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Haydn score sold

Thursday 18 May 1995 23:02 BST
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Haydn score sold

Four Haydn string quartetswhich had been kept under a bed by their Australian owner were bought for a world record pounds 661,500 at auction by a German antiquarian book dealer. Previously, the highest price paid for such a music draft was pounds 140,000 in 1993.

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