THE AUTOGRAPHS AND COLLECTIBLES BLOG
Cité de la Musique – Museum of Music in Paris – Our Visit
The Cité de la Musique of City of Music is a vast museum in Paris dedicated to music instruments and history. Located in the Parc de la Villette - a former slaughterhouse district - it is part of a complex of buildings that include the home of the Paris...
Musee Chopin in Paris – Our Visit
We just visited this small museum, unknown for most people, located right at the heart of Paris, France. Musee Chopin is a 1-room museum inside the Societé Historique et Litteraire Polonaise in the Ile de Saint-Louis, in central Paris. This small but very interesting museum displays a piano apparently used...
Visit us at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair!
This year, and for the first time, we will have a place in the famous New York International Antiquarian Book Fair! It will take place between March 8th and 11th, 2018, at the Park Avenue Armory. Over 200 American and international dealers will be present at the ABAA New York...
Tamino Autographs: 11 Years!
On this date, December 28th, but exactly 11 years ago, Tamino Autographs appeared on the web! - It has been a long way since then - Tamino now offers books and prints, music memorabilia, unsigned photos and programs, totalling 9000+ items in our site online. Tamino Autographs not only is...
Visit to Tchaikovsky House Museum in Klin, Russia!
We just visited the Tchaikovsky House Museum in Klin, Russia. Located 92 km North-West from Moscow, or 2.5 hours drive, the house is where he lived for 1 year before his passing in 1893. It is in this house where he finished proof-reading the scores of Iolanta and The Nutcracker, wrote his famous 6th Symphony Pathetique...
The OPERAS.ORG Project! An Online Opera Museum
OPERAS.org is the new home of a passion for opera and old-time singers. It is our project, one that is fully sponsored by us! Our purpose is to expand knowledge among opera lovers and general public about opera singers of the past. This is so much needed today, especially among...
Vienna Philharmonic 1926 – Large Original Etching by Ferdinand Schmutzer
Ferdinand Schmutzer (1870-1928), an Austrian artist, printmaker and photographer produced this etching , in 1926, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, in rehearsal, under the baton of conductor Feliz Weingartner (1863-1942). A number of texts have been written regarding this exceptional print, notably “Dermusikerportraits of Ferdinand Schmutzer”, Barbel Holaus ,...
Books & Vintage Prints – Now at Tamino Autographs!
We just created two new categories in our site, one dedicated to music-related signed books, and the other to vintage prints. The new BOOKS section will eventually be expanded to include more books, signed and unsigned, and not necessarily related to music, while the vintage PRINTS section is destined to...
10 Years of Tamino Autographs!
Today, December 28th 2016, we are celebrating 10 years! It was on Dec 28th, 2006 when TaminoAutographs.com was created online, with just 40 autograph photos, some unsigned programs from the Metropolitan Opera, unsigned photos and even some vintage binoculars. Since then, we have grown to be the largest website in...
Julian Gayarre – The Voice from Paradise
"JULIAN GAYARRE - THE VOICE FROM PARADISE" is a new book by writer and opera expert Oscar Salvoch.We received as a gift this book (in Spanish) from the author - 970 pages with a very in-depth biography of the famous Spanish tenor, who passed away in 1890 just a week short of...
