Autographed Beethoven Sketch Leaf on Auction Block

The André Meyer collection of music will be auctioned by Sotheby’s, which describes it as among the most impressive in France.

A rare first complete edition of the six partitas for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Its presale estimate is $98,000–$147,000. Courtesy of Sotheby’s

About 450 treasures from the rare music collection of André Meyer (1884–1974) are up for auction at Sotheby’s Paris, Oct. 16–17.

Highlights of the auction include an autographed sketch leaf of piano music by Ludwig van Beethoven that was once owned by Frédéric Chopin, the first collected edition of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Partitas for Keyboard, and Jean Philippe Rameau’s personal, annotated copy of his “Treatise on Harmony.”