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Autograph letter to Karl Holz

Autograph letter to Karl Holz written in the aftermath of nephew Karl van Beethoven’s suicide attempt. Beethoven seeks to discover the name of the policeman whom they saw and gives new of Karl’s re-arrest, no place or date. 1 p., oblong octavo, integral autograph address panel: “Für H[errn] K. Holtz.”Unsigned, written in pencil
Item Information
Material Type
Letter from Beethoven
Record Number
Lf54
Provenance
sold at Christie’s 6/22/1988; offered at Sotheby’s, 5/17/1990, withdraw;l sold from the collection of Fritz Schubart of Dresden (1937)
at Sotheby’s 124/92 for £6,400; sold at Stargardt 3/3-4/94, lot 876, for 26,450 DM ($16,500); Sold at Christie’s (London), 6/29/95 for £20,000
Catalog Concordance
BG 2210, Anderson L1497
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
26
Bibliographical Reference
Notes auction index 1996-2005
Date of Sale
5/21/1999
Sender
Ludwig van Beethoven
Recipients
Karl Holz
Sold to
Institution in U.S.
Pricing Information
Estimate Price
8000-12000 GBP
Sale Price
12880 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$20866.00
Hammer Price
11200 GBP