autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "fior d'alisa", signed "victor massé" — Massé, Victor

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Estimate: £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,697–$4,045
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-4430525
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Victor Massé, autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "fior d'alisa", signed "victor massé". Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 226. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430525.

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Victor Massé, autograph manuscript of the opéra-comique "fior d'alisa", signed "victor massé". Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 226. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430525.

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