1925 Armin Hansen "Painter of the West" ..... please share what you know.
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Do you have some knowledge or story to share? What is the prize for?
The simplicity of the obverse is understatedly BEAUTIFUL 
It's 55 grams 14K gold medal as 1st Prize by Armin Hansen called "Painter of the West" ..... currently listed on eBay.
"Armin Hansen was a prominent artist from California and known for his maritime style canvases, especially ones with scenes of the coast of Northern California"
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No idea. Gorgeous piece!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Hansen
I read the eBay description and I can add little, but might speculate that one of his children owned it until very recently. Very nice item!
55 grams 14K gold
How much do you think is reasonable price for a basically Art Piece?
Very nice gold medal....I like that one. Cheers, RickO
There has got to be a great story behind that piece and the organization that awarded it.
I'll bet it goes for around bullion since there is apparently not too much history available on it (yet).
It has to be for a beautiful 2oz-er gold medal like that ....... I really like love that clean design
Asking $2750 & accepting offer
Total gold value I calculated as $1272 
I believe your gold value is right on the money. $1,272.19 is what I came up with, also. That's about all I would want to pay for it.
Armin Hansen seemed to have been a quite accomplished and prolific painter. Here's an article from the Los Angeles Times published on June 7, 1925 detailing the painting that won him the medal:
Pete
And with the given historic value $1850?
IMHO, at least 50% above melt would NOT be insulting to the seller. It might be possible to learn a little bit about the seller before you contact them - lots of information in the listing and the photo has a name in the watermark.
If you offer that 50% above melt, well, the final price will likely be a bit higher.
Ask the seller if any other odd bits of memorabilia or information related to that exhibition came in with the piece. You might get lucky.
This item is kinda in between numismatic and jewelry. The seller probably expects to make several days' pay on this one.
If I bought it correctly, I might be tempted to keep it a long time!
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With all due respect to the painter, his family, etc. I think that premium is outrageous. If it were a silver medal worth $25 bucks in silver and they wanted $60, that might be reasonable to the right buyer, but a similar markup on a gold medal is absurd. You should not be expected to pay such a markup on gold for their sentimental or imagined historical value.
I might be inclined to message the seller and just level with them that you really like it but with no disrespect intended, you can't/won't pay that markup. Let them know you would give it a decent and appreciative home.
They might just have put that price out there to see if anyone nibbled.
It is a beautiful and historic piece and if it speaks to you then I can see it being worth that much ($1850).
I was just being pragmatic when I said paying melt for it would be what I would want to pay. Does it have a significant collector value? If the medal was bronze, would it sell at auction for $100? $200? $300? Are there any auction records? So, the intrinsic value of the gold seems to far outweigh the collector/historic value.
It is one of a kind. That does make it pretty cool. Like I said, I was just being pragmatic in saying I would not want to pay more than the gold value. In all honesty, I know nothing of the artist or the competition and very little about medals in general so my opinion has no value.
Shoot, I was just giddy seeing that I had calculated the gold value correctly.
listing on ebay
Half is fair
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