Potter & Potter Auctions
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The Ricky Jay Collection

Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 1

[ACROBATS AND JUGGLERS] Acrobats, Equilibrists, and Juggler...

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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[ACROBATS AND JUGGLERS] ACROBATS, EQUILIBRISTS, AND JUGGLERS POSTER. American, ca. 1880. Oversize two-sheet stock poster with large color wood-engraved images of jugglers, equilibrists, and acrobats performing with juggling sticks (balancing hats), suspended from a trapeze (with a second bar being supported by ropes held in one acrobat?s mouth), balancing on each other?s shoulders, and contorted in a variety of poses. 69 x 41 3/4". With minor losses at intersecting folds and in margins expertly restored; B+. Linen backed. No printer?s name appears on the poster, though the work is reminiscent of Calhoun Printing of Hartford, and, to a lesser degree, the Ledger Job Printing Office of Philadelphia.