autograph manuscript of "Der kleine Mann und die kleine Miss" — Kästner, Erich

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Estimate: £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $22,942–$30,590
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 28 May 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-4363702
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Erich Kästner, autograph manuscript of "Der kleine Mann und die kleine Miss". Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363702.

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Erich Kästner, autograph manuscript of "Der kleine Mann und die kleine Miss". Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4363702.

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