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 décembre 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”

Estimation : 50 000 – 80 000 USD

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

Estimation : 1 500 – 2 000 USD

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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

Estimation : 7 000 – 9 000 USD

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

Estimation : 6 000 – 8 000 USD

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

Estimation : 1 500 – 2 000 USD

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

Estimation : 7 000 – 10 000 USD

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

Estimation : 6 000 – 8 000 USD

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

Estimation : 7 000 – 9 000 USD

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

Estimation : 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

Estimation : 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

Estimation : 1 500 – 2 000 USD

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

Estimation : 800 – 1 000 USD

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