May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 352
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MUSICIANS.) Group of 12 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by 20th-century composers and opera singers. Many mounted to larger sheet. Format and condition vary. sold as is. Vp, vd

Additional Details

Enrico Caruso. Signature and date, on a small slip of paper. New York, 1918 Lotte Lehmann. Signature on a first day cover, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ASCAP. New York, 15 October 1964 Franz Lehár. AMQS, "LeharFr," 8 bars from an unknown work. 1 page, 12mo. Berlin, 22 March 1926. With the original envelope Jules Massenet. Brief ALS, "J. Massenet," to "My great friend," in French, declining to visit due to poor health. 1 page, 8vo. Np, 2 December 1901 Robert Franz. ALS, "Rob. Franz," to "Dear Mr. Rietz," in German. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. Halle, 22 July 1871 Franz Abt. ALS, to "My dear friend," in German. 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on a single folded sheet. Braunschweig, 26 December 1861 Gustave Charpentier. Signature, below his etched portrait. 8vo. Np, nd Lawrence Tibbett. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, to Roy Pitts, bust portrait. 10x8 inches. Np, nd Lily Pons. Signature on an envelope. 1936 Lothar Wallerstein. ALS, to Mr. Kruger. 1 page, 4to. New Orleans, 18 August 1949 Dorothy Kirsten. Photograph Signed, bust portrait. 6x4 1/4 inches. Np, nd Nadine Conner. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "Sincerely." 6 1/2x5 inches. Np, nd.