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Lot 141
Sale 722 - The Virtuoso Collection: Opera Memorabilia sold to Benefit Lyric Opera of Chicago
Oct 1, 2019
10:00AM CT
Timed Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[19TH AND 20TH-CENTURY OPERA SINGERS]. A group of 8 photographs, cabinet photographs, cartes de visite, or photographic postcards of opera singers from the 1890s-1900s, most signed, comprising images of:
Emma Calvé, (1858-1942) (with additional signature on card and unsigned photograph), Antonio Cotogni (1831-1918) (additionally inscribed), Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) (unsigned), Jenny Lind (1820-1887) (unsigned), Nelli Melba (1861-1931) (matted and framed), Lillian Nordica (1857-1914) (additionally inscribed), Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) (matted and framed).
Various sizes 8 x 6 in or smaller, most in black and white, ALL SIGNED except where indicated.
The Virtuoso Collection: Opera Memorabilia sold to Benefit Lyric Opera of Chicago