fine autograph manuscript of the first movement of the "sonatine", originally composed as a self-contained piece — Ravel, Maurice

Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.

Estimate: £80,000–£100,000 hammer ≈ $120,485–$150,606
Result
Performance
Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-4430832
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
Cite this record: TB-2026-4430832 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4430832

Maurice Ravel, fine autograph manuscript of the first movement of the "sonatine", originally composed as a self-contained piece. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 236. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430832.

Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable

Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4430832.

Maurice Ravel, fine autograph manuscript of the first movement of the "sonatine", originally composed as a self-contained piece. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 236. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430832.

Test the link

The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.

From the same sale Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts · Dec 2015

Lot	Artist	Estimate
three portraits of Strauss by Max Liebermann, Ferdinand Schmutzer and…	Richard Strauss	£1,200–£1,500
grosse passionsmusik nach dem evangelium matthaei [vocal score of the…	Johann Sebastian Bach	£1,500–£2,000
important document signed ("pyotr"), in russian, being a treaty with …	Peter The Great, Tsar Of Russia	£7,000–£10,000
autograph letter signed, written less than a month before his death, …	Egon Schiele	£6,000–£8,000
autograph musical quotation from the "blue danube" waltz, boldly sign…	Johann Strauss	£2,000–£2,500
collection of seven portrait medallions of strauss, together with oth…	—	£400–£500

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Maurice Ravel	autograph manuscript of the vocal score for the cantata "alc	$201,749	Sotheby's, May 2018
Brahms, Johannes. 1833-1897. Autograph Letter Signed	autograph manuscript of the "geistliches wiegenlied", op.91		Sotheby's, Oct 2017
Richard Wagner	autograph manuscript of the first poetical draft of the libr		Sotheby's, May 2018
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy	autograph manuscript full score of the concert overture the		Sotheby's, Nov 2012
Brahms, Johannes. 1833-1897. Autograph Letter Signed	autograph manuscript of the organ fugue in a-flat minor [woo		Sotheby's, May 2017
Richard Wagner	Autograph manuscript signed (at end, ‘Richard Wagner‘), the		Christie's, Dec 2024
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy	autograph working manuscript of the final recitative and cho		Sotheby's, May 2016
Brahms, Johannes. 1833-1897. Autograph Letter Signed	fine autograph manuscript of the song 'es liebt sich so lieb		Sotheby's, May 2018

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.