The Fourth Place Medal
$38.00
Size GuideThe little-known tale of the 20th century’s finest mind, and its greatest unsung inventor: Thomas F. Forf, whose misspelt name became synonymous with being astonishingly great — but not first.
Forf, a humble genius of rare intellect, was overshadowed by a handful of inventors history has wrongly credited with powered flight, the radio and the ballpoint pen (plus a rumoured dozen more). The Wright Brothers’ first plane, “Flyer I”, was simply propelled by a serendipitous wind gust. Reginald Fessenden’s radio transmission was the echo from an adjacent bathroom. And the ballpoint pen came a decade after Forf’s — uncatchily named — “writing ink stick”.
Through an unassuming spirit of generosity, Thomas F. quietly fixed each invention’s fatal flaws — though not their inventor, and so never became known as their first, only, in time, as “the great fixer”. These circumstances, and the similarity of Forf’s surname to the number 4, mutated over time into “Fourth”. So the true meaning of the word, and the extraordinary Thomas F., were lost to history. These firsts were never possible without Forf — and neither, today, is first place without fourth.
To honour Forf, and in the tradition of the Nobel Prize and Olympic medals, this is the world’s first dedicated Fourth Place Medal — struck for the unrecognised: enabling pioneers, near-miss bronze medallists, and anyone demonstrating outstanding precision in finishing between 3rd and 5th.
Oscar’s Craft
Oscar’s artwork and creations notice the unnoticed — the wonder that we can often overlook. By day, he works in an office, has a wonderful wife and three lovely children.
But before dawn, he creates — kind of like Batman to Bruce Wayne, but with an imagination like Roald Dahl.
Each piece is lovingly crafted to add colour and imagination to your world.
“I notice the unnoticed — a tale from nothing. Hand drawn the authentic way, pencils and ink. My hope is that it adds colour and imagination to your world.” — Oscar
Materials
- Hahnemühle 310gsm archival paper, acid-free cotton rag
- Giclée pigment ink, fade-resistant 100+ years indoors
- Open Edition — printed to order, not numbered or hand-signed
- Every line hand-drawn first, pencil then ink, before it’s ever a file
Choose your framing style at checkout — Full Print, Gallery Border, or Wide Border — same price at every size.
Free AU shipping over $110 · free international shipping over $220 · ships in 2–4 days.
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A small handful escaped anyway, slipped out through a side door of the Philadelphia Mint before the furnaces caught up with them. For decades the Secret Service hunted the survivors down, one by one, until only a single coin remained in private hands — once owned by King Farouk of Egypt, the only Double Eagle the U.S. government ever agreed was legally his to sell. In 2021 it went to auction for over US$18 million, the most ever paid for a coin.
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Oscar’s Craft
Oscar’s artwork and creations notice the unnoticed — the wonder that we can often overlook. By day, he works in an office, has a wonderful wife and three lovely children.
But before dawn, he creates — kind of like Batman to Bruce Wayne, but with an imagination like Roald Dahl.
Each piece is lovingly crafted to add colour and imagination to your world.
“I notice the unnoticed — a tale from nothing. Hand drawn the authentic way, pencils and ink. My hope is that it adds colour and imagination to your world.” — Oscar
Materials
- Hahnemühle 310gsm archival paper, acid-free cotton rag
- Giclée pigment ink, fade-resistant 100+ years indoors
- Open Edition — printed to order, not numbered or hand-signed
- Every line hand-drawn first, pencil then ink, before it’s ever a file
Choose your framing style at checkout — Full Print, Gallery Border, or Wide Border — same price at every size.
Free AU shipping over $110 · free international shipping over $220 · ships in 2–4 days.
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Oscar’s Craft
Oscar’s artwork and creations notice the unnoticed — the wonder that we can often overlook. By day, he works in an office, has a wonderful wife and three lovely children.
But before dawn, he creates — kind of like Batman to Bruce Wayne, but with an imagination like Roald Dahl.
Each piece is lovingly crafted to add colour and imagination to your world.
“I notice the unnoticed — a tale from nothing. Hand drawn the authentic way, pencils and ink. My hope is that it adds colour and imagination to your world.” — Oscar
Materials
- Hahnemühle 310gsm archival paper, acid-free cotton rag
- Giclée pigment ink, fade-resistant 100+ years indoors
- Open Edition — printed to order, not numbered or hand-signed
- Every line hand-drawn first, pencil then ink, before it’s ever a file
Choose your framing style at checkout — Full Print, Gallery Border, or Wide Border — same price at every size.
Free AU shipping over $110 · free international shipping over $220 · ships in 2–4 days.
