An original cabinet photograph of the great Hungarian conductor, which he has signed and inscribed at the bottom of the board on which it is pasted: To dear Miss Sanford in kind remembrance. A nice example.

Nikisch held prominent conducting positions in Budapest, Boston, Leipzig, and Berlin. In 1913, he became the first conductor to tour a European orchestra in the United States, and his recording of Beethoven's Fifth with the Berlin Philharmonic was among the earliest recordings of a complete symphony. Of Nikisch's interpretation of Brahms' Fourth Symphony, Brahms said: quite exemplary, it's impossible to hear any better.