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Lot #947
Andres Segovia

Three from the one and only Segovia: “Bach is as high in music as the Mount Everest”

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Three from the one and only Segovia: “Bach is as high in music as the Mount Everest”

Spanish classical guitarist generally acknowledged as the instrument’s greatest twentieth-century master. Lot of three items: vintage pearl-finish 3.75 x 5 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mr. Arthur Howard with best wishes, A. Segovia, Salt Lake City, 29 Jan. XLV”; vintage fountain pen sentiment and signature in Spanish, dated 1945, on an off-white 5 x 3 page; and vintage fountain pen sentiment and signature on an off-white 5 x 3 page, “Bach is as high in music as the Mount Everest, A. Segovia, Salt Lake City, 29 Jan. XLV,” Segovia also printing his name a second time. In fine condition, with a few subtle surface marks to photo and typed collector’s notations and marginal filing holes and adhesive remnants to pages, one typed notation slightly touching writing. R&R COA.

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