Lot 141 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
collection of 24 autograph letters signed and 7 typed letters signed, the majority unrecorded and unpublished, together with one autograph poem, and her own typescripts of six other poems
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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $10,100–$13,466
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 May 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4263804
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Nelly Sachs, collection of 24 autograph letters signed and 7 typed letters signed, the majority unrecorded and unpublished, together with one autograph poem, and her own typescripts of six other poems. Sotheby's, 20 May 2014, lot 141. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4263804.
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Nelly Sachs, collection of 24 autograph letters signed and 7 typed letters signed, the majority unrecorded and unpublished, together with one autograph poem, and her own typescripts of six other poems. Sotheby's, 20 May 2014, lot 141. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4263804.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · May 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Artaria and André editions of the string quintets | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Two visiting cards | — | £2,500–£3,000 | |
| przed sklepem jubilera [the jeweller's shop]. krakow: znak, 1960 | — | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| wie man einem fürsten schreiben soll. augsburg: johann schobsser, 1488 | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| bibliotheca apostolica vaticana a sixto v pont. max. in splendidiorem… | Angelo Rocca | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| katholikon medicorum katoptron... sive tomi primi, tractatus secundi,… | Fludd, Robert. 1574-1637. | £1,500–£2,000 |
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