight 285g), bottom medallion (32mm) inscribed on the reverse 'This Chain of Office/has been created/in memory of the/First Secretary/J.E.H.Mewett/Died 19th November 1955', the following are the names of the Presidents as inscribed: 1. K.V.Townshend 1952-1956; 2. M.G.McAlpine 1956-1959; 3. L.G.Edwards 1959-1960; 4. A.G.Pegler 1960-61; 5. C.L.Reid 1961-66; 6. J.R.Crosbie 1966-1968; 7. A.G.Pegler 1968-1969; 8. F.J.Godfrey 1969-1971; 9. L.M.Fairbrother 1971-1972; 10. G.A.Viles 1972-1975; 11. C.R.Vercoe 1975-1979; 12. A.Brasell 1979-1984; 13. Mrs F. Salisbury 1984-1988; 14. M.Jackson 1988-1991; 15. A.Burgess 1991-1996; 16. F.Ryan, 1996-1998; 17. P.Salisbury 1998-2000; 18. T.Smith 2000-2001; plus nine still blank. Very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $280
The Photographic Society of New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper (42mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '11th N.Z. International/Colour Slide Exhibition, 1967/R.S.Harris'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
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The Photographic Society of New Zealand, struck uniface in copper (41mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1968/Natural History/Member Competition/Trenna Packer/Colour'. Extremely fine, with descriptive card.
Estimate $100
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The Photographic Society of New Zealand, uniface, struck in bronze (42mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '21st/N.Z. National/Nature Slide/L.V.C.Morgan/1972'; another, as last, reverse inscribed '17th International/Colour Slide/Exhibition 1973/Nature/Lionel Morgan'; another, reverse inscribed '24th/National Exhibition/1975/Natural History/L.V.C.Morgan'. Extremely fine, the first illustrated. (3)
Estimate $300
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The Photographic Society of New Zealand, in gilt (41mm), no maker, pierced at top for suspension, reverse inscribed '22nd/National Exhibition/1973/Pictorial Colour/Miss P.Mason'; another, in bronze (41mm), reverse inscribed '23rd/National Exhibition/1974/Natural History/Miss P.Mason'; another, in gilt (41mm), reverse inscribed '24th/National Exhibition/1975/Natural History/Miss P.Mason'. Extremely fine, the first illustrated. (3)
Estimate $180
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FIAP (The International Federation of Photographic Art), uniface struck in steel and enamel (55mm), reverse inscribed 'Paul Kennedy/Seccion Retrato/6o.Bienal Natualeza 1991/Argentina'; another, uniface, struck in brass & enamel (55mm), uninscribed. Virtually uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $350
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Dunedin Photographic Society Inc, Estb.1890, uniface, struck in base metal (silvered) (42mm), no maker; The Photographic Society of New Zealand, struck in copper (42mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'National 1999/Nature/Slide'. The first toned, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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