Lot 242 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
autograph manuscript of six numbers from the opera sapho, for the revision in four acts (1884)
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $22,942–$30,590
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 28 May 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4363043
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Charles Gounod, autograph manuscript of six numbers from the opera sapho, for the revision in four acts (1884). Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 242. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363043.
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Charles Gounod, autograph manuscript of six numbers from the opera sapho, for the revision in four acts (1884). Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 242. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363043.
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