Lot 276 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
autograph musical quotation from the opera suor angelica signed, 1919
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,294–$3,059
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 28 May 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4362897
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giacomo Puccini, autograph musical quotation from the opera suor angelica signed, 1919. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 276. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4362897.
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Giacomo Puccini, autograph musical quotation from the opera suor angelica signed, 1919. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 276. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4362897.
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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.