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1891 Bern Kantonal Schutzenfest

 

Richter #215

Franz Homberg

 

a- Silver 45mm

1656 struck

$60 VF / $200 UNC

 

b- Bronze 45mm

1380 struck

$40 VF / $120 UNC

 

Looks silver and UNC (or AU+) and has some remarkable toning.

1894 Bern Thun Kantonal Schutzenfest

 

Richter #228

Franz Homberg

 

a- Silver 45mm

1452 struck

$60 VF / $200 UNC

 

b- Bronze 45mm

724 struck

$40 VF / $120 UNC

 

I think it’s silver, it is AU with nice even toning.

1896 Geneva Shooting Exposition

 

Richter #691

Hugues Bovy

 

a- Silver 47mm

966 struck

$60 VF / $180 UNC

 

b- Bronze 45mm

1202 struck

$40 VF / $120 UNC

 

If this was gold it would be worth a fortune.

1890 Thurgau Frauenfeld Schutzenfest

 

Richter #1250

Hugues Bovy

 

a- Gold 45mm (69.3 grams!)

119 struck

$1500 VF / $3500 UNC

 

b- Silver 45mm

5760 struck

$60 VF / $150 UNC

 

c- Bronze 45mm

4500 struck

$30 VF / $80 UNC

 

Looks bronze and UNC to me. A popular medal.

1887 Geneva Federal Shoot

 

Richter #628

Hugues Bovy

 

a- Gold 45mm (76 grams!)

12 struck

Scarcity rating RRR

Basically worth as much as a new Audi or BMW with money left over for gas, even at $5 a gallon…

 

b- Silver 45mm

39030 struck

$50 VF / $150 UNC

 

d- Bronze 45mm

4354 struck

$40 VF / $120 UNC

 

Looks like you have a bronze medal here, UNC except for the two light dings on the cross.

Nothing really super rare here, more a nice mini-Schutzenfest collection of uncleaned Hugues Bovy and Franz Homberg medals in excellent condition.

 

Thanks for posting the photos here!

Hi hiho -

Thank you for the information. It will be very helpful in my quest to sell these medals.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Sharon

They are all Swiss shooting medals and of different values.

 

I know it sounds twee, but they are worth whatever you can get someone to part with for them.

 

I don't have a concept of current market values in a pure collectors market but If you were to put them on ebay you might get anywhere between $60 - $120 for the silver ones and perhaps a bit less for the bronze / copper ones. Maybe more on a good day when the right collectors were around....., but maybe significantly less too when the collectors are sleeping. the last one I bought on ebay was only a matter of a few weeks ago, and I only paid 26.5 euro ($42).

 

If you were to approach dealers with your medals, you need to realise that they will make an offer that then enables them to make a reasonable profit from selling them on to their client collectors.

 

I have to declare that I have a vested interest though, as I would be interested in making you an offer outside of this forum (i'm not a dealer). Not knowing where on the planet you are based it is difficult to suggest appropriate dealers you might want to check out (?)

 

I have to say that your medal is dated 1891 and not the 1681 you had thought. An easy mistake to make though.

 

Ian

Hi Ian -

I've heard the saying "it's only worth what someone will pay you for it". LOL.....

And I do know that an item has a certain value to a collector, if he's looking for a particular item and a different value to a dealer, because of resale.

I am from Northwest Ohio, USA.

I see what you mean about the date that I thought was 1681. I was reading in the direction the words were written in. After you told me about the error - I looked at it closer and see that the date is turned the other way. Sorry for my mistake.

Thanks for your assistance,

Sharon

Sharon -

 

If you register with Photobucket (www.photobucket.com) you can upload the photos to them and then use the IMG code they supply to post them here.

You can resize photos there as well. 640x480 works well here, or 800x600.

 

It's free and pretty easy to use. And you'll get better at this the more you do it.

 

We're a fairly patient lot and won't make fun of you. If you have questions just ask...

 

I'm quite interested in seeing a photo of the 1681 medal, which is most likely a coin.

Hi hiho -

I'm glad you mentioned photbucket because I already had my pictures in there and per your advice - I just resized them to 640x480.

And it looks like I've figured out how to get them in here.

So I guess at this point - I need to know for sure what they are, what they might be worth, and where I might go to sell them.

I appreciate any and all help,

Sharon

first things first. I'm sure that some of the peop's here might be interested in your medals, dependent on what they actually are and the condition they are in. Why don't you get scans / images of them and post them so we can see for ourselves and take it from there? Happy to give advice as to the various means of disposing of them ranging from selling them direct to collectors, selling them via auction (ebay for example), or suggesting dealers you might want to try (dependent on where on the planet you are based).

 

Ian

Ian -

Thank you so much for your reply. I did try to post some of the pictures that I have taken of these medals.

But obviously, I don't know what I'm doing. I tried to post the pictures as attachments and when I try to do that - it says that even one picture is too large for the space available.

Is there a way to put the pictures in this post, rather than as an attachment?

I'm sorry that I'm not better at this.

Sharon

Hi - I'm new to this site and am not sure what I'm doing and I'm not sure I'm even in the right place.

Please feel free to let know if I've messed up.

I have five (5) of these Swiss Shooting Medals - or at least that's what I think they are from what I've seen on this site. My father collected many things over the years and my brother and I found these 5 medals in a box after he passed away. Due to the fact that my brother and I are not interested in collecting them, we are looking for advice on where we should go to sell them.

The years of the medals I have are: 1681, 1887, 1890, 1894, and 1896.

Can anyone helpe me?

Thank you in advance for your help!