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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | MASSENET (JULES) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "POEME D'UN SOIR" | Paris | 1895 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 201 | MASSENET (JULES) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED | Berlin | 24 August 1847 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 |
| 202 | MERSENNE (MARIN) | HARMONICORUM LIBRI: ad illustr | Paris | 1636 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 5,175.00 |
| 203 | MEYERBEER (GIACOMO) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | 27 August 1855 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 204 | MILLOT (NICOLAS) | DOCUMENT SIGNED ("Milot") | Paris | 4 March 1585 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 205 | MOZART (LEOPOLD) | GRUNDLICHE VIOLINSCHULE | Augsburg | 1787 |
USD 450.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 206 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | FOUR SONATAS FOR THE HARPSICHORD | London | 1765 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 207 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | CONCERTO FACILE POUR VIOLON | Offenbach | 1802 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 |
| 208 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) ADAGIO & RONDO POUR LE VIOLON | ...Oeuvre 99 | Offenbach | 1801 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 747.00 |
| 209 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | CONCERTO POUR LE VIOLON | Offenbach | 1799 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 920.00 |
| 210 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) RONDO POUR LE VIOLON AVEC ACCOMPAGNEMENT DE GRAND ORCHESTRE | Offenbach | 1800 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 690.00 |
| 211 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | GRAND QUINTETTO PER DUE VIOLINI | Vienna | 1799 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 |
| 212 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | TRIO PER IL CLAVICEMBALO O FORTE PIANO | Vienna | 1797 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 345.00 |
| 213 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | No. [6] DES SIX GRANDS CONCERTOS POUR LE PIANO-FORTE | Offenbach | [1800] |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 2,990.00 |
| 214 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | DIE MAURERFREUDE | [1792] |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,035.00 | |
| 215 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | SONATE POUR LE FORTEPIANO | Vienna | 1786 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 216 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 217 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | IL DISSOLUTO PUNITO O SIA II D. GIOVANNI | Mainz | [1790s] |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 218 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | SCELTA D'ARIE...NO.21 | Offenbach | [1798] |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 172.00 |
| 219 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | COSI FAN TUTTE | Leipzig | 1794 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 517.00 |
| 220 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS REQUIEM | Leipzig | [c. 1800] |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 |
| 221 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | XII MENUETTEN FUR DAS CLAVIER UBERSETZT WELCHE IN DEM K.K. REDOUTEN SAAL IN WIEN AUFGEFUHRET WORDEN | Vienna | 1791 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 222 | MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS) | OEUVRES COMPLETTES | Leipzig | 1798-1806 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 632.00 |
| 223 | OFFENBACH (JACQUES) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE ROMANCE | 1841 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 224 | OFFENBACH (JACQUES) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "SUR L'EPINE OU SUR LA ROSE" | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 225 | OPERA LIBRETTOS | GOOD COLLECTION OF EARLY LIBRETTOS | Vienna, Venice, Prague, Paris | 1598-1927 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 977.00 |
| 226 | OPERA | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 227 | ORATORIO | [c. 1710-1720] |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 228 | PAISIELLO (GIOVANNI) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Paris | 1763-1886 |
USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | PAOLUCCI (GIUSEPPE) | ARTE PRATICA DI CONTRAPPUNTO | Paris | 1764 |
GBP 600.00 - 700.00 | 920.00 |
| 230 | PARRY (Sir C.HUBERT H.) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 517.00 | ||
| 231 | [PEPUSCH (JOHANN CHRISTOPH)] | THE BEGGAR'S OPERA | 1728 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 232 | PERTI (GIACOMO ANTONIO) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Bologna | 9 June 1699 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | POULENC (FRANCIS) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "IMPROVISATION" | Paris | June 1941 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 234 | PROCESSIONAL | Seville | 3 April 1494 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 235 | PUCCINI | (GIACOMO FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO THE CONDUCTOR PIERO COPPOLA | Florence and Milan | 1914-1934 |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | 575.00 |
| 236 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | POSTCARD PORTRAIT SIGNED | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 517.00 | ||
| 237 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | LA BOHEME | 1898 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 529.00 | |
| 238 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | TURANDOT | Milan | 16 April 1926 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 862.00 |
| 239 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | GOOD COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS SIGNED BY PUCCINI AND MASSENET | Paris and elsewhere | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | 2,530.00 | |
| 240 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | MADAMA BUTTERFLY | 1907 |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 517.00 | |
| 241 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "SCOSSA ELETTRICA" | Naples | 1841 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,725.00 |
| 242 | PUCCINI (GIACOMO) | MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Milan | 1904 |
GBP 550.00 - 650.00 | 977.00 |
| 243 | QUANTZ (JOHANN JOACHIM) | VERSUCH EINER ANWEISUNG DIE FLOTE TRAVERSIERE zu SPIELEN | Breslau | 1789 |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 244 | QUINAULT (PHILIPPE) | RECEIPT SIGNED | 1647-1789 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 245 | RACHMANINOV (SERGEI) | CABINET-STYLE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE IMAGE | London | 1922 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,610.00 |
| 246 | RAMEAU (JEAN PHILIPPE) | GENERATION HARMONIQUE | Amsterdam | [c. 1708] |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 247 | RAMEAU (JEAN-PHILIPPE) | RECEIPT SIGNED | Paris | 29 October 1753 |
GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 9,200.00 |
| 248 | RAVEL (MAURICE) | CHARACTERISTIC AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Maurice Ravel") | Paris | 13 January 1888 |
GBP 700.00 - 800.00 | 747.00 |
| 249 | RAVEL (MAURICE) | FINE AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT OF "SONATINE" | [c. 1903-1905] |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 250 | RAVEL (MAURICE) | FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | Paris | October 1925 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 251 | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (NIKOLAI) | CINQ CONCERTS HISTORIQUES RUSSES | Paris | 1907 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,725.00 |
| 252 | ROSSINI (GIOACHINO) | GOOD AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Turin | 5 November 1833 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 805.00 |
| 253 | ROSSINI (GIOACHINO) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Bologna | 16 August 1840 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 414.00 |
| 254 | ROSSINI (GIOACHINO) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A PIANO PIECE | 1863 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,530.00 | |
| 255 | ROUSSEAU (JEAN JACQUES) | LES CONSOLATIONS DES MISERES DE MA VIE | Paris | 1781 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 256 | SAINT-SAENS (CAMILLE) | CABINET-STYLE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | Graz | 5 March 1903 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 310.00 |
| 257 | SANZ (GASPAR) | INSTRUCCION DE MUSICA SOBRE LA GUITARRA ESPANOLA | Saragossa | 1697 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | SARTI (GIUSEPPE) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT LIST OF HIS WORKS | Milan | 1780-1784 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 259 | SARTI (GIUSEPPE) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE ESSAY "PENSEES SUR LA POESIE CONCERNANT LE RHYTHME" | St. Petersburg | c. 1794 or shortly thereafter |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 260 | SCHUBERT (FRANZ) | OSSIANS GESANGE | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 460.00 | ||
| 261 | SCHUMANN (ROBERT) | TRIO FUR PIANOFORTE | Paris | [c. 1835] |
GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 632.00 |
| 262 | SCOTLAND | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 263 | SEGOVIA (ANDRES) | FINE COLLECTION OF ELEVEN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS OF MUSIC FOR GUITAR | Buenos Aires, Barcelona | 1921-1922 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 5,980.00 |
| 264 | SIBELIUS (JEAN) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | 24 November 1926 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 437.00 | |
| 265 | SIBELIUS (JEAN) | THREE TYPED LETTERS IN ENGLISH | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 414.00 | ||
| 266 | SIBELIUS (JEAN) | FINE AUTOGRAPH MEMORANDUM SIGNED | 22 May 1922 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 414.00 | |
| 267 | SIBELIUS (JEAN) | FINE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YOUNG COMPOSER | GBP 500.00 - 600.00 | 437.00 | ||
| 268 | SIBELIUS (JEAN) | COLLECTION OF NINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Jean Sibelius") | 1914-1932 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 920.00 | |
| 269 | SIBELIUS (JEAN) | FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,725.00 | ||
| 270 | SIMPSON (CHRISTOPHER) | A COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICAL MUSIC | 1713 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,092.00 | |
| 271 | SMETANA (BEDRICH) | DOCUMENT SIGNED | Prague | 21 May 1872 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,840.00 |
| 272 | [SPECHTSHART (HUGO, of Reutlingen)] | FLORES MUSICAE | Strassburg | c. 1490 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 273 | STRADELLA (ALESSANDRO) | FINE AND IMPORTANT LATE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF 15 SECULAR CANTATAS BY STRADELLA | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 12,650.00 | ||
| 274 | STRAUSS (JOHANN, II) | FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED | 1894 |
GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,725.00 | |
| 275 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT OF THE "MADRIGAL" IN "DER BURGER ALS EDELMANN" | 1917 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,380.00 | |
| 276 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | Garmisch | 21 June 1909 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 172.00 |
| 277 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Dr RichardStrauss") | 2 September 1917 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 278 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ("Dr Richard Strauss 11.3.49") | Berlin | 25 November 1909 |
GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | 402.00 |
| 279 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | EIN HELDENLEBEN | Leipzig | 1898 |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | 529.00 |
| 280 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | ALBUM OF POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPHS SIGNED | Berlin | 1898-1916 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 690.00 |
| 281 | STRAUSS (RICHARD) | FINE LARGE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on the mount | Dresden | 1944 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 282 | STRAVINSKY (IGOR) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 283 | STRAVINSKY (IGOR) | TWO FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS SIGNED AND INSCRIBED | London | 1954 & 1959 |
GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | 862.00 |
| 284 | STRAVINSKY (IGOR) | THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE COMPOSER SIGNED ("Igor Stravinsky", "I.Stravinsky" and "I.Str.") | London | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 805.00 | |
| 285 | SYMPHONIES | Paris | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 286 | TCHAIKOVSKY (PETER) | AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("P. Tchaikovsky") | St Petersburg | 17 November 1893 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 | 1,092.00 |
| 287 | TCHAIKOVSKY (PETER) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("P.Tschaikovsky") | ABOUT THE FOURTH SYMPHONY AND THE SUITE NO.3 | 5 January "[18]88", [but 1889] |
GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 2,070.00 | |
| 288 | TCHAIKOVSKY (PETER) | FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("PTchaikovsky") | ?1893 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 289 | TCHAIKOVSKY (PETER) | FINE EARLY SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COMPOSER | Moscow | 14 October 1874 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,760.00 |
| 290 | THEORBO | November-December 1700 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,380.00 | ||
| 291 | TIGRINI (ORAZIO) | IL COMPENDIO DELLA MUSICA | Venice | 1588 |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 292 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G.Verdi") | 2 June 1856 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,530.00 | |
| 293 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | FINE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM THE "MISERERE" IN "IL TROVATORE" | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 5,750.00 | ||
| 294 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | IL TROVATORE | Milan | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,955.00 | |
| 295 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | FINE ALBUM CONTAINING AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS SIGNED BY VERDI | Paris | 1865-1924 |
USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 296 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | AIDA | Milan | [1871-1872] |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 2,760.00 |
| 297 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | AIDA | PARIS | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 977.00 | |
| 298 | VERDI (GIUSEPPE) | AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM THE "REQUIEM" SIGNED AND DATED | Paris | 24 June 1874 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,680.00 |
| 299 | VICENTINO (NICOLA) | L'ANTICO MUSICA RIDOTTA ALLA MODERNA PRATICA | Rome | 1555 |
GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,415.00 |
