Sothebys: Continental Manuscripts and Music Sale LN5294 comprising autograph letters, manuscripts and printed books, 5294,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 18, 1995 - May 18, 1995
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,070.00 | ||
| 102 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Vienna | 11.11.[18]93 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 517.00 |
| 103 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("JB") | 13.6.[18]88 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 667.00 | |
| 104 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("JB") | 29.9.[18]88 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 690.00 | |
| 105 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("JB") | 19 July [18]88 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 552.00 | |
| 106 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | CHARMING AUTOGRAPH LETTER signed with initials ("JBr") | 24.8. [18] 94 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 805.00 | |
| 107 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("JB") | Vienna | 15.1. [18]89 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 529.00 |
| 108 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("JB") | 23.6.89 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 747.00 | |
| 109 | BRAHMS (JOHANNES) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JB") | 26.9 [18]93 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 | |
| 110 | BRITTEN (BENJAMIN) | GOOD COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY BRITTEN | 1900-1958 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 977.00 | |
| 111 | BRUCH (MAX) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("M.Bruch") | 30 July [18]79 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 112 | BUTLER (CHARLES) | THE PRINCIPLES OF MUSIK | Glasgow | 1770 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 805.00 |
| 112A | CARUSO (ENRICO) | SELF-CARICATURE SIGNED ("Enrico Caruso/ N.Y. 1918") | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,150.00 | ||
| 113 | CARUSO (ENRICO) | SELF-CARICATURE SIGNED ("Enrico Caruso London 190[?6]") | 1900s |
GBP 450.00 - 500.00 | 460.00 | |
| 114 | CARUSO (ENRICO) | POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SINGER BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | NEW YORK | 1911 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 115 | CARUSO (ENRICO) | SELF-CARICATURE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | 1915 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 529.00 | |
| 116 | CHALIAPIN (FYODOR IVANOVICH) | AUTOGRAPH CARD INSCRIBED | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 483.00 | ||
| 117 | CHERUBINI (LUIGI) | MEDEE Opera en III Actes | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 118 | CHOPIN (FREDERIC) | PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED TWICE | Paris | August 1843 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 5,520.00 |
| 119 | CHOPIN (FREDERIC) | PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED TWICE | Paris | 16 May 1845 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 120 | CLEMENTI (MUZIO) | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Vienna | 24 December 1806 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 121 | CLERAMBAULT (LOUIS-NICOLAS) | CANTATES FRANCOISES A I ET II. VOIX | Paris | 1710-1713 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 747.00 |
| 122 | CORELLI (ARCANGELO) | CONCERTI GROSSI | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 402.00 | ||
| 123 | CZERNY (CARL) | GOOD COLLECTION OF PROOF COPIES OF FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS OF MUSIC BY CZERNY | VIENNA | 1820-1840 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,380.00 |
| 124 | D'ANGLEBERT (JEAN-HENRI) | RECEIPT SIGNED ("D'Anglebert") | Paris | 8 April 1686 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 575.00 |
| 125 | DEBUSSY (CLAUDE) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT containing the list of the sections set to music by Debussy in d'Annunzio's play Le Martyre de St Sebastien | USD 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 126 | DEBUSSY (CLAUDE) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ClaudeDebussy") | [Paris] | 13 July 1909 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 529.00 |
| 127 | DEBUSSY (CLAUDE) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ("Claude Debussy") | July 1900 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 862.00 | |
| 128 | DELIUS (FREDERICK) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ("Frederick Delius") | 1908 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 862.00 | |
| 129 | DELIUS (FREDERICK) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Frederick Delius") | Watford | 1914 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 690.00 |
| 130 | DESTOUCHES (ANDRE CARDINAL) | RECEIPT BOLDLY SIGNED ("Cardinal Destouches [paraph") | Paris | 8 January 1693 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | DVORAK (ANTONIN) | AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF THE "BIBLICAL SONGS" | [New York] | 22 and 23 March 1894 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 9,775.00 |
| 132 | DIBDIN (CHARLES) | IMPORTANT AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS OF MUSIC FOR HIS BALLAD OPERAS AND ENTERTAINMENTS | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 9,200.00 | ||
| 133 | ELGAR (EDWARD) | THE AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT OF ELGAR'S ORCHESTRATION OF PURCELL'S MOTET "JEHOVA | 27June 1929 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 134 | ELGAR (Sir EDWARD) | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "SEVERN SUITE" | 1930 |
USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 135 | FAURE (GABRIEL) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION of the opening two bars of the Piano Quartet in C minor | Geneva | 14 November 1894 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | FRANCK (CESAR) | FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM THE "VARIATIONS SYMPHONIQUES" | Paris | 11 March 1887 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | FRENCH MUSIC | c. 1840-1960 |
GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 1,150.00 | ||
| 138 | FROSCH (JOHANN) | RERUM MUSICARUM OPUSCULUM rarum ac insigne | Strassburg | 1535 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 5,520.00 |
| 139 | FETIS (F.-J.) | HISTOIRE DE LA MUSIQUE | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 140 | GAULEI (VINCENZO) | FRONIMO | Venice | 1584 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,025.00 |
| 141 | GASPARINI (FRANCESCO) | L'ARMONICO PRATICO AL CIMBALO | GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 142 | GLAREAN (HEINRICH) | DODEKACHORDON | Basle | 1547 |
GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 9,775.00 |
| 143 | GLUCK (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("gluck") | Vienna | 31 March 1780 |
USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 144 | GLUCK (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD) | ECHO ET NARCISSE Drame lyrique | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 145 | GRAINGER (PERCY) | FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH of the youthful composer | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 146 | GRAUN (CARL HEINRICH) | EARLY SCRIBAL MANUSCRIPT OF "TE DEUM LAUDAMUS" | GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 147 | GRIEG (EDVARD) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION OF THE OPENING OF THREE BARS OF "SOLVEIG'S SONG" FROM PEER GYNT | GENEVA | 18 MARCH [18]94 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 148 | HANDEL (GEORG FRIDERIC) | A POCKET COMPANION | 1724-1725 |
GBP 500.00 - 550.00 | 460.00 | |
| 149 | HANDEL (GEORGE FRIDERIC) | THE SONGS IN MESSIAH | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 150 | HANDEL (GEORGE FRIDERIC) | EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF KEYBOARD WORKS BY HANDEL | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,530.00 | ||
| 151 | HANDEL (GEORGE FRIDERIC) | EARLY MANUSCRIPT FULL SCORE OF "JOSHUA" | Salisbury | 1764 |
GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 1,092.00 |
| 152 | HAYDN (JOSEPH) | THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE FOUR STRING QUARTETS | 1787 |
GBP 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | 661,500.00 | |
| 153 | HAYDN (JOSEPH) | COLLECTION COMPLETTE DES QUATUORS [parts] | Paris | [1802] |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 |
| 154 | HAYDN (JOSEPH) | A SELECTION OF ORIGINAL SCOTS SONGS | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 155 | MERCADANTE (SAVERIO) | ITALIAN MUSIC | 1817-1948 |
GBP 400.00 - 450.00 | 483.00 | |
| 156 | JANACEK (LEOS) | IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAVES FOR "THE MAKROPULOS CASE" | [c. 1924-1925] |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | JANACEK (LEOS) | AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAE CONTAINING ABOUT TEN SHORT MOTIVIC DRAFTS | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,265.00 | ||
| 158 | JANACEK (LEOS) | TWO AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAVES | c.1923 and 1928 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,530.00 | |
| 159 | JANACEK (LEOS) | TWO AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAVES | 5 May 1924 where dated |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,955.00 | |
| 160 | KEYBOARD | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 161 | KRENEK (ERNST) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIRST SYMPHONY | [c. 1921] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 6,325.00 | |
| 162 | KRENEK (ERNST) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "CONCERTO GROSSO FOR STRINGS | 1921 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 6,095.00 | |
| 163 | LALANDE (MICHEL-RICHARD de) | RECEIPT SIGNED ("Delalande") | Paris | 1 February 1707 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 862.00 |
| 164 | LALO (EDOUARD) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "VENI CREATOR [SPIRITUS] | GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 165 | LAMBERT (MICHEL) | RECEIPT SIGNED ("Lambert") | Paris | 31 January 1670 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 166 | LECLAIR (JEAN-MARIE) | PREMIER LIVRE DE SONATES A VIOLON SEUL avec la basse continue | Paris | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 414.00 | |
| 167 | LISZT (FRANZ) | FINE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") TO THE PUBLISHER RICORDI ("Mon cher Tito") | Milan | 29 Mars 1839 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 168 | LISZT (FRANZ) | GOOD COLLECTION OF EARLY EDITIONS of music by Liszt | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 169 | LISZT (FRANZ) | FINE EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.LISZT") | Pisa | 28 January [18]39 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 170 | LISZT (FRANZ) | TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS | Pest and Paris | 1840-1841 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 690.00 |
| 171 | LISZT (FRANZ) | LUCREZIA BORGIA Chanson a boire Orgie | Paris | [c. 1842] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 747.00 |
| 172 | LISZT (FRANZ) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | 1784-1862 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 552.00 | |
| 173 | LISZT (FRANZ) | RAKOCZY MARSCH FUR GROSSES ORCHESTER | Leipzig and New York | [1871] |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 747.00 |
| 174 | LISZT (FRANZ) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("FLiszt") | [1845] |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 517.00 | |
| 175 | LISZT (FRANZ) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | Vienna | 21 May [1846] |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 176 | LISZT (FRANZ) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, BOLDLY SIGNED ("F.LISZT") | Weimar | 18 September 1848 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | LISZT (FRANZ) | GOOD COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS OF PIANO WORKS BY LISZT | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 178 | LISZT (FRANZ) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials ("FL") | Weimar | 24 May 1871 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 483.00 |
| 179 | LISZT (FRANZ) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") ABOUT WAGNER | 9 July 1853 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 180 | LISZT (FRANZ) | FINE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | GBP 800.00 - 900.00 | 1,092.00 | ||
| 181 | LISZT (FRANZ) | FINE LARGE PORTRAIT OF LISZT | [c. 1880] |
USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 182 | LISZT (FRANZ) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("F.Liszt") | Rome | 11 September [18]66 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 183 | LISZT (FRANZ) | PRINTED VISITING-CARD ("F.Liszt") | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 | ||
| 184 | Louis, DUC D'ORLEANS (the future Louis XII of France, 1498-1515, son of the poet Charles d'Orleans) | FOUR RECORDS OF PAYMENTS MADE TO MUSICIANS AT THE COURT OF Louis | 2 February 1484, 10 December 1495, 15 October 1497 and 4 December 1529 |
GBP 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | 230.00 | |
| 185 | LULLY (JEAN-BAPTISTE) | RECEIPT SIGNED ("Jean Baptiste Lully") | Paris | 6 October 1664 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,875.00 |
| 186 | LULLY (JEAN-BAPTISTE) | PERSEE tragedie mise en musique | Paris | 1682 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | LULLY (JEAN-BAPTISTE) | ARMIDE tragedie en musique | Paris | 1713 |
USD 500.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | LULLY (JEAN-LOUIS, 1667-1688, youngest son of Jean-Baptiste) | THREE RECEIPTS SIGNED ("J.L. Lully") | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 189 | MAHLER (GUSTAV) | FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ("Gustav Mahler") | May 1908 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,070.00 | |
| 190 | MAHLER (GUSTAV) | PRINTED DOCUMENT COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THE COMPOSER ("Gustav Mahler") | 21 January 1891 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 575.00 | |
| 191 | MAHLER (GUSTAV) | WOODEN FAN | [Vienna] | 1901 (where dated) |
GBP 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,910.00 |
| 192 | MAHLER (GUSTAV) | PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED AND DATED BY THE COMPOSER ("GustavMahler Hamburg 10 Mai 1892") | 10 May 1892 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 920.00 | |
| 193 | MAHLER (GUSTAV) | DOCUMENT SIGNED ("Gustav Mahler") | Budapest | 18 April 1889 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 690.00 |
| 194 | MALCOLM (ALEXANDER) | A TREATISE OF MUSICK | 1769 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 402.00 | |
| 195 | MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) | FINE | Frankfurt | 29 May 1837 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 8,050.00 |
| 196 | MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) | GOOD COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS of keyboard and orchestral works | 1830s |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 517.00 | |
| 197 | MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Felix MendelssohnBartholdy") | Frankfurt | 14 July [18]39 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 198 | MARTINI (GIAMBATTISTA, Padre) | CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT OF MARTINI'S "SONATE XII PER IL CEMBALO | Bologna | 1742 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 920.00 |
| 199 | MASCAGNI (PIETRO) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ("PMascagni") | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 552.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
