Lot 221 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
printed diary for the year 1861, containing verdi's autograph entries and memoranda, titled:
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $8,416–$11,783
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 May 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4264078
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giuseppe Verdi, printed diary for the year 1861, containing verdi's autograph entries and memoranda, titled:. Sotheby's, 20 May 2014, lot 221. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4264078.
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Giuseppe Verdi, printed diary for the year 1861, containing verdi's autograph entries and memoranda, titled:. Sotheby's, 20 May 2014, lot 221. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4264078.
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| 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 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Verdi | autograph manuscript of part of the libretto of otello, a dr | $9,469 | Sotheby's, May 2014 | |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Autograph musical quotation from Luisa Miller signed (‘G Ver | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | remarkable large cabinet-style photograph signed and inscrib | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | G. Verdi. Autograph musical quotation signed, of 'Tutto nel | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | autograph draft letter signed ("g verdi"), to giulio belinza | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | Verdi Giuseppe: (1813-1901) | International Autograph Auctions, Nov 2022 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | autograph letter signed (“gverdi”), to the librettist franc | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | Italian Composer. A rare and excellent A.M.Q.S.,`G. Verdi | International Autograph Auctions, Dec 2020 |
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.