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A rare Pleyel double grand piano to be auctioned | The David Winston Piano Collection | 23 September 2021

A rare Pleyel double grand piano to be auctioned | The David Winston Piano Collection | 23 September 2021

A rare Pleyel double grand piano to be auctioned | The David Winston Piano Collection | 23 September 2021

This autumn, we are thrilled to be offering The David Winston Piano Collection on 23 September 2021. A highlight from the auction is a rare Pleyel double grand piano (Lot 19). In the video below, David Winston sits down with his friend and concert pianist, Dame Imogen Cooper, as they discuss Lot 19, as well as the collection as a whole. See the video at the end of article to watch the Pleyel double grand piano being played by Dame Imogen Cooper and Xiaowen Shang from the Royal Academy of Music, London. 

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Inline Image - Lot 19: Y† Pleyel, Paris; a rare double grand piano, number 18907, 1929 | Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Lot 19: Y† Pleyel, Paris; a rare double grand piano, number 18907, 1929 | Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Archive entry showing the purchase of this piano by Madeleine Lioux Malraux in 1946 for the sum of 190,000 French Francs.
Archive entry showing the purchase of this piano by Madeleine Lioux Malraux in 1946 for the sum of 190,000 French Francs.
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Inline Image - Madeleine Malraux Rehearsing on this piano in her NYC apartment in 1969 (Getty Images, number 965814132)
Madeleine Malraux Rehearsing on this piano in her NYC apartment in 1969 (Getty Images, number 965814132)
Inline Image - Andre Malraux with the piano in his home (Getty Images, number 163031477)
Andre Malraux with the piano in his home (Getty Images, number 163031477)

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