autograph musical quotation from the "blue danube" waltz, boldly signed ("johann strauss") — Strauss, Johann II

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Estimate: £2,000–£2,500 hammer ≈ $2,697–$3,371
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Record ID: TB-2026-4430851
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Johann Strauss, autograph musical quotation from the "blue danube" waltz, boldly signed ("johann strauss"). Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 187. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430851.

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Johann Strauss, autograph musical quotation from the "blue danube" waltz, boldly signed ("johann strauss"). Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 187. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430851.

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