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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[EQUESTRIAN] Ryan?s Circus. Second Change of Splendid & Novel Performances. Northampton: Freeman, Printer, 1837. Letterpress broadside with large wood-engraved image of a scene from Ryan?s equestrian performance showing the rider standing on the backs of two galloping horses and brandishing a pistol, with other riders engaged in the fight, one of them flung over the back of a steed. The bill also heralds living statues, clowns, ?still vaulters? (who will throw in rapid succession first thirty one and then twenty eight somersaults), as well as an equilibrist, and fireworks show. 29 ? x 10 ??. Large chip at left, old folds, small chips.