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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WENTWORTH, Rose.?BARNUM AND BAILEY. GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. ROSE WENTWORTH. THE ONLY LADY RIDER TURNING SOMERSAULTS.?Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1897. Half-sheet color lithograph pictures Wentworth, the actress-turned equestrienne, in two poses; on the left she poses with one arm raised in the air ala a ballerina; on the right she flips backward as a white steed below her races around the circus ring. 30 ? 20". Mounted to Chartex with some rippling, horizontal central fold, to one corner folded. A-. See?Exemplars, page 224.