Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature - N09920

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Fine Autograph Letters And Manuscripts From A Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English And Continental Literature

13 December 2018 • New York

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Sale Number: N09920

164. Fine characteristic autograph letter signed (“Beethoven”), to his friend Nikolaus von Zmeskall, dated by the recipient “28 October 1810”

Estimate: 50,000 – 80,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
165. Autograph musical quotation from the Suite for Viola and Piano, signed and inscribed by the composer (“Ernest Bloch”)

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
166. Important autograph letter signed (“J.Brahms”), to a friend (“Geehrtester Freund”), probably the conductor Carl Reinecke, about the first performance of the complete Deutsches Requiem in the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 19 February 1869

Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
167. Autograph letter signed (“Joh:Brahms”) to Princess Helene of Nassau (“Gnädigste Frau Prinzessin”)

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
168. Autograph letter signed (“J.Brahms”), to the pianist Julius Epstein

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
169. Fine cabinet photograph signed and inscribed “Wien Johannes Brahms 1 Jan: 86”

Estimate: 7,000 – 10,000 USD

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170. Fine autograph letter signed (“J.Brahms”), to the Bach scholar Philipp Spitta

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
171. Fine autograph letter signed (“J.Brahms”), to the Bach scholar Philipp Spitta “Verehrter u[nd] Lieber Hr. Spitta”

Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
172. Fine musical quotation from the opening of his Piano Concerto, signed, dated and inscribed “Milano, Maggio, 1913 Ferruccio Busoni”

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

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173. Fine early cabinet photograph signed and inscribed in brown ink “Alla distinta Sigra Etta Costa-Zercoglio Oliver, quale ammiratrice delle arti belle, Enrico Caruso offre Genova 21/1/98”, showing the singer, three-quarter face, wearing a fur-trimmed jacket and elaborate tie

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

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174. Fine large autograph self-caricature, in black ink, three-quarter face, with long autograph dedication signed

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED
175. Autograph letter signed (“Enrico Caruso”), to Sig. Fano

Estimate: 800 – 1,000 USD

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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