Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
Wed, Oct 23, 2019 02:30AM EDT
Lot 294
1850 Spalding & Rogers Circus Broadside on Lid of Small Antique Footlocker.
Estimate: $100 - $200
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
1850 Spalding & Rogers Circus Broadside on Lid of Small Antique Footlocker. A buckram-covered wooden footlocker (19 ? x 8 x 9?) with an illustrated letterpress broadside for the Spalding & Rogers ?Apollonicon? pasted on the underside of the curved lid. Also includes an 1858 trimmed newspaper notice for Nixon?s Great American Circus which bears a similar type of illustration. Slout notes that the Spalding & Rogers? Apollonicon ?introduced the pipe organ as circus music with the addition of a parade wagon.?
