Lot 172 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
autograph letter about a portrait, signed ("pietro metastasio"), to contessa angelica bertolini cataldi
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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
- Dimensions
- 23 x 18.5cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4308285
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pietro Metastasio, autograph letter about a portrait, signed ("pietro metastasio"), to contessa angelica bertolini cataldi. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 172. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308285.
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Pietro Metastasio, autograph letter about a portrait, signed ("pietro metastasio"), to contessa angelica bertolini cataldi. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 172. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4308285.
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| 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 | |
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| a collection of five volumes from the bodoni press, all in contempora… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
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