fine autograph working manuscript of "malinconia", op.20, for cello and piano, signed ("jean sibelius") — Sibelius, Jean

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Estimate: £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $75,303–$105,424
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-4430486
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Jean Sibelius, fine autograph working manuscript of "malinconia", op.20, for cello and piano, signed ("jean sibelius"). Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 239. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430486.

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Jean Sibelius, fine autograph working manuscript of "malinconia", op.20, for cello and piano, signed ("jean sibelius"). Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 239. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430486.

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