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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[LAMBERT, Daniel (1770?1809)] WILLIAMS, Charles.?THE TWO GREATEST MEN IN ENGLAND.?London: S.W. Fores, April 7, 1806. Handsomely colored engraving depicting the heaviest man in the world of his era, Daniel Lambert, the gaol keeper and animal breeder of Leicester, who weighed over 700 pounds at the time of his death. Here, he fills a large sofa, while Charles James Fox, the prominent and influential member of parliament and British Foreign Secretary looks on from the right. 103/8 ? 15?", laid down on blue paper. See BM 1868,0808.7436.