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Manuscripts From A Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music
26 October 2017 • London
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162 lots
  • 97. Puccini, Giacomo
    Postcard photograph signed ("GiacomoPuccini") and inscribed on the image to Alessandro Polonini, the first Geronte in Manon Lescaut
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 98. Puccini, Giacomo
    Two autograph letters signed ("GPuccini"), to Captain Giulio Bechi and to the journalist Augusto Guido Bianchi, 1910 and 1921
    Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
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  • 99. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
    Autograph letter signed ("NRKorsakov") to the composer Boris Lvovich Levenzon, 14 January 1906
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 100. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph manuscript of part of the opera Armida, inscribed by the composer "Duetto d'Armida"
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
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  • 101. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph manuscript of a work for piano in A-flat major, signed ("G. Rossini"), undated
    Estimate: 5,000 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 102. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed (“G. Rossini”), to Gaetano Fabi, his agent in Bologna, 7 October 1848
    Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP
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  • 103. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph album-leaf comprising a short work for piano in G minor, signed and inscribed ("G. Rossini, Bologna, 5 Sette 1844")
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 104. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed (“G. Rossini”), to Gaetano Fabi, 15 March 1849
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 105. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed (“G. Rossini”), to Gaetano Fabi, 15 April 1849
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 106. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed ("G. Rossini"), to Gaetano Fabi, 20 August [1849]
    Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
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  • 107. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed (“G. Rossini”), to his agent Gaetano Fabi, 8 October 1849
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 108. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed ("G. Rossini"), to Gaetano Fabi, about Nicola Ivanoff, 20 [January] 1852
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED