Set Reminder2023-10-28 12:00:002023-10-28 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-part-ii-21921 Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting.
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COOKE, William (b. 1808).?THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL WAR STEED!?[Bath], 1846. Large pictorial broadside for Cooke?s Circus with two evocative wood-engraved images, one of Cooke dressed in costume for his production, fighting off three men with a broadsword while posing on horseback, and the second below it picturing a host of acrobats and balancers in black and white costumes filling the stage. Other acts on the bill include the ?India Rubber Man,? two tight rope artists, comedians and a ?delineation of Grecian statues.? The bottom of the bill announces the Duke of Beaufort will attend the performance. 29? ? 10". A few old folds with tiny losses at center in lower half.