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Autograph draft of a letter to Johann Baptist Bach

Autograph draft of a letter from Beethoven probably to Dr. Johann Baptist Bach regarding the litigation over guardinaship of his nephew. Large folio (2 p.), 38.5 x 23.6 cm., no place or date [Vienna, 1821], horizontal and vertical folds (Brandenburg no. 1452)

Item Information
Material Type: 
Letter from Beethoven
Record Number: 
Lf83
Provenance: 
Private collection in Switzerland
Catalog Concordance: 
Brandenburg no. 1452
Auction Information
Auction House: 
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number: 
7
Date of Sale: 
06/09/2010
Sender: 
Beethoven
Recipients: 
Johann Baptist Bach
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking: 
Manuscript
Estimate Price: 
£30,000-40,000
Sale Price: 
£33,650
Sale Price in U.S Currency: 
$48631