Set Reminder2023-02-25 12:00:002023-02-25 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935 This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
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[BEARDED LADY] CLOFULLIA, Josephine (1829 ? 70). COL. WOOD?S MUSEUM OF LIVING WONDERS. Ogensburgh, N.Y.: Hitchcock, Tillotson & Stillwell, Printers, ca. 1865. Pictorial broadside for the traveling exhibition from Wood?s Museum of Chicago at a fairground and featuring the bearded Swiss lady Clofullia together with ?Young Esau,? a bearded child, who share the bill Monsieur Ginoccio the Swiss Warbler. Wood-engraved full-length images accompany the descriptive text inside a patterned border. 22 ? x 7 ??. Border chips and ink stains, old folds with tiny losses at intersections.