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Autograph note to Count Nikolaus Zmeskall

Autograph note to Count Nikolaus Zmeskall requesting a meeting with him that evening at five o’clock to discuss some undiscloed and evidently urgent matter, no place or date [Vienna, ca. 1798]. 1 p., signed “Bthwn++” in German script, written in brown ink on a strip of brownish paper, ca. 7.5 x 23 cm., affixed at both ends to a piece of paper containing a later owner’s trascription of the note and authentication (”Autograph ... procured of A.W. Thayer, Vienna April 14 1860.”)
Item Information
Material Type
Autograph note
Record Number
An11
Previous Owners
A.W. Thayer
Catalog Concordance
BG 124; Anderson L27
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
27
Bibliographical Reference
Notes auction index 1996-2005
Date of Sale
12/9/1999
Sender
Ludwig van Beethoven
Recipients
Nikolaus Zmeskall
Sold to
unknown
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
7000-9000 GBP
Sale Price
7820 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$12668.00
Hammer Price
6800 GBP