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Toscanini
28 November 2012 • London
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88 lots
  • Autograph musical quotation from the Variations on a theme by J. Haydn (the "St. Anthony Variations"), the two-piano version, Op.56b, signed ("Johannes Brahms")
    Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Two autograph letters to Toscanini, signed ("Ferruccio Busoni")
    Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Le Haydine ovvero Lettere su la vita e le opere del celebre maestro Giuseppe Haydn, Milan: C. Buccinelli, 1812, Toscanini's copy
    Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Fine photographic portrait, signed and inscribed ("Alla gentili. signorina Lucia Fornaroli Enrico Caruso"...")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Self-caricature by Enrico Caruso, signed and inscribed in black ink to Walter Toscanini, son of the conductor ("à Walter, Enrico Caruso, Parigi 1910")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Self-portrait bronze bust, as a laughing buddha
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Fifteen autograph letters and postcards signed (“A Catalani”, “AlfredoCat.”, etc), to Arturo Toscanini
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • La riva al mare barcarola [vocal score], Milan: Stabilimento Musicale di F. Lucca, [1878?], inscribed and signed on the title by the composer ("Alla gentilissima Cuginissima Clotildissima Picconi - L'originalissimo Catalanissimo cuginissimo")
    Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Lithographic portrait by Julien Boilly, with Cherubini's signature
    Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • A collection of six works, all signed by D'Annunzio, comprising:
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph letter signed to Arturo Toscanini,
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Cabinet-style photograph, signed and inscribed and with an autograph musical quotation from the Symphonic Variations Op.78
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED