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THB[FLEA CIRCUS]. Signor Bertolotto’s Extraordinary Exhibition...
Lot 199
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Our final offering from the collection of Ricky Jay will be a collection of curious characters; an anomalous auction of extraordinary objects advertising learned pigs, fireproof women, and so much more. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Our final offering from the collection of Ricky Jay will be a collection of curious characters; an anomalous auction of extraordinary objects advertising learned pigs, fireproof women, and so much more. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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- Lot Description
[FLEA CIRCUS]. Signor Bertolotto?s Extraordinary Exhibition of the Industrious Fleas. [London, ca. 1830s]. Small letterpress handbill (8 5/8 x 3 ??), illustrated with a woodcut of fleas drawing a carriage at the top, and a description several paragraphs long of the performance. Losses at bottom edge, affecting text. For a description of Bertolotto?s flea circus (?often called the inventor of the flea circus?), see?Jay?s Journal?R75R75, pp. 36-7.[WITH]: a Larry Benner flea circus postcard; and two publicity photos for Benner (8 x 10?).
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