Harvard Monthly medal, a research project completed, now what?
jonathanb
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I snagged this off the 'bay last week because the seller didn't know what it was, and it sold for cheap without a mention of "Harvard" anywhere for any interested bidder to pick up on unless they were lucky enough to stumble across the listing by accident.
Incredibly, I was most of the way finished with this post before it finally occurred to me how to identify this. I pride myself as being an expert Googler, but if there's anything about this medal online, I couldn't find it. It took me two days just to find a candidate for HM, Harvard, and 1885. Turns out, I got that much right, anway. This medal is listed as Storer 905:
Harvard Monthly
Ob. In monogram H M shield of Harvard with, as crest, a squirrel holding a pen. Exergue, 1885
Rx. On ribon, VERTATEM FORTITER DICERE 38 mm. Octagonal. Pewter. By Widmer. Plate XI.
(The seller called it silver, and it looks silver to me also)
So... now that I know what it is, what should I do with it? There are people who collect Harvard stuff, but I don't know how to find them. I suppose I could plop it back on eBay with an accurate description and see what happens. Or, of all the auction houses, it seems like Stacks would be able to give this medal an appropriate audience. I've never consigned to an auction house before, so I don't know what I'd be getting into if I went that route.
Does anyone have an opinion of which approach I should take, or a different option for me to consider?
Thanks!
jonathan
Incredibly, I was most of the way finished with this post before it finally occurred to me how to identify this. I pride myself as being an expert Googler, but if there's anything about this medal online, I couldn't find it. It took me two days just to find a candidate for HM, Harvard, and 1885. Turns out, I got that much right, anway. This medal is listed as Storer 905:
Harvard Monthly
Ob. In monogram H M shield of Harvard with, as crest, a squirrel holding a pen. Exergue, 1885
Rx. On ribon, VERTATEM FORTITER DICERE 38 mm. Octagonal. Pewter. By Widmer. Plate XI.
(The seller called it silver, and it looks silver to me also)
So... now that I know what it is, what should I do with it? There are people who collect Harvard stuff, but I don't know how to find them. I suppose I could plop it back on eBay with an accurate description and see what happens. Or, of all the auction houses, it seems like Stacks would be able to give this medal an appropriate audience. I've never consigned to an auction house before, so I don't know what I'd be getting into if I went that route.
Does anyone have an opinion of which approach I should take, or a different option for me to consider?
Thanks!
jonathan
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