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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[FLEA CIRCUS]?FOUR EARLY FLEA CIRCUS HANDBILLS.?Comprised of: The Celebrated & Extraordinary Exhibition ? of the Industrious Fleas. [London, ca. 1830s]. Letterpress broadside bearing a woodcut illustration of a flea pulling a miniature sailing ship. ? Signor Bertolotto?s Extraordinary Exhibition of the Industrious Fleas. [London, ca. 1830s]. With a woodcut of a man riding atop a flea at the top. ? The Greatest Novelty in London. Mons. Auguste Reinham?s Curious and Amusing Exhibition of Industrious Fleas. Newington: Perry, Davis & Co., [1852]. Wood engraving of the royal coat of arms at top, with an enumerated program in nine parts below. ? Original Cirque Des Puces. Brussels: Imp. Du Progres, [1885]. Twenty-five part program for the review of 200 ?incredible and marvelous? fleas, with two wood-engravings above. Two tape stains at left. 10 ? 7?" and smaller. Marginal wear, chips, and old folds as expected, but generally good condition. See?Jay?s Journal of Anomalies, page 39 and elsewhere.