« … we who are serious in Germany about our autograph collections
are just so few … »

Stefan Zweig, letter to an autograph collector, Vienna, March 17, 1917

Autographs & Manuscripts

Autographes. Catalogue of the auction Nouvelle Série no. 16
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
The experienced biography
1798 Piano Wrestling – Cook Mehlschöberl – 100 £ from England
Beethoven – (Seyfried, Ignaz Ritter von.)
Biographische Notitzen & Character Traits and Anecdotes (on Ludwig van Beethoven)
The 1831 original manuscript of the second earliest biography on Beethoven
with important deviation from print
Beethoven – (Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried.) Biographische Notitzen (on Ludwig van Beethoven).
Reduced reproduction and transcription of the autograph manuscript as the second earliest biography of Beethoven written by a close companion
Brazil – Documents on Slavery in Brazil, Seven.
Dec. 19, 1823 – Sep. 2, 1884
With marital permission :
Certificate of heirship for Louise Friederike Therese Schubert, née Häussler, about 673,120 marks
Confirmation of the preacher Schinkel (Barsikov/Brandenburg) that the premade bagged poison by F. Bulle can “be administered without hesitation … to the extermination of rats and mice”
Customs procedure & six-in-hand carriage horses :
Fürstenberg, Franz Egon Graf von. Letter with autograph signature to the Elector of Treves
Gärtner, Wilhelm Friedrich. Formula “for the extinction of rats and mice”
Imperial Thanks
Grant of Arms for Johann Elias Ridinger
Issued by Imperial Count Palatine Ludwig Bartholomäus von Herttenstein
Augsburg 24 August 1746

“ … I was digging and I found you. I needed to tell you that your collection for whatever reason has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you … I’m not a collector, or I haven’t known myself to be … I was going to sell this (sheet), but I just may have discovered that I’m to keep this for whatever reason. Have you made a collector out of me … For all your devotion, hardwork … I thank you ”

(Mrs. D. H., June 17, 2002)