Lot 166 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "fior d'alisa", signed "victor massé"
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,045–$6,742
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4309331
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Victor Massé, autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "fior d'alisa", signed "victor massé". Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 166. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4309331.
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Victor Massé, autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "fior d'alisa", signed "victor massé". Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 166. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4309331.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| sept manifestes dada. paris: diorama, 1924 | Tristan Tzara | £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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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Massé | autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique le fils du brigadi | $5,101 | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | |
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| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | late eighteenth-century english manuscript of arias and duet | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | W.A. Mozart. First editions of the piano concertos K.238 and | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Richard Strauss | Autograph working manuscript for the solo for Flamand, 'Dies | Christie's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Giacomo Puccini | four autograph letters and a short note signed (“gp” or pucc | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Victor Massé | autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "le fils du brigad | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
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.