[CIRCUS]. A group of circus posters.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$252
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Lot Description
[CIRCUS]. A group of circus posters.
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. N.p.: N.p., early 20th century. 26 x 17 1/4 in. (tears with some verso repairs). A large group of rodeo-style performers on horseback. Hagenbeck-Wallace operated from 1907 until 1938. -- Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey. World's Biggest Menagerie. N.p.: N.p., n.d. 27 3/8 x 21 in. (creases). A large rhinoceros. -- Roberts Bros. Circus. N.p.: N.p., mid-20th century. 14 x 41 3/4 in. Operated from 1944 to 1980. Features a smiling clown. -- Plainville...Roberts Bros. Circus. Cincinnati: The Enquirer Printing Co., mid-20th century. 14 x 22 in. -- Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus. Cincinnati: The Enquirer Printing Co., ca late 1950s. 14 x 42 in. A roaring lion at center. -- Franzen Bros. Circus. N.p.: Franzen Bros. Circus, 1983. 14 x 41 1/4 in. (some abrasions at edges with tape residue). Featuring a tiger, a balancing elephant, a female trapeze artist, and a clown. -- Together, 6 lithographed or screen-printed posters.
[Also with:] A small group of modern facsimile posters, not photographed.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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