Fine autograph manuscript containing two works for piano — Smetana, Bedrich

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Estimate: £40,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $58,385–$72,981
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 24 May 2016
Record ID: TB-2026-4478468
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Bedrich Smetana, Fine autograph manuscript containing two works for piano. Sotheby's, 24 May 2016, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4478468.

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Bedrich Smetana, Fine autograph manuscript containing two works for piano. Sotheby's, 24 May 2016, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4478468.

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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · May 2016

Lot	Artist	Estimate
the autograph catalogue of his music library, titled by him "kataloge."	Robert Schumann	£30,000–£40,000
Collection of autograph manuscripts, including of "Masked Ball for Tw…	Selim Palmgren	£8,000–£10,000
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poetae minores graeci... accedunt etiam nuperae observationes radulpi…	—	£1,500–£2,500
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autograph manuscript of the piano concerto no. 4 in e, op. 64, signed…	Ignaz Moscheles	£7,000–£9,000

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