Journal Article

Beethoven Auction Report (2012)

Stroh, Patricia

2012

Overview

J. A. Stargardt, Autographen aus allen Gebieten, Berlinjune 5-6, 2012 Sotheby's, Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London, May 29, 20 12 Sotheby \\DeLa Collection Musicale André 'Meyer, Paris, October 16-17, 2012 Sotheby's, Important Manuscripts, Letters and Memorabilia from the Family of Arturo Toscanini, London, November 28, 2012 Sotheby's, Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, including Science and Medicine, London, November 28, 20 1 2 I begin in Berlin, where Stargardt offered a previously unknown letter from Beethoven's early years in Vienna for euro120,000. Caricatures by Lyser of Beethoven, Paganini, Hoffmann, and Lyser himself from 1833, sold at Sotheby's auction (October 16-17, 2012) Page from a contemporary manuscript score of the String Quartets, Opus 18, nos. 1, 2, and 5 in the hand of Ferdinand Piringer, sold at Sotheby's auction (November 28, 2012) In November 2012, Sotheby's, London, auctioned off some of the holdings from the family of the legendary conductor Arturo Tòscanini, who owned two Beethoven manuscripts. Sale amounts in this report include the buyer's premium, with approximate conversions to dollar amounts based on exchange rates listed by the auction houses on the date of sale.

• Publisher: San Jose State University & The Trustees of the California State University
• Subject: Auctions / Autographs / Collectors / Schumann, Robert (1810-56) / String music / Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957)