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2/5/2023 - CIRCUS MEMORABILIA AUCTION
Listing ID#: 578011
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SARASOTA, FL 34234 |
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Sunday Feb 5, 2023 Completed |
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 Live Auction
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FREEDOM AUCTION COMPANY Contact: BRIAN HOLLIFIELD Phone: 941-725-2166 Email: INFO@FREEDOMAUCTIONS.COM Website: WWW.FREEDOMAUCTIONS.COM EstateSale.com ID#: 13831 View company information and listings |
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PAYMENT BY CASH, V/MC OR APPROVED CHECKS.
BUYER'S PREMIUM IS 25% |
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.. 1 CHRISTY BROS. CIRCUS SIX SHEET POSTER CHRISTY BROS. BIG 5 RING WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS. 6 SHEET, OLD ERIE LITHO, 1920'S. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED ON LINEN. IMAGE 78"X80" 2 JOHNNY MEAH STUDIOS ATTRACTION BANNER HOMER THE CLOWN & DEE. ON CANVAS, D-RING HOOKS AT CORNERS, SIGNED MEAH STUDIOS. 52"X71" 3 RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS BILLBOAR MAXWELL FREDERIC COPLAN DESIGN, 1940'S. FOUR PANEL MOUNTED ON CHARTEX. FOLDS AS ISSUED. IMAGE 110"X163" 4 BARNES BROS. CIRCUS POSTER TWENTY-EIGHT SHEET BILLBOARD (APPROXIMATELY 114"X216") GLOBE POSTER CORP c.1940. OVER ONE DOZEN LARGE-SIZE SECTIONS, UNUSED/NEVER POSTED, ASSEMBLE TO RECREATE THIS UNBELIVABLE MONSTER OF A CIRCUS POSTER THAT DEPICTS ALL THE CHAOS AND SPLENDOR OF THE ... 5 SEILS STERLING CIRCUS POSTER SEILS STERLING CIRCUS, THE SHOW OF ONE THOUSAND WONDERS, FEATURING AN ARRAY OF ANIMALS IN THE RING. BORDERS TRIMMED, FRAMED UNDER GLASS. HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUTSIDE OF FRAME. 12"X40" 6 LILIPUTIAN OPERA CO. ADVERTISEMENT W.J. MORGAN & CO. LITHO, CLEVELAND. MOUNTED ON BOARD, WITH MOUNTING HOLES AT BORDERS. 23"X29" 6 ADAM FOREPAUGH'S GREAT SHOW POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO CO., 1883. ADAM FOREPAUGH'S GREAT SHOW, LARGEST IN THE WORLD, MUSEUM, MENAGERIE, TRIPLE CIRCUS AND ROMAN HIPPODROME. A VERY SCARCE POSTER FEATURING THE AGENTS IN AFRICA, TRANSPORT AND FEEDING OF ANIMALS. SHOW TITLE WAS ... 7 G.F. BAILEY & CO. CIRCUS & MENAGERIE POSTER SCARCE. LITHO OF SARONY, MAJOR & KNAPP, 1867. VIEW OF A HERD OF HIPPOS ALONG A RIVERBANK, QUARTER SHEET FLAT. FRAMED, LIGHT STAINING, HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUTSIDE OF FRAME. 18"X22" 8 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ILLINOIS LITHO, C.1930. SCARCE LITHO WITH DESIGN BY COLBY. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IN-PAINTING AND TOUCH UPS IN FIELD, MINOR WRINKLE IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER. 30"X42". 8 LARGE BINGHAMPTON INDOOR CIRCUS POSTER THREE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1930'S. A NICE LARGE EXAMPLE WITH CLOWN PORTRAIT AND TITLE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 41"X78.5" 8 NEW YORK CIRCUS BRASS AND REED BAND ONE SHEET, MOUNTED ON BOARD. DDUVAL STEAM LITHOGRAPHIC CO., PHILADELPHIA, 1870. THE NEW YORK CIRCUS, L.B. LENT DIRECTOR, FROM THE NEW YORK CIRCUS IRON BUILDING IN FOURTEENTH STREET OPPOSITE THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW YORK. 9 HAGENBECK WALLACE CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, CENTRAL PRINTING AND ILLINOIS LITHO CO., 1930'S. FEATURING A TIGER IN THE RIGHT FIELD AND SHOW TITLE, HAGENBECK-WALLACE AND 4-PAW-SELLS BROS. COMBINED CIRCUS. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27.5"X40". 10 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, CENTRAL PRINTING AND ILLINOIS LITHO CO., 1930'S. FEATURING A SMILING CLOWN AND SHOW TITLE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27.5"X40". 11 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER HALF SHEET WITH DATE TAG FOR MIAMI, 1942. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28"X30" 12 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1930'S. FEATURING 150 AMAZINGLY CLEVER CLOWNS PRESENTED AT THE SAME TIME, THE BIGGEST CONGRESS OF FUNMAKERS EVER ASSEMBLED. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27"X41.5" 13 HAGENBECK WALLACE CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, C.1930. FEATURING POODLES HANNEFORD, PRINCE OF CLOWNS AND THE HANNEFORD FAMILY. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28"X41" 14 DOWNIE BROS. BIG 3 RING CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1930'S. FEATURING A LEAPING TIGER AND SHOW TITLE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28.5"X41" 15 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, MCCANDLISH LITHO, 1940'S. FEATURING THE CLOWN, FELIX ADLER. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. DATE TAIL SKINNING. IMAGE 28"X42" 16 ACHILLE PHILION ATTRACTION WITHOUT PARALLEL ONE SHEET, THE COURIER CO., BUFFALO, N.Y., 1899. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL POSTER! IMAGE 28.5"X42" 17 COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1935. FEATURING JUMBO THE 2ND, ONY AFRICAN ELEPHANT EXHIBITED WITH ANY AMERICAN CIRCUS. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28.25"X42" 18 TOM MIX CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, TEMPLE LITHO, CHICAGO, C.1935. FEATURING A GALAXY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PANTOMIMISTS. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 26.5"X39.75". 19 TOM MIX CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, CENTRAL SHOW PRINTING CO., 1937. PRESENTING AN ARRAY OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN STARS. IMAGE 28.25"X41.5" 20 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET WITH DATE TAG, ERIE LITHO, 1930. FEATURING TRIBE OF GENUINE UBANGI SAVAGES WITH MOUTHS AND LIPS AS LARGE AS THOSE OF FULL GROWN CROCODILES. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28.25"X51" 21 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ILLINOIS PRINTING AND LITHO, 1930. FEATURING TRIBE OF UBANGI SAVAGES. SIGNED HAP HADLEY IN LOWER RIGHT. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27.5"X40.5" 22 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1930'S. SIDESHOW - STRANGE PEOPLE FROM THE REMOTE CORNERS OF THE EARTH. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28"X41" 23 CHRISTY BROS. CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1925. FEATURING $100,000 SUPER BIBLE SPECTACLE, "NOAH'S ARK", WILD BEAST HIPPODROME, THE WONDER SHOW. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27"X41.5" 24 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO CO., 1924. FEATURING NEW BEAUTIFUL EQUINE FEATURE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. UNRESTORED BORDER AT UPPER MARGIN. IMAGE 28.25"X40.5" 25 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, CENTRAL PRINTING & ILLINOIS LITHO, 1930. FEATURING SEALS THAT EXHIBIT INTELLIGENCE SCARCELY LESS THAN HUMAN, IN MARVELOUSLY SKILLFUL PERFORMANCES. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28"X40.5" 26 CHRISTY BROS. SHOWS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1925. CHRISTY BROS. SHOWS BIG 5 RING WILD ANIMAL, SO NEW - SO DIFFERENT. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27"X41.5" 27 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, C.1930. FEATURING DOROTHY HERBERT - THE RIDING SENSATION OF THE AGE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. HAVING A MINOR AREAS OF UNRESTORED LOSS AT BORDERS. IMAGE 28.25"X42" 28 JOHN ROBINSON'S CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, OLD ERIE LITHO, 1925. FEATURING FOUR FUNSTERS FOCUSED AT TITLE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 41"X27" 29 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, COURMONT FRERES - AUTHORISED (SIC) BY STROBRIDGE, N.Y., 1899. FEATURING THE OWNER PORTRAITS OF P.T. BARNUM AND J.A. BAILEY. MOUNTED ON LINEN. IMAGE 28"X37.5" 30 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1897. FEATURING THE OWNER PORTRAITS OF P.T. BARNUM AND J.A. BAILEY. UNMOUNTED, CENTRAL FOLD, VERY GOOD. TAPE ON REVERSE. 30"X40" 31 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1912. FEATURING A CONGRESS OF JAPAN'S FAMOUS STRONG MEN, GLADIATORS, SWORDSMEN, WRESTLERS, JIU-JITSU AND ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS. UMMOUNTED, STAINING AT MARGINS AND IN RIGHT FIELD, TAPE ON REVERSE. IMAGE 30"X40" 32 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1899. A MAGIFICENT POSTER SHOWING AN AERIAL LOT SCENE, GERMAN. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 30"X40" 33 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1909. FEATURING THE COURT TIETZE TROUPE - BALLOON POLO ON HORSEBACK. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 28.5"X38.5" 34 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1917. FEATURING THE SUPREME PAGEANT ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP. UNRESTORED, BRILLIANT COLORS, MOUNTED ON LINEN. 30"X40" 35 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1909. FEATURING JUPITER, THE LATEST AND GREATEST THRILLER BALLOON HORSE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. A BEAUTIFUL POSTER. 30"X39.5" 36 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS LEITZEL POST ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1920. VERY SCARCE. FEATURING THE DAINTY MISS LIETZEL, WORLD'S MOST MARVELOUS GYMNAST. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. BEAUTIFUL POSTER! IMAGE 28"X41.5" 37 FOREPAUGH & SELLS CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1902. STUNNING TITLE SHEET WITH TIGER OVERLOOKING AN EQUESTRIENNE RIDER. BRILLIANT COLORS. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. 29"X38.75" 38 SPARKS CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, OLD ERIE LITHO, 1925. A CHARMING IMAGE OF EQUESTRIENNE PERFORMANCE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. 26"X40" 39 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1923. FEATURING BERTA BEESON, THE MAD-CAP WHIRLWIND OF THE MID-AIR. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. A REAL BEAUTY! 28.25"X42" 40 BUFFALO BILL IN 3 REELS POSTER ONE SHEET, BUFFALO BILL - PAWNEE BILL FILM COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, 1912. HAVING TWO FILM VIGNETTES IN CLUDING FIRST SCALP FOR CUSTER AND THRILLING INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE LAST GREAT SCOUTS. BRILLIANT COLORS, PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN.... 41 BUFFALO BILL IN 3 REELS POSTER TWO OF THREE SHEETS, BUFFALO BILL - PAWNEE BILL FILM COMPANY, NEW YORK. MISSING THE TOP SHEET. ONE IS ON LINEN, OTHER ON CHARTEX. IMAGE 40.5"X54" 42 BUFFALO RANCH REAL WILD WEST POSTER PANEL, RIVERSIDE PRINTING CO., MILWAUKEE - CHICAGO, 1913. FEATURING SCENES OF THE SHOW INCLUDING EQUESTRIAN FOOTBALL AND REAL INDIAN WAR DANCE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. 21"X56" 43 BUFFALO RANCH REAL WILD WEST POSTER PANEL, RIVERSIDE PRINTING CO., MILWAUKEE - CHICAGO, 1913. FEATURING SCENES OF THE SHOW INCLUDING EQUESTRIAN FOOTBALL AND REAL INDIAN WAR DANCE. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. 21"X56" 44 HARRY MINER'S FRANK I. FRAYNE COMBINATION HALF SHEET, THE GRAPHIC CO. LITHO, NEW YORK. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 20.5"X25.5" 45 HOOT GIBSON THE TEXAS STREAK FILM POSTER ONE SHEET, UNIVERSAL, J. OLSENS LITHO, STOCKHOLM, 1926. Chad Pennington, a movie-cowboy from Hollywood, gets into trouble when he poses as a two-gun outlaw from Texas named Tommy Hawk. He gets himself involved in a dispute between a development comp... 46 HOOT GIBSON THE LONG, LONG TRAIL FILM POSTER ONE SHEET, UNIVERSAL, J. OLSENS LITHO, STOCKHOLM, 1929. The Long Long Trail is a 1929 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Hoot Gibson in his first sound film. CONSERVED ON LINEN. 23"X35" 47 HOOT GIBSON A TRICK OF HEARTS FILM POSTER ONE SHEET, UNIVERSAL, J. OLSENS LITHO, STOCKHOLM, 1928. A Trick of Hearts is a lost 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. CONSERVED ON LINEN. 28"X39.5" 48 HOOT GIBSON SHOOTIN' FOR LOVE FILM POSTER ONE SHEET, UNIVERSAL, J. OLSENS LITHO, STOCKHOLM, 1923. Shootin' for Love is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and featuring Hoot Gibson. CONSERVED ON LINEN. 23"X35.5" 49 HOOT GIBSON LET 'ER BUCK FILM POSTER ONE SHEET, UNIVERSAL, J. OLSENS LITHO, STOCKHOLM, 1925. Let 'er Buck is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson. 28"X39.5" 50 TOM MIX CIRCUS POSTER HALF SHEET, DONALDSON LITHO, 1930'S. FEATURING TOM MIX AND WONDER HORSE "TONY" IN PERSON. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 20"X28" 51 GEORGE SUPREME MASTER OF MAGIC POSTER HALF SHEET, OTIS LITHO, 1928. TRIUMPHANT AMERICAN TOUR, 18 PEOPLE CARLOAD OF SCENIC EFFECTS. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 20"X28" 52 MARVELO THE MAGICIAN POSTER HALF SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1930'S. FEATURING MARVEL, MYSTERY AND SLIGHT OF HAND ILLUSIONS WHICH HAVE LEFT THOUSANDS SPELLBOUND. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. 20"X28" 53 HAGENBECK WALLACE CIRCUS POSTER ONE SHEET, CENTRAL PRINTING AND ILLINOIS LITHO, 1930'S. HAGENBECK WALLACE AND 4-PAW SELLS BROS. COMBINED CIRCUS TITLE WITH HIPPO, TRAINED WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. IMAGE 27"X39.5" 54 BIRNAM BROS. CIRCUS POSTER HALF SHEET, NEAL WALTER PRINTING, 1960'S DATE SHEET. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINEN. 20.5"X28" 55 WM. HORACE LINGARD POSTER ONE SHEET, STROBRIDGE LITHO, 1880'S. BRILLIANT PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HORACE LINGARD. WILLIAM REDWORTH NEEDHAM (1837-1927) BETTER KNOWN BY THE STAGE NAME OF LINGARD, WAS A 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH COMIC SINGER AND ACTOR. PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED, ON LINE... 56 ARTHUR V. ISENBERG - MY TOWN AND THE BIG TOP A SCARCE COPY. WRITTEN, ILLUSTRATED AND PUBLISHED BY ISENBERG, 1954. AUTOGRAPHED PAGE IS LOOSE FROM BINDING. 245 PAGES IN FOLIO BINDER. STAINING TO COVER BUT CONTENTS ARE INTACT. 57 THE BALLARDS IN INDIANA - CHARLES EDWARD BALLARD RARE COPY OF THE BOOK COVERING THE LIFE OF ED BALLARD, ONE TIME OWNER OF THE HAGENBECK WALLACE CIRCUS AND IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE HISTORY OF FRENCH LICK, INDIANA. THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY ED'S SON, CHAD AND PUBLISHED IN 1984. IN A FAILED SUICIDE... 58 CIRCUS LIFE - BEERS BARNES CIRCUS, NANCY SVENONIUS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY SVENONIUS, 2010. 42 PAGE SPIRAL BOUND EDITION COVERING THE STORY OF BEERS-BARNES CIRCUS, A SMALL FAMILY CIRCUS THAT TRAVELED FROM 1932-1967 PLAYING SMALL TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH, EASTERN AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES. 59 CIRCUS MEMORIES - GEORGE MIDDLETON WRITTEN AND SELF PUBLISHED BY MIDDLETON, COPY IS DATE 1913, COVER THE RICE AND SON CIRCUS. 45 PAGES IN FOLIO BINDER. 60 LE BON GENRE NO. 91 - L'EQUILIBRE DU CHANDELIER COLORED ENGRAVING OF PARISIAN ACROBATS. 12"X15.5" 61 DON FOOTE ORIGINAL DRAWING RARE TO FIND IS THIS DON FOOTE (AMERICAN, 1932-1984) SKETCH. DON FOOTE WAS CREATIVE DESIGNER OF THE COLOSSAL CIRCUS WARDROBE INCLUDING THAT OF RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS. AN ORIGINAL WARDROBE DESIGN SKETCH BY DON FOOTE FOR RINGLING B... 62 OTTO RINGLING SIGNED BANK CHECK A RARE CHECK SIGNED BY CIRCUS KING WILLIAM HENRY OTTO RINGLING. WRITTEN ON THE BANK OF BARABOO, SIGNED BY RINGLING AND DATED APRIL 4, 1891. 63 HENRY RINGLING SIGNED BANK CHECK A RARE CHECK SIGNED BY CIRCUS KING HENRY RINGLING. WRITTEN ON THE BANK OF BARABOO, SIGNED BY RINGLING AND DATED APRIL 17, 1913. 64 AL RINGLING SIGNED BANK CHECK A RARE CHECK SIGNED BY CIRCUS KING AL RINGLING. WRITTEN ON THE BANK OF BARABOO, SIGNED BY RINGLING AND DATED DECEMBER 10, 1913. 65 CHARLES RINGLING SIGNED BANK CHECK A RARE CHECK SIGNED BY CIRCUS KING HENRY RINGLING. WRITTEN ON THE FORT DEARBORN NATIONAL BANK, SIGNED BY RINGLING AND DATED APRIL 28, 1916. 66 RINGLING BROS. SIGNED BANK CHECK A RARE CHECK SIGNED BY JOHN RINGLING NORTH AND HENRY RINGLING NORTH. WRITTEN ON SARASOTA STATE BANK, DOUBLE SIGNAUTRES AND DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1949. 67 HENRY RINGLING NORTH SIGNED BANK CHECK SIGNED BY RINGLING AND DATED APRIL 18TH, 1949 68 RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS BANK CHECKS TWO CHECKS DATED 1913 AND 1914, ONE SIGNED BY AL RINGLING. 69 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS - 1917 PAY STUBS TRIO OF PAY STUBS FOR $7 WEEKLY, DATED 1917. 70 P.T. BARNUM & CO. GREAT SHOWS TICKET ONE TICKET FOR P.T. BARNUM & CO'S GREAT SHOWS AND ADAM FOREPAUGH'S COLOSSAL AGGREGATION, COMBINED FOR THE NEW YORK SEASON ONLY, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, 1887. 71 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS COLLECTION A GROUPING OF EPHEMERA INCLUDING BARNUM & BAILEY ROUTE CARD FOR 1906 WITH ENVELOPE, B&B TRADE ADVERTISING, B&B SHOW TICKET FOR 1911, SCRIBNER & SMITH MEAL TICKET, W.H. CURTIS CHILD'S TICKET, ALLEN'S CONSOLIDATE SHOWS TICKET FOR 1891. 72 1910 MARRIAGE RECORD - CIRCUS PERFORMERS AN EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTER OF MARRIAGE, COUNTY BOROUGH OF BOLTON, ENGLAND. MARRIAGE OF TWO CIRCUS PERFORMERS, DATED 1868. MARRIAGE BETWEEN WALTER SCOTT AND REBECCA HUMMERSTON, BOTH NOTED AS CIRCUS PERFORMERS ON THE RECORD. PAPER, FOLDS, 5.25"X14... 73 IRISH CIRCUS SCRAPBOOK 29 PAGES COMPILED BY PATRICK HOULIHAN CONCERNING HIS OWN IRISH CIRCUS MUSEUM. GIFTED TO COLLECTOR NIALS MCCABE. ADDITIONAL IRISH CIRCUS EPHEMERA INCLUDED. 74 NEWSPAPER CIRCUS CLIPPINGS BINDER CONTAINING 3.5 POUNDS OF CIRCUS SCRAPBOOK EPHEMERA, 1940-1960'S. 75 1920'S CIRCUS NOVELTY ACT PROMOTIONS THREE SHEETS WITH NOVEL ACT PROMOTIONS INCLUDING SATOES BALANCING LADDER, BOOTH AND LYNN COMEDY, WILLIAMS & BERNICE HIGH ACTS, STIERWALTS ACROBATS AND GYMNASTS. EACH APPROX. 11"X14" 76 KAY BROS. CIRCUS MEMORABILIA INCLUDES RPPC (TAPED ON REVERSE), LETTERHEAD AND THREE RESTRIKE PHOTOGRAPHS C.1920'S. 77 CIRCUS MEMORABILIA COLLECTION INCLUDES WALLACE AND CLARK TICKET PRINTER BLOCK, PHOTOGRAPHS, CIRCUS PROGRAMS, 1913 BARNUM AND BAILEY ROUTE CARD, TICKETS, ROUTE BOOKS, HARPER'S WEEKLY ABSTRACT. 78 FEMALE CONTORTIONISTS ALBUM PAIR OF LOOSE LEAF BINDERS/SCRAPBOOKS WITH MORE THAN 500 PAGES OF FEMALE CONTORTIONISTS, ACROBATS IN VARIOUS POSE. IMAGES PRIMARILY FROM CLIPPING, WITH ANNOTATIONS. 79 CIRCUS PERFORMER PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION OF 8"X10" PHOTOGRAPHS INTENDED AS PROMOTION FOR SPECIFIC CIRCUS ACTS, 1950-70'S. 60+ IN THE LOT 80 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS PRINTER PLATE RUDY BUNDY COLLECTION. PRINTER PLATE WITH SAMPLE. 1952 RBBB SHOW. 8"X14" 81 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS MAQUETTE ORIGINAL GOUACHE ON PAPER BY AN UNKNOWN ARTIST AT ERIE LITHO CO., FOR RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS, C.1930. INTENDED AS A DESIGN DEVICE FOR FUTURE PRINTING, NOTATIONS MADE FOR THREE SIZES. CHAPPIE FOX NOTATION ON THE REVERSE DATED 11/1976.... 82 GUNTHER GEBEL WILLIAMS CIRCUS BOOTS AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL BOOTS AS WORN BY ONE CONSIDERED THE GREATEST ANIMAL TRAINER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, GUNTHER GEBEL WILLIAMS. BOOTS WERE WORN DURING THE 115TH EDITION OF THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, RED UNIT, 1985/6. AS NOTED ON THE LETTER WRITTEN TO... 83 GUNTHER GEBEL WILLIAMS LIBERTY HORSE HARNESSES GROUPING OF LIBERTY HORSE HARNESSES AS USED BY GUNTHER GEBEL WILLIAMS, RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS. 83 ORIGINAL BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST ADVANCE CAR AND CREW. TITLED BENEATH PHOTOGRAPH, "ALL THE BOYS OF 1905". MOUNTED ON ON PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOARD, BRILLIANT, CRISP IMAGE OF ALL THE CREW GATHERED AMONG THE TRACKS AND ENTRY TO THE AD... 83 ORIGINAL BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST ADVANCE CAR AND CREW, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, SPRING OF 1896. MOUNTED ON ON PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOARD, BRILLIANT, CRISP IMAGE OF ALL THE CREW GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE ADVANCE CAR. ANNOTATION OF EACH... 83 DOWNIE & WHEELER'S WORLD'S BEST SHOWS PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ADVERTISING CAR NO. 2, C.1911. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ADVANCE CAR AND CREW. MOUNTED ON BOARD. IMAGE 8.25"X10" 83 ORIGINAL SPARKS WORLD FAMOUS SHOWS PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SPARKS WORLD FAMOUS SHOWS ADVERTISING CAR NO. 2, 1925. SCATTERED SPOTTING IN PHOTOGRAPH DOES NOT DETRACT FROM IMAGE. MOUNTED ON PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOARD, IMAGE 5"X7", OVERALL 9.75"X8" 83 ORIGINAL RINGING BROS. CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS ADVERTISING CAR NO. 4, C.1912. SCATTERED SPOTTING AMONG PHOTO DOES NOT DETRACT FROM IMAGE. MOUNTED ON PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOARD, 8"X9.5" 83 ORIGINAL BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BARNUM & BAILEY ADVERTISING CAR NO. 3 AND CREW, 1912. DEPICTIONS OF A RHINO AND CLEOPATRA SPEC BILLING CAN BE SEEN ON THE CAR SIDING. MOUNTED ON PHOTOGRAPHER BOARD, W.H. WOODHEAD. IMAGE 7.75"X9", OVERALL 9"X11.5" 83 ORIGINAL BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BARNUM & BAILEY STAND AT LEEDS, ENGLAND, JUNE 23, 1898. TITLE ON BOARD STATES THAT 29,044 TICKETS WERE SOLD. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CROWD AMONG THE TICKET WAGONS AND BIG SHOW ENTRANCE. MOUNTED ON PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOARD, IMAG... 83 H.A. ATWELL COLE BROS. CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPHS FOUR PANELS OF 8"X10" PHOTOGRAPHS WITH PRINTING PROOFS NUMBERED 61-124 DEPICTING THE COLE BROS. CIRCUS, 1944. 83 COLLECTION OF CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPHS PRIMARILY COLE BROS. CIRCUS, 1930'S, STREET PARADES, WAGONS AND MORE. SNAPSHOTS TO 8"X10" 83 BARNUM & BAILEY POSTCARDS COLLECTION OF BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTCARDS INCLUDING RPPC. 83 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION GROUPING OF 40+ BARNUM & BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHS, SNAPSHOTS AND LARGER, 1870'S-1918 FEATURING LOTS, SET-UP AND MORE. ONE SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF P.T. BARNUM IN HIS HORSE CARRIAGE, 1872. 83 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION GROUPING OF 50+ BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPHS, 1870'S TO 1918, PRIMARILY OF WAGONS. 83 BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION GROUPING OF 60+ BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPHS, 1870'S TO 1918, CIRCUS PARADES 83 VAST CIRCUS VIDEO ARCHIVE VHS AN ALMOST OVERWHELMING ACCUMULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 200 ORIGINAL VHS VIDEOTAPES, CONTAINING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 400-500 COLLECTIVE HOURS; POSSIBLY MORE, OF RARE, UNUSUAL, UNSEEN AND ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE, GATHERED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. INCLUDED ARE THE... 84 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY PHOTO SCRAPBOOK A SPLENDID SCRAPBOOK CONTAINING ORIGINAL SNAPSHOT AND LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RBBB TENT SHO C.1958 AND OTHER IMAGES OF PARADE WAGONS. 31 PAGES WITH PHOTOS, BALANCE OF BOOK IS EMPTY. 85 CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH SCRAPBOOK VINTAGE CIRCUS SCRAPBOOK CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF CIRCUS AND ANIMALS. MANY PAGES LOOSE FROM BINDING. APPROXIMATELY 60 PAGES, MANY 8"X10". 86 COLE BROS. CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH SCRAPBOOK VINTAGE LARGE FORMAT PHOTO SCRAPBOOK LABELED COLE BROS. PHOTOS BOOK NO. 1. A SPLENDID BOOK WITH MANY PHOTOS PER PAGE PERTAINING TO COLE BROS. FROM THE 1930'S INTO THE MID-CENTURY YEARS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE OTTO GRIEBLING SIGNED PHOTO, COLE BROS. 194... 87 CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPH SCRAPBOOK VINTAGE SCRAPBOOK CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LATE 1800'S TO 1950'S, AMERICAN CIRCUS, SIDESHOW, BARNUM AND MORE. 100+ PAGES. COVERS LOOSE ON BOOK. 88 POODLES HANNEFORD & CO. PHOTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HANNEFORD COMEDY RIDING ACT AT THE OSHKOSH FAIR, 1924. VINTAGE STUDIO MATTING, IMAGE 8"X10" 89 POODLES HANNEFORD ESTATE ARCHIVE FROM THE ESTATE OF GRACIE HANNEFORD, THIS MATERIAL BELONGED TO HER MOTHER, GRACE, MRS. POODLES HANNEFORD. LOT INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS, 1916 DAY BOOK DIARY THAT IS FIRST QUARTER COMPLETE, AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK WITH SIGNATURES FROM 1920 N.Y HIPPODROME, RUDY ... 90 HANNEFORD CIRCUS WHIPS A COLLECTION OF WHIPS, HANNEFORD CIRCUS, HANNEFORD ESTATE. MOST HAVE BEEN STORED ROLLED AND ARE STIFF, SOME MISSING OR LOOSE GRIP. 91 RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS CONTRACT A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS AND ANNA CARR, PERFORMER. DATED OCTOBER 21, 1913. INCLUDES SIGNED CONTRACT, SUPPLEMENT TO CONTRACT FOR BALLET GIRLS AND ENVELOPE. 92 RBBB HARTFORD FIRE NEWSPAPER LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWSPAPER COVERING THE TRAGIC FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON JULY 6, 1944, IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT DURING THE RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, 135 WERE REPORTED DEAD 220 INJURED. 93 1960 RINGLING CIRCUS FINANCIAL AUDIT A BOUND FINANCIAL REPORT COMPILED BY EISNER & LUBIN CPA FOR RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY COMBINED SHOWS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES. THE REPORT IS DATED JANUARY 23, 1961 COMPILED FOR YEAR ENDING 1960. CONTAINS SUMMARY, ASSETS/LIABILITIES, SECURITIES, ... 95 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN RINGLING LOOSE LEAF FACSIMILE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN RINGLING. CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 100+ PAGES. |
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