[SIDESHOW – HANDBILLS]. Five Nineteenth Handbills For Unusu...

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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

By Potter & Potter Auctions

Aug 17, 2024

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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

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  [SIDESHOW ? HANDBILLS]. Five Nineteenth Handbills For Unusual Exhibitions. Including: Everyone Should See the Giant Baby. [London, 1886]. The corpulent child weighed 58 ? lbs. and stood three feet high. ? Chevalier Cliquot The Greatest Sensation of Modern Times!! [London, 1899]. A sword swallower who also swallows a watch and electric light. Small loss at top. ? A Wild Indian Chief with his Wife and Child. [London], 1821. Managed by Chabert the poison and fire resister. Laid down with small loss at right. ? Just Arrived from Bengal, A Beautiful Little Blood Mare. [London, 1820]. Small illustration in upper third. The horse is advertised as nine years old and only 33 inches high. ? Two Human Beings with Dogs? Heads. [London, ca. 1870s?]. Likely advertising a hairy family or Russian ?dog-faced? men. Matted. The largest 10 ? x 6 ??. A very good group.
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