Аукционы Bidspirit | L'Autographe Auctions Аукцион 29/7/2024
L'Autographe Auctions, 29/7/2024. 356 lots, estimates 50 - 10000 £.
L'Autographe Auctions -
We are delighted to present an extraordinary collection of photographs and letters related to opera from the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Shaliapin, Caruso, and Callas.
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Highlights include:
- A copy of the 1953 issue of Nature magazine signed by Francis Crick
- An extensive and significant 7-page letter from Franz Liszt
- A Collection of memorabilia related to the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820 with a letter signed by the King Georg IV
- A previously unseen letter and drawing by Louis van Wittel
- An extraordinary collection of photographs and letters related to opera from the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Shaliapin, Caruso, and Callas
This auction offers 356 important pieces from the 16th to the 20th century, showcasing the depth and breadth of historical and cultural significance.
Join us for this unique opportunity to acquire remarkable pieces of history.
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Notably, it includes the only known copy signed by Francis Crick.
**CRICK, Francis and James WATSON.**
*Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid*.
Nature, 1953.
Volumes 171 and 172 of the journal Nature, covering 1953.
Lots in this catalog (356)
- Lot 1: MUSIC - ABENDROTH Hermann (1883 - 1956) - Autograph letter signed — £70 - £100
- Lot 2: SCIENCE - AIRY George Biddell (1801-1892) - Autograph letter signed — £280 - £320
- Lot 3: SCIENCE - ARAGO François (1786 - 1853) - Autograph letter signed — £420 - £480
- Lot 4: LITERATURE - ASIMOV Isaac (1920 - 1992) - Typed letter signed — £220 - £260
- Lot 5: SCIENCE - BABBAGE Charles (1791 - 1871) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,100
- Lot 6: SCIENCE - BABINET Jacques (1794 - 1872) - Autograph letter signed — £220 - £260
- Lot 7: SCIENCE - BACHELARD Gaston (1884 - 1962) - Autograph letter signed — £220 - £260
- Lot 8: MUSIC - BACKHAUS Wilhelm (1884 - 1969 - Photographic portrait on postcard with autograph dedication signed, — £150 - £200
- Lot 9: ART AND THEATRE - BAKER Joséphine (1906-1975) - Photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed — £300 - £400
- Lot 10: SCIENCE - BARNARD Christiaan (1922 - 2001) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £150 - £200
- Lot 11: LITERATURE - BARNEY Natalie Clifford (1876 - 1972) - Autograph letter signed — £450 - £550
- Lot 12: LITERATURE - BARRIE James Matthew (1860 - 1937) - Photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 13: HISTORY - BAVARIA Maximilian Joseph of (1756 - 1825) - Letter signed — £220 - £260
- Lot 14: HISTORY - MAXIMILIAN II of Bavaria (Munich, 1811 - ib., 1864) - Letter signed — £80 - £100
- Lot 15: SCIENCE - BERTHELOT Marcellin (1827 - 1907) - Autograph letter signed — £280 - £350
- Lot 16: SCIENCE - BERTHOLLET Claude (1748 - 1822) - Autograph letter signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 17: LITERATURE - BLUNDEN Edmund Charles (1896 - 1974) - Autograph poem — £700 - £900
- Lot 18: HISTORY - BONAPARTE Queen Julie (1771 - 1845) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 19: SCIENCE - BOREL Émile (1871 - 1956) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £350
- Lot 20: LITERATURE - BORGES Jorge Luis (1899 - 1986) - Autograph draft signed — £10,000 - £13,000
- Lot 21: SCIENCE - BORN Max (1882 - 1970) - Autograph letter signed — £500 - £550
- Lot 22: HISTORY - BOURBON-CONDÉ Louis II of (1621 - 1686) - Autograph letter signed — £700 - £800
- Lot 23: HISTORY - BOURBON-PARMA Maria Isabella of (1789 - 1848) - Lot of three letters signed — £300 - £400
- Lot 24: HISTORY - BOURBON-TWO SICILIES Prince Leopold (1813-1860) - Letter signed — £150 - £200
- Lot 25: HISTORY - LODOVICO I of Bourbon (Colorno, 1773 - Florence, 1803) - Autograph letter signed — £80 - £100
- Lot 26: ART AND THEATRE - BOURDELLE Emile-Antoine (Mountauban, 1861 - Le Vesinet, 1929) - Autograph letter signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 27: HISTORY - BOURNE Francis Alphonsus (Clapham, 1861 - London, 1935) - Photograph signed — £80 - £100
- Lot 28: MUSIC - BOWLES Paul (1910 - 1999) - Typed letter signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 29: SCIENCE - BRANLY Édouard (1844 - 1940) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 30: LITERATURE - BRETON André (1896 - 1966) - Typed draft with autograph corrections — £850 - £950
- Lot 31: LITERATURE - BROD Max (1884 - 1968) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £400
- Lot 32: SCIENCE - BROGLIE Louise de (1892 - 1987) - Autograph letter signed — £700 - £800
- Lot 33: SCIENCE - BRONGNIART Alexandre (1770 - 1847) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 34: HISTORY - [BRUNSWICK Caroline de] (1768 - 1821) - Collection of memorabilia — £8,000 - £10,000
- Lot 35: MUSIC - BURGESS Anthony (1917 - 1993) - Autograph musical quotation signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 36: ART AND THEATRE - BURLIUK David (1882 - 1967) - Original watercolor sketch signed — £1,100 - £1,250
- Lot 37: SCIENCE - CANDOLLE Augustin de (1778 - 1841) - Autograph letter signed — £350 - £400
- Lot 38: LITERATURE - CAPOTE Truman (1924 - 1984) - Autograph letter signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 39: SCIENCE - CARNOT Lazare (1753 - 1823) - Partly printed letter with autograph lines and signature — £300 - £350
- Lot 40: SCIENCE - CHAPTAL Jean-Antoine (1756 - 1832) - Partly printed letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 41: SCIENCE - CHARCOT Jean-Baptiste (1867-1936) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 42: SCIENCE - CHASLES Michel (1793 - 1880) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 43: LITERATURE - CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768 - 1848) - Letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 44: LITERATURE - CLARKE Arthur C. (1917 - 2008) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £200 - £250
- Lot 45: MEDICINE - CRICK Francis (1916 - 2004) and WATSON James (1928 - ) - Nature magazine bound volumes signed — £8,000 - £10,000
- Lot 46: HISTORY - COBDEN Richard (1804 - 1865) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 47: LITERATURE - COCTEAU Jean (1889 - 1963) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 48: SCIENCE - COMTE Auguste (1798 - 1857) - Receipt with autograph line and signature — £850 - £950
- Lot 49: LITERATURE - CONRAD Joseph (1857 - 1924) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,200
- Lot 50: HISTORY - COUSTEAU Jacques Yves (1910 - 1997) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £300 - £350
- Lot 51: LITERATURE - CRUIKSHANK George (1792 - 1878) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 52: HISTORY - CURZON Lord George Nathaniel (1859 - 1925) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 53: LITERATURE - D’ANNUNZIO Gabriele (1863-1938) - Photographic portrait on postcard with autograph dedication signed — £300 - £400
- Lot 54: LITERATURE - D’ANNUNZIO Gabriele (1863-1938) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,500
- Lot 55: LITERATURE - DAHL Roald (1916 - 1990) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £1,000 - £1,200
- Lot 56: SCIENCE - DANDOLO Vincenzo (1758 - 1819) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 57: SCIENCE - DARBOUX Gaston (1842 - 1917) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 58: ART AND THEATRE - Max Devrient (Hanover, 1857 - Chur, 1929) - Autograph letter — £100 - £120
- Lot 59: ART AND THEATRE - DIETRICH Marlene (1901 - 1992) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £250 - £300
- Lot 60: HISTORY - DISRAELI Benjamin (1804 - 1881) - Autograph letter signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 61: ART AND THEATRE - DORÉ Gustave (1832 - 1883) - Brief autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 62: SCIENCE - DUMAS Jean-Baptiste (1800 - 1884) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 63: LITERATURE - ECO Umberto (1932 - 2016) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £240 - £300
- Lot 64: MEDICINE - ELLIS Havelock (1859 - 1939) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 65: HISTORY - ENFANTIN Prosper (1796 - 1864) - Autograph letter signed — £350 - £400
- Lot 66: ART AND THEATRE - ERTÉ, a.k.a. TIRTOFF Romain de (1892 - 1990) - Autograph letter signed — £500 - £600
- Lot 67: SCIENCE - FABRE Jean-Henri (1823 - 1915) - Autograph manuscript — £550 - £650
- Lot 68: LITERATURE - (Travel books - Italy) Gabriel Faure (Tournon-sur-Rhône, 1877 - Ors, — £260 - £330
- Lot 69: ART AND THEATRE - FELLINI Federico (1920 - 1993) - Original sketch signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 70: MUSIC - FISCHER Edwin (1886 - 1960) - Photographic portrait on postcard with autograph dedication — £150 - £200
- Lot 71: SCIENCE - FOREL Auguste-Henri (1848 - 1931) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 72: SCIENCE - FORTUNY Y MADRAZO Mariano (1871 - 1949) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,100
- Lot 73: SCIENCE - FOURIER Jean-Baptiste (1768 - 1830) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,100
- Lot 74: HISTORY - LOUIS XV of France (Versailles, 1710 - ib., 1774) - Letter signed — £80 - £100
- Lot 75: HISTORY - FRANCE Charles X of (1757 - 1836) - Autograph letter — £300 - £400
- Lot 76: MEDICINE - FRISCH Karl von (1886 - 1982) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £250 - £300
- Lot 77: HISTORY - GADDAFI Muammar Muhammad (1942 - 2011) - Autograph signature — £450 - £550
- Lot 78: HISTORY - GANDHI Rajiv (1944 - 1991) - Typed letter signed — £400 - £500
- Lot 79: HISTORY - GARROS Roland (1888 - 1918) - Photograph with autograph signature — £550 - £650
- Lot 80: SCIENCE - GAY-LUSSAC Louis-Joseph (1778 - 1850) - Autograph letter signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 81: LITERATURE - GENET Jean (1910 - 1986) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 82: ART AND THEATRE - GERARD François (1770 - 1837) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 83: LITERATURE - GIONO Jean (1895 - 1970) - Autograph quotation signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 84: HISTORY - GLENN John (1921 - 2016) - Large photographic portrait — £250 - £300
- Lot 85: MEDICINE - GOLGI Camillo (1843 - 1926) - Typed letter signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 86: SCIENCE - GOODALL Jane (1934 - ) - Autograph signature below a photographic printed portrait — £200 - £250
- Lot 87: HISTORY - GREECE Constantine II of (1940 - 2023) GREECE Anne-Marie (1946 - ) - Photographic portrait — £250 - £300
- Lot 88: LITERATURE - GREENE Graham (1904 - 1991) - Typed letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 89: SCIENCE - HAHN Otto (1879 - 1968) - Photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed — £400 - £500
- Lot 90: MEDICINE - HELMHOLTZ Hermann von (1821 - 1894) - Autograph letter signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 91: LITERATURE - HIGHSMITH Patricia (1921 - 1995) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £200 - £250
- Lot 92: MEDICINE - HOLMES Oliver Wendell (1809 - 1894) - Autograph quotation signed — £700 - £800
- Lot 93: HISTORY - HORKHEIMER Max (1895 - 1973) - Typed letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 94: LITERATURE - HOWE Julia Ward (1819 - 1910) - Autograph letter signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 95: SCIENCE - HUXLEY Thomas (1825 - 1895) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 96: ART AND THEATRE - HUNT William Holman (1827 - 1910) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 97: HISTORY - INNOCENTIUS XII Pope (Antonio Pignatelli (Spinazzola 1615 – Roma 1700) - Apostolic brief, — £200 - £260
- Lot 98: HISTORY - ITALY Umberto II King of (1904 - 1983) - Autograph line and signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 99: SCIENCE - JOLIOT-CURIE Frédéric (1900 - 1958) - Autograph quotation signed — £350 - £400
- Lot 100: SCIENCE - JOMARD Edme François (1777 - 1862) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 101: MUSIC - KALKBRENNER Friedrich (1784 - 1849) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £300
- Lot 102: ART AND THEATRE - KARSAVINA Tamara (1885 - 1978) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £400 - £500
- Lot 103: SCIENCE - KAUTSKY Karl (1854 - 1938) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,200
- Lot 104: ART AND THEATRE - KEATON Buster (1895 - 1966) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £300 - £400
- Lot 105: HISTORY - KERENSKY Alexander (1881 - 1970) - Autograph signature — £300 - £350
- Lot 106: SCIENCE - KEYSERLING Hermann von (1880 - 1946) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 107: MUSIC - KHACHATURIAN Aram (1903 - 1978) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £250 - £300
- Lot 108: MUSIC - KODÁLY Zoltán (1882 - 1967) - Photographic portrait on postcard with autograph signature — £350 - £400
- Lot 109: MUSIC - KREISLER Fritz (1875 - 1962) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £250 - £300
- Lot 110: SCIENCE - KROPOTKIN Piotr (1842 - 1921) - Autograph letter signed — £700 - £800
- Lot 111: SCIENCE - LACÉPÈDE Bernard Germain de (1756 - 1825) - Partly printed document — £250 - £300
- Lot 112: SCIENCE - LALANDE Jérôme de (1732 - 1807) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 113: LITERATURE - LAMARTINE Alphonse (1790 - 1869) - Letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 114: SCIENCE - LANGLEY Samuel (1834 - 1906) - Typed letter signed — £450 - £500
- Lot 115: ART AND THEATRE - LAURENCIN Marie (1883 - 1956) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 116: ART AND THEATRE - LEIGHTON Frederic (1830 - 1896) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 117: HISTORY - LEO XIII Pope (Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810 - 1903) - Letter signed — £350 - £400
- Lot 118: SCIENCE - LE VERRIER Urbain (1811 - 1877) - Letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 119: HISTORY - LISLE Claude Joseph Rouget de (1760 - 1836) - Autograph letter signed — £900 - £1,000
- Lot 120: MUSIC - LISZT Franz (1811 - 1886) - Autograph letter signed — £4,000 - £6,000
- Lot 121: HISTORY - LIVINGSTON Jay (1915 - 2001) - Four autograph musical quotation signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 122: LITERATURE - LONDON Jack (1876 - 1916) - Printed check with autograph lines and signature — £350 - £400
- Lot 123: ART AND THEATRE - LOOS Anita (1888 - 1981) - Typed letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 124: ART AND THEATRE - MASEREEL Frans (1889 - 1972) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 125: ART AND THEATRE - MAGRITTE René (1898 -1967) and BERGER Georgette (1901 - 1986 - Autograph letter signed — £700 - £800
- Lot 126: HISTORY - MADARIAGA Salvador de (1886 - 1978) - Autograph manuscript — £450 - £500
- Lot 127: HISTORY - MAKARIOS III (1913 - 1977) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £200 - £250
- Lot 128: MUSIC - MANCINELLI Luigi (1848 - 1921) - Photographic portrait with autograph dedication signed — £300 - £400
- Lot 129: SCIENCE - MARCONI Guglielmo (1874 - 1937) - Autograph signature — £250 - £300
- Lot 130: LITERATURE - MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso (1876 - 1944) - Autograph letter signed — £1,000 - £1,500
- Lot 131: MUSIC - MARKEVITCH Igor (1912 - 1983) - Autograph letter signed — £150 - £180
- Lot 132: LITERATURE - MARLBOROUGH Sarah (1660 - 1744) - Autograph signature — £500 - £550
- Lot 133: LITERATURE - MAURRAS Charles (1868 - 1952) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 134: HISTORY - MICHEL Louise (1830 - 1905) - Autograph letter signed — £280 - £450
- Lot 135: ART AND THEATRE - MILLAIS John Everett (1829 - 1896) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 136: SCIENCE - MILLIKAN Robert Andrews (1868 - 1953) - Typed letter signed — £250 - £300
- Lot 137: LITERATURE - MILNE Alan Alexander (1882 - 1956) - Photographic portrait with autograph signature — £850 - £950
- Lot 138: SCIENCE - MILNE-EDWARDS Henri (1800 - 1885) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 139: SCIENCE - MOISSAN Henri (1852 - 1907) - Autograph letter signed — £850 - £950
- Lot 140: SCIENCE - MONGE Gaspard (1746 - 1818) - Autograph letter signed — £550 - £650
- Lot 141: ART AND THEATRE - MONET Claude (1840 - 1926) - Autograph letter signed — £7,000 - £8,000
- Lot 142: SCIENCE - MONIZ António Egas (1874 - 1955) - Autograph dedication signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 143: LITERATURE - MORTIER Alfred (1865 - 1937) - 87 unpublished autograph letters signed — £330 - £520
- Lot 144: MUSIC - MOSZKOWSKI Moritz (1854 - 1925) - Autograph letter signed — £150 - £200
- Lot 145: ART AND THEATRE - NADAR Gaspard-Félix Tournachon dit - Autograph letter signed — £350 - £400
- Lot 146: HISTORY - NOBILE Umberto (1885 - 1978) - Typed letter signed — £450 - £550
- Lot 147: SCIENCE - OWEN Richard (1804 - 1892) - Autograph letter signed — £300 - £350
- Lot 148: MUSIC - PADILLA SÁNCHEZ José (1889 - 1960) - Lot of two autograph letters signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 149: LITERATURE - PAGNOL Marcel (1895 - 1974) - Autograph letter signed — £200 - £250
- Lot 150: SCIENCE - PASSY Frédéric (1822 - 1912) - Autograph letter signed — £250 - £300