Lot 161 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
collection of sixty-four autograph letters signed ("dein erich"; "dein erich und dein papa" etc.) to his friend friedel siebert and their son thomas
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $7,647–$12,236
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 28 May 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4363037
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Erich Kästner, collection of sixty-four autograph letters signed ("dein erich"; "dein erich und dein papa" etc.) to his friend friedel siebert and their son thomas. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 161. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363037.
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Erich Kästner, collection of sixty-four autograph letters signed ("dein erich"; "dein erich und dein papa" etc.) to his friend friedel siebert and their son thomas. Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 161. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363037.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · May 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| autograph manuscript of the poem "Alles, nur nicht die Gobelins!" | Karl Kraus | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| autograph manuscript of the poem "Die Bürger, die Kunstler und der Narr" | Karl Kraus | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| three portraits of Strauss by Max Liebermann, Ferdinand Schmutzer and… | Richard Strauss | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| three autograph letters signed ("Victor Hugo"; "V. Hugo") | Hugo, Victor. 1802-1885. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| autograph manuscript of "Der kleine Mann und die kleine Miss" | Erich Kästner | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| opera non nulla a federico commandino urbinate nuper in latinum conve… | Archimedes | £2,000–£3,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Kästner | collection of c.44 autograph letters and typed letters signe | $11,471 | Sotheby's, May 2015 | |
| Erich Kästner | autograph manuscript of "Der kleine Mann und die kleine Miss | Sotheby's, May 2015 | ||
| Immanuel Kant | Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2025 | ||
| George Grosz | Manhattan Skyscrapers | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Oskar Kokoschka | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| George Grosz | Draped Dummy | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| George Grosz | Ehe Paar | Rago, Dec 2021 | ||
| Erich Kästner | autograph manuscript of the foreword to a later edition of e | Sotheby's, May 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.