Lot 142 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
large self caricature signed and inscribed ("enrico caruso 1918")
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,354–$3,139
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4308591
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Enrico Caruso, large self caricature signed and inscribed ("enrico caruso 1918"). Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 142. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308591.
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Enrico Caruso, large self caricature signed and inscribed ("enrico caruso 1918"). Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 142. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308591.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · Nov 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting card inscribed by Verdi in 1852, and an autograph letter sig… | Giuseppe Verdi | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| sept manifestes dada. paris: diorama, 1924 | Tristan Tzara | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| index librorum prohibitorum cum regulis confectis per patres a triden… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| first and early editions of string quartets and quintets, in parts | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| a collection of five volumes from the bodoni press, all in contempora… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| filmgegner von heute - filmfreunde von morgen. berlin: hermann recken… | Hans Richter | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrico Caruso | Self portrait | $2,750 | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2025 | |
| Enrico Caruso | large self caricature signed and inscribed ("enrico caruso 1 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | Eigh. Brief m. U. an Friedrich Wieck, 1835 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2026 | ||
| Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 | autograph album-leaf for édouard silas, boldly signed and in | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 | French Composer. A good A.L.S., `H. Berlioz | International Autograph Auctions, Sep 2023 | ||
| Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 | autograph album-leaf composed for the pianist and composer é | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | Rare Autograph Musica Quotation signed by Verdi from Falstaf | International Autograph Auctions, Dec 2024 | ||
| Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 | Berlioz Hector: (1803-1869) | International Autograph Auctions, Mar 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.