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an old document with a handwritten letter on it next to a piece of paper
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

84 - Croatia – Theatre
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Croatia – Theatre Medovich, Demetrio Handwritten letter bearing a signature, addressed to an unnamed ‘Your Honour’. Written in German on paper. Teatro Nuovo Zara, 25 December 1898. 2 pages on 1 double sheet (each 20.3 x 13 cm) bearing the printed letterhead of the theatre’s board of directors and the watermark “Margaret Mill / Jvory Paper / Vienna Manufacture”. Medovich was one of the directors of the Teatro Nuovo in Zara (Zadar), which was destroyed during the Second World War and no longer exists today. - Cover letter accompanying a programme, also enclosed here, for the first performance of *Lohengrin* at the Teatro Nuovo in Zara (approx. 28.5 x 19 cm). “The first performance took place on 30 April 1898 to great acclaim … Lohengrin was the first Wagner opera to be staged in Zara.” - Slightly browned due to the paper and showing crease marks. - Also included: a folded programme for the 1898 spring season featuring the operas *Lohengrin* and *Manon* by Massenet. Croatia – Theatre – Autograph letter signed by the director of the Teatro Nuovo in Zara (Zadar). German handwriting on paper. With printed letterhead of the theatre’s board of directors and watermark ‘Margaret Mill / Jvory Paper / Vienna Manufacture’. - An accompanying letter to a theatre programme for the first performance of *Lohengrin* at the Teatro Nuovo in Zara is also enclosed here. ‘The first performance took place on 30 April 1898 to great acclaim … *Lohengrin* was the first opera by Wagner to be performed in Zara.’ (trans.). - Each is slightly browned due to the paper and bears fold marks. - Also included: A folding programme for the 1898 spring season featuring the operas *Lohengrin* and *Manon* by Massenet. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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