COMMODORE PERRY'S GOLD MEDAL SOLD IN MAINE ESTATE SALE

The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 37, September 16, 2007, Article 7

COMMODORE PERRY'S GOLD MEDAL SOLD IN MAINE ESTATE SALE

A unique and very important medal was sold recently in a Rockland,
Maine estate sale, as reported by Sam Pennington of The Maine
Antique Digest:

"The gold medal presented to Commodore Matthew C. Perry by merchants
of Boston “…in token of their appreciation of his services in
negotiating the treaty with Japan signed at Yoku-Hama, March 31,
and with Lew Chew at Napa, July 11, 1854…” sold with its raggedy
original case for $165,000 (including buyer’s premium) to one of
ten phone bidders at Bruce Gamage’s auction in Rockland, Maine,
on Monday, August 27.

"The medal was struck in 1856 at the U.S. Mint on request and paid
for by the Boston merchants. There was this one gold medal struck
along with 20 silver medals and 104 bronze medals.

"The price far exceeded the most ambitious presale estimate of
$30,000/40,000 posited by serious buyers. According to auctioneer
Gamage, the buyer was a collector from New York City who wishes to
remain anonymous. The underbidder on the floor was New York City
coin and medals dealer Anthony Terranova.

"Not that it mattered in the end, but Gamage said he had weighed
the medal on a gram scale and gave that weight and the size to one
of the phone bidders who determined that it “contained at least
five thousand dollars worth of gold.” Gamage also took the medal
to a local jeweler, but did not do any potentially destructive
testing using acid."

Antiques and the Arts interviewed the auctioneer about the piece:

"A gold medal presented to Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1854 for
his efforts in Japan was a glittering draw for collectors at Bruce
Gamage Jr's annual Maine summer auction on August 27. Marking what
the auctioneer characterized as a 'career high' sale, the medal
sold for $165,000 to an anonymous New York City buyer on the phone.

"The medal came from a local summer family, according to Gamage.

"'I knew it was gold and I knew it was good, but I decided to estimate
it on the value of the gold rather than historical considerations,'
said Gamage of the lot's $4/6,000 initial presale estimate. After the
week went by, however, 'I was getting all of these calls [about the
medal], and that's when I began thinking it might bring $30/40,000.'

"The annual estate auction was, as Gamage said by telephone afterwards,
'A fun sale,' grossing close to a half million dollars, which is about
as good as it has been in Gamage's 39-year career."

To read the complete article and view images of the medal, see:
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[Ads published in Sam Pennington's Maine Antique Digest and website
alerted collectors to the offering.  Sam is working on a longer piece
for the MCA Advisory.  Were any of our readers among those bidding
on the piece?  -Editor]

To view the Maine Antique Digest web ad for the sale, see:

长崎著名为中国物品 II

长崎著名为中国物品 II

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公众舆论在史学家之中曾经是长崎是日本的唯一的窗口在世界在它的时间作为一个闭合的国家在Tokugawa时代。然而，现今它是通常承认的这不是实际情形，因为日本互动了并且换了与Ryūkyū王国、韩国和俄国通过各自萨摩烧、津岛和Matsumae。 然而，长崎在当代艺术和文学被描述了作为充满以异乎寻常的求知欲的一个世界性口岸从西部世界。

1808年，在拿破仑似的战争期间皇家海军大型驱逐舰 HMS敞蓬旅游车进入了长崎港口寻找荷兰贸易船。 结果地方行政官无法抵抗对食物、燃料和水，最新做的 seppuku的英国的需求。 法律由于加强沿海防御，威胁死亡对闯入的外国人和提示英国和俄国译者的训练这个事件通过了。

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Kanagawaの日本条約、1854年3月31日。

Kanagawaの日本条約、1854年3月31日。

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Commodoreペリーの脅やかす「黒によってTokugawaのshogunateで強制されるこの一致は」、日本の海岸からの外国の貿易業者の事実上の排除(オランダ人がある例外)の2世紀に終えられて出荷する。 米国の侵入。 初め海岸か着陸を離れて難破させられた場合(虐待によって一致されるアメリカの捕鯨乗組員から得られる準備か修理については大統領の手紙を見なさいフィルモア。 条約は十分に米国を満たした。 政府の心配この点でしかし外国貿易へ国を開けることの同じように大切な問題を未来に任せられて; ハリスの条約の署名との1858年に完了される。
ペリーの大きい達成は広くその時に確認された。 多分 9月の提督にカントンでアメリカ商人が送る集合的な記念物より45年のサービスのこの海軍ベテランのためのよい賞賛がない。 米国への彼の帰りの1854年:
「帝国の大事にされた方針の転覆によって人の頑強な意志を征服した、が、疎遠された持って来たり国家の系列に人々をculturated。 暴力なしでこれをし、打撃の発砲のない私達の国の旗の前の偏見の落下の障壁を見るために世界は賞賛と見た。「
日本の米国そして帝国は、2つの国家間のしっかりした、持続、および誠実な友情を確立することを望んで明確そして肯定的、平和および友好の未来以内にそれぞれの国の肉体関係で相互に観察される規則の条約か一般的な大会によってある意味では固定することを、解決した; どののために最も好ましい目的米国大統領が彼の長官の相談された全力を持っているか、 Matthew Calbraithペリー、日本への米国の特別な大使、および日本の8月の主権者は彼の長官に同じような全力を与えた。 . . . . . そして彼らの言われた全力を交換し、正しく前提として考慮される言われた長官は、後次の記事に同意した