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DOYLE NEW YORK TO AUCTION AUTOGRAPHS AND FINE BOOKS ON
NOVEMBER 9, 2004
Including
Two Collections of Musical Autographs and a Collection of Andrew Jackson
Autographs
On Tuesday,
November 9, 2004 at 10am, Doyle New York will hold an auction of Autographs
and Fine Books. The sale will offer a wide range of material from a number
of prominent estates and collections. Among the highlights are two collections
of musical autographs and a collection of Andrew Jackson autographs. The
exhibition will be open from Saturday, November 6 through Monday, November
8. Doyle is located at 175 East 87th Street in Manhattan.
MUSICAL
AUTOGRAPHS
Jean Feder was the foremost concert impresario in Rumania during the period
between the Wars, and his activities extended to Paris and Vienna as well.
During his career, which lasted into the late 1930s, he met, arranged
concerts for, and developed lasting friendships with some of the great
artists of his day. These include Luisa Tetrazzini, Pablo Casals, Fyodor
Chaliapin, Eugene Ysaye, Fritz Kreisler, the young and emerging talents
of Jascha Heifetz and Mischa Elman, as well as scores of great and fascinating
musical and theatrical personalities. He died in 1940.
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Jean
Feder (right) with composer Pietro Mascagni (left), Bucharest, 1920s.
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His son,
Edgard Feder of New York City, a musicologist and cellist, saved Jean
Feder's collection of photographs and autographs. Over his own
lifetime, he collected additional photographs and autographs, which now
form a part of the collection in the auction.
One of the
highlights of the Feder Collection is an extraordinary fan of gold-mounted
ivory decorated with old mine and rose cut diamonds. The 21 leaves have
been signed, some with drawings, by 40 composers and musical performers
between 1890 and 1939, including Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pablo de Sarasate,
Fritz Kreisler, Marcella Sembrich, Annette Essipova, Tommaso Salvini,
Eugen d'Albert and others.
The sale will also include a selection of musical autographs from another
private collection. Notable in this collection is an autograph musical
quotation by Giuseppe Verdi of the aria T'amo d'amore from his
opera Luisa Miller. The quotation is dated Naples, 10 December
1849, two days after the opera made its Naples debut.
ANDREW
JACKSON AUTOGRAPHS
For collectors of Americana, the sale will offer eight lots of autographs
and other material relating to Andrew Jackson, hero of the War of 1812
and the seventh President of the United States. The autographs range in
date from 1819 to 1835 and include examples written from ìWashington
Cityî as well as from his beloved home, the Hermitage, in Nashville,
TN. In addition to the autographs, the auction will also offer a lock
of hair accompanied by a note reporting that it is ìGen. Jackson's
hair cut off by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Andrew Jackson.î
OTHER
AUTOGRAPHS
The auction will offer dozens of autographs relating to prominent figures
in literature, politics, world history, sports, music and science. Included
are examples by Aaron Copland, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sigmund Freud, George
III of England, Muhammed Ali, Theodore Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw,
Stephen Sondheim and Leo Tolstoy. Of note is a two-page document dated
1 March 1899 signed by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, also signed by
James Madison, Secretary of State and C.A. Rodney, Attorney General. The
document relates to patent granted to William Few regarding ìimprovement
in the mode of making bene oil.î William Few (1748-1828) was a delegate
from Georgia to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Constitution.
FINE BOOKS
The selection of fine books will include a group of Western Americana
and a collection of sporting books. Featured are two first editions by
British naturalist Richard Lydekker – The Deer of All Lands
(London: Rowland Ward, 1898) and The Great and Small Game of India,
Burma and Tibet (London: Rowland Ward, 1900).
AUCTION
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 10am
EXHIBITION
Saturday, November 6, 10am - 5pm
Sunday, November 7, Noon - 5pm
Monday, November 8, 10am - 5pm
CONSIGNMENT
INFORMATION
Jerry Patterson, 212-427-4141, ext. 234, books@DoyleNewYork.com
CATALOGUE
Subscriptions Department, 212-427-4141, ext. 257, subscriptions@DoyleNewYork.com
View
the online catalogue
MEDIA
CONTACT
Louis LeB. Webre, Vice President, Marketing and Media, 212-427-4141, ext
232, louis@DoyleNewYork.com
Images and interviews are available upon request.
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