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 Fine, unpublished autograph letter with music, written in idiosyncratic English, signed (“A.Dvorák”), [to his English publisher Alfred Littleton of Novello and Company], about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 Remarkable, unpublished autograph letter signed (“Antonin Dvorák”),in German, about the Eighth Symphony in G major and the Violin and Piano Concertos, to the conductor Karl Müller in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

BIDDING IS CLOSED
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

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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