Lot 17
- 17
Composers and Musicians
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Collection of 107 cartes de visite of nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers and musicians, many inscribed and signed
- ink on paper
1) COMPOSERS, including VERDI (inscribed "mille e mille ringrazi"), PUCCINI (inscribed "...Saluti cordiali"), STRAVINSKY (inscribed "vous remercie de tout coeur"), FAURÉ (2, inscribed ), Saint-Saëns (2, inscribed "il faut que je sois en bon état demain! je n'ai plus 20 ans..."), Gounod, Lalo, Lehar, Goldmark, Umberto Giordano, Delibes (4), Charpentier (2, inscribed and signed), d'Indy (2, one inscribed and signed, "Merci, mon cher Danbé, de votre si musical petit mot...V. d'Indy"; the other inscribed only), Ysaye, Gabriel Pierné, Vieuxtemps, Ambroise Thomas and Liszt
2) SINGERS AND MUSICIANS, including Victor Maurel, Mattia Battistini, William Cummings, Planté (2), Adolphe Sax, Félia Litvinne (2), Gabrielle Krauss (2), Rosine Laborde, Jean-Baptiste Faure, Jean de Reszke, Édouard de Reszke, Albani Gye (2), Lauri-Volpi, Marguerite Ugalde, Jenny Lind, Mary Garden, Rose Caron, Marguerite Carré, Lucienne Bréval, Louis Diémer, Nellie Melba, Alfred Bruneau, André Messager (2), Pauline Viardot, Trebelli, Yvonne Gall, Emma Calvé, John McCormack, Adelina Patti (3, one inscribed and signed, one inscribed only), Caruso, Jean Périer, Francesco Tamagno, Leschetizky, Charles Lecocq, Giovanni Martinelli, Melchissédec, Jean-Alexandre Talazac, Lucien Fugère, Sims Reeves, Benjamin Godard, Pol Plançon and Edmond Audran
various sizes, a few black-edged, one of Mathilde Marchesi with an envelope, [Paris, London, and elsewhere,] mostly second half of the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth
2) SINGERS AND MUSICIANS, including Victor Maurel, Mattia Battistini, William Cummings, Planté (2), Adolphe Sax, Félia Litvinne (2), Gabrielle Krauss (2), Rosine Laborde, Jean-Baptiste Faure, Jean de Reszke, Édouard de Reszke, Albani Gye (2), Lauri-Volpi, Marguerite Ugalde, Jenny Lind, Mary Garden, Rose Caron, Marguerite Carré, Lucienne Bréval, Louis Diémer, Nellie Melba, Alfred Bruneau, André Messager (2), Pauline Viardot, Trebelli, Yvonne Gall, Emma Calvé, John McCormack, Adelina Patti (3, one inscribed and signed, one inscribed only), Caruso, Jean Périer, Francesco Tamagno, Leschetizky, Charles Lecocq, Giovanni Martinelli, Melchissédec, Jean-Alexandre Talazac, Lucien Fugère, Sims Reeves, Benjamin Godard, Pol Plançon and Edmond Audran
various sizes, a few black-edged, one of Mathilde Marchesi with an envelope, [Paris, London, and elsewhere,] mostly second half of the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A splendid collection of composers' and musicians' visiting cards mostly from the second half of the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth.