Beethoven goes on the block
Ludwig van Beethoven’s signed manuscript of the Scherzo of his Opus 127 string quartet will be auctioned in London in December, the Swedish museum that owns it said Monday.
The Stockholm-based Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Fraemjande -- or the Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture -- said the manuscript would be auctioned Dec. 5 by Sotheby’s in London. The museum said it has a reserve price of $1.6 million.
The museum acquired the score, which was handwritten by Beethoven and is part of the museum’s Nydahl Collection, from a Paris-based dealer in 1925.
“The reason for the sale is to secure the future care and availability of the rest of the [museum’s] collection,” the museum said in a statement.
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