Tchaikovsky and JFK in harmony in American auctions
The autograph sale held by Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in New York on May 4 included a musical quotation in the hand of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the theme from the finale of his Orchestral Suite No.3 in G Major (Op.55), which sold for $14,000 (£10,855).
The composer signed and dated it '21 Mars 1888 /Londres', on which very day he conducted a perform…