Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern, L25404, London

George Frideric Handel | First edition of "Giulio Cesare", 1724

Joseph Haydn | Fine autograph letter signed, to C.G. Breitkopf, 7 September 1795

Joseph Haydn | Engraved visiting card of the composer, early 19th-century

Joseph Joachim | Archive of autograph correspondence between Joseph Joachim and Ernst Rudorff, 1861-1907, mostly unpublished

Charles Lecocq | Autograph score of the overture to "Les ondines au champagne" and assorted sketches, c.1865 and later

Amilcare Ponchielli | Autograph manuscript draft relating to the opera "Il figliuol prodigo", c.1880 or later

Amilcare Ponchielli | Manuscript score of the overture to "La Savoiarda", apparently corrected by Ponchielli, c.1861 or later

Giacomo Puccini | Collection of 21 photographs of the composer, many signed and inscribed, from the collection of his confidante Sybil Seligman

[Giacomo Puccini] | Collection of autograph letters by members of his family to Sybil Seligman, about Puccini's last days and the aftermath of his death, apparently unpublished

[Giacomo Puccini] | Paolo Tosti and Giovacchino Forzano. Collection of autograph letters to Puccini's confidante Sybil Seligman, 1896-1924

Richard Strauss | Autograph manuscript of his orchestration of the song "Nun halt Frau Minne Liebeswacht", 1898, unpublished in a critical edition