carte-de-visite photograph, signed and inscribed with an autograph musical quotation from der zigeunerbaron on the verso, [c.1885] — Strauss, Johann II

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Estimate: £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $3,961–$5,282
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Sale: Sotheby's — Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music, London · 26 October 2017
Record ID: TB-2026-4606316
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Johann Strauss, carte-de-visite photograph, signed and inscribed with an autograph musical quotation from der zigeunerbaron on the verso, [c.1885]. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606316.

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Johann Strauss, carte-de-visite photograph, signed and inscribed with an autograph musical quotation from der zigeunerbaron on the verso, [c.1885]. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606316.

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From the same sale Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music · Oct 2017

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Autograph letter signed, to Giuseppe Spatz, 7 September 1897	Giuseppe Verdi	£1,500–£2,000
Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed by the composer at the …	Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912	£1,000–£1,500
autograph letter, probably to his agent Mauro Corticelli, 16 February 1875	Giuseppe Verdi	£2,000–£3,000
autograph letter signed ("fliszt"), in german, apparently to the publ…	Liszt, Franz. 1811-1886. Autograph Letter Signed	£1,500–£2,000
autograph letter signed ("wilhelm furtwängler"), to the writer and cr…	Wilhelm Furtwängler	£1,000–£1,500
fine early cabinet photograph, signed ("richardstrauss")	Richard Strauss	£1,500–£2,000

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