AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Dec 1, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 425:
LEONCAVALLO RUGGIERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. An excellent signed and inscribed large 5.5 x 8 cabinet card ...
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Sold for: €500
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Estimated price :
€500 - €800
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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LEONCAVALLO RUGGIERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. An excellent signed and inscribed large 5.5 x 8 cabinet card photograph, including an autograph musical quotation by Leoncavallo. The sepia Atelier Langhans image from Prague showing Leoncavallo standing in a three-quarter length pose. Signed and inscribed to the heading `A mein liber Freund Heinrich Grunfeld, Souvenir de bonne et loyale amitié, R. Leoncavallo´, an amusing inscription in two different languages to his friend the Cellist Grunfeld. Dated to the left border at Marienbad, the 17th July 1894. Signed in Prague where the photograph was taken. To the lower right border Leoncavallo has penned two bars of music, annotating alongside `Cello´, to his cellist musician friend. Bearing to the verso the photographer´s printed logo. VG Heinrich Grunfeld (1855-1931) Bohemian-Austrian Cellist. He wrote his brother´s Alfred Grunfeld biography.
