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"My Manuscripts (musical) are selling for $200 a page"
THOMSON, Virgil (1896-1988). American composer; music critic. Associated with Gertrude Stein in Paris. Uncommon autograph letter signed, one page, on his name imprinted stationery. New York, 17 Dec. 1982. Interesting content:….”send books for autograph, 2 copies of each, I shall send another photo and a fragment of musical ms. My manuscripts (musical) are selling for $200 a page. At that price I don’t want to undercut the market. But I do have pages I could sell. The bulk of my musical mss. 10,000 holograph pages is at the library of the Yale Music School.” A wonderful content letter being full aware of the current values of his papers. Most interesting and in fine condition............................................SOLD
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