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- Estimate
- £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $4,793–$6,391
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12406, London · 28 November 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4129919
- Record
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Olivier Messiaen, collection of 51 first and early editions, two signed. Sotheby's, 28 Nov 2012, lot 227. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4129919.
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Olivier Messiaen, collection of 51 first and early editions, two signed. Sotheby's, 28 Nov 2012, lot 227. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4129919.
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From the same sale L12406 · Nov 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death Mask | Mahler, Gustav. 1860-1911. Autograph Letter Signed | £20,000–£25,000 | |
| A substantially autograph manuscript of the Fourth Piano Concerto in … | Sergei Rachmaninov | £250,000–£300,000 | |
| Collection of first and early editions | — | £2,000–£2,500 | |
| Collection of the string quartets, [the parts], in first or very earl… | Beethoven, Ludwig Van. 1770-1827. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Three first and early editions | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | £3,500–£4,500 | |
| the principles of mr harrison's time-keeper, with plates of the same.… | John Harrison | £12,000–£18,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier Messiaen | over fifty first and early editions by messiaen, two signed | $3,787 | Sotheby's, May 2014 | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig Van. 1770-1827. | Fidelio, Drame Lyrique en Trois Actes. Paris: A Farrenc, [18 | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Beethoven, Ludwig Van. 1770-1827. | [fifth symphony]. sinfonie pour 2 violons, 2 violes, violonc | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Beethoven, Ludwig Van. 1770-1827. | autograph draft by breuning for a projected article, about b | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Olivier Messiaen | seven autograph letters signed, one typed letter signed, and | Sotheby's, Nov 2012 | ||
| Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy | niva: illyustrirovannyi zhurnal literatury i sovremennoy zhi | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | ||
| Beethoven, Ludwig Van. 1770-1827. | L. v. Beethoven. First edition of the "Hammerklavier" Sonata | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Brahms, Johannes. 1833-1897. Autograph Letter Signed | Autograph letter signed ('J. Brahms') to an unidentified 'He | Christie's, Dec 2022 |
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.