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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[VENTRILOQUISM]?GROUP OF 5 VENTRILOQUIST BROADSIDES, HANDBILLS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS.?V.p., 1796?1881. Including: The London Chronicle. Vol. LXXIX, No. 5714. Jan. 21, 1796. Gathering of eight pages. 4to. p. 71 with a seven-line obituary of the celebrated ventriloquist James O?Burn (?Little Tommy?). ? Theatre Royal, English Opera, Strand. Mr. Mathews will deliver an Experimental Lecture on Ventriloquy. Lowndes Printer, London, 1818. 12 ? 65/8". ? Tremont Temple. A Grand Lincoln Memorial. Prof. Allyne The Wizard and Ventriloquist. J.H. & F.F. Farewell, Boston, 1865. 12? ? 6?". ? Go and See Lieutenant Walter Cole King of Ventriloquists. Wilkes & Co., Printers, London, [1881 (manuscript date)]. 7? ? 5". ? Town Hall, Wycombe. Hoffman?s Organophonic Band together with Mr. Thurton?s Ventriloquism!!! Butler, Printer, Wycombe. 10 ? 7?".