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

176. Fine, unpublished autograph letter with music, written in idiosyncratic English, signed (“A.Dvorák”), [to his English publisher Alfred Littleton of Novello and Company], about the casting of his oratorio Saint Ludmila

Estimate: 5,000 – 6,000 USD

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177. Remarkable, unpublished autograph letter signed (“Antonin Dvorák”),in German, about the Eighth Symphony in G major and the Violin and Piano Concertos, to the conductor Karl Müller in Frankfurt

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 USD

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178. Fine cabinet photograph signed (“Antonin Dvorák”)

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD

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179. Fine photographic portrait signed and inscribed by the composer, in black ink (“Most sincerely, George Gershwin”), showing Gershwin seated at his Steinway grand piano

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD

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180. Autograph musical quotation from “Rhapsody in Blue”, from the Andante central section, in E major, signed and inscribed by the composer “Rhapsody in Blue sincerely George Gershwin”

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD

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181. Autograph musical quotation of “Bess, you is my woman now”, from Porgy and Bess, signed and inscribed by the composer: “Porgy&Bess sincerely George Gershwin”

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 USD

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182. Fine large photograph signed and inscribed on the mount (“Umberto Giordano”) with an autograph musical quotation from Fedora (“Amor ti vieta”), showing the seated composer impeccably dressed in a suit with tie and handkerchief, holding a cigarette

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 USD

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183. Four autograph letters signed, with two identical cabinet photographs signed and inscribed, to Etta Oliveri and others, in Italian

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

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184. Fine cabinet photograph signed in black ink (“Edvard Grieg”)

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

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185. Fine cabinet photograph signed in black ink, “Edvard Grieg”

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD

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186. Two autograph musical quotations signed and inscribed (“LehárF”)

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,200 USD

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187. Autograph musical quotation signed (“LehárF”)

Estimate: 200 – 300 USD

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