working manuscript by nikolai and anna medtner of the posthumously published piano quintet in c major — Medtner, Nikolai

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Estimate: £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,035–$6,725
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Sale: Sotheby's — Musical Manuscripts, London · 22 May 2018
Record ID: TB-2026-4663174
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Nikolai Medtner, working manuscript by nikolai and anna medtner of the posthumously published piano quintet in c major. Sotheby's, 22 May 2018, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4663174.

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Nikolai Medtner, working manuscript by nikolai and anna medtner of the posthumously published piano quintet in c major. Sotheby's, 22 May 2018, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4663174.

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