Jul 30, 2020 - Sale 2543

Sale 2543 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 488
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MUSICIANS.) Group of 8 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd

Additional Details

Giulio Ricordi. ALS, to Antonio Cervi, in Italian, discussing Olga Olghina having sung in Manon Lescaut and Faust. 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet. Milan, 17 December 1894 Victor Maurel. ANS, "V'r Maurel" twice, thanking for a portrait and adding: "Life is in motion. Tribute to America," in French. 2 pages, 2 1/4x3 3/4 inches, written on the recto and verso of card. Philadelphia, 12 January 1895 Anton Seidl. Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed, on a small card, one bar from an unknown work, notated on a hand-drawn stave. 2 1/2x4 inches. New York, 11 February 1896 Eugene Goossens. IPS, to Marius Risley, bust portrait showing him looking into camera. Inscribed in the image, upper left. 10x8 inches. Cincinnati, 1942 Eugene Ormandy. Typed Letter Signed, to Alfred Bendiner, thanking for sending a cartoon of himself. 1/2 page, 4to, "Philadelphia Orchestra Association" stationery. Philadelphia, 12 March 1943 Kirsten Flagstad. ALS, "Kirsten," to "Dearest Mrs. Rund[?]," remarking that she is "in the middle of the little season of Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' and it is . . . a big success also for me personally." 2 pages, 8vo, written on separate sheets, pale blue paper. London, 23 September 1951 Umberto Giordano. ALS, "Umberto," to his mother, in Italian, asking that she send a camera and film to Olga. 4 pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet. Np, nd Amelita Galli-Curci. Typed Letter Signed, to Lillian G. Genn, in English, giving marriage advice. 1 page, oblong small 4to. Np, nd.