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Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox

Thu, Oct 11, 2018 11:00PM EDT
Lot 236

Barnum and Bailey Program and Book of Wonders.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Barnum and Bailey Program and Book of Wonders. Nine items, including ?The Barnum and Bailey Family of Phenomenons/Abnormal Creations of Nature While in Her Most Fanciful Mood, 32pp, with full color lithographed covers and illustrated biographies of Eli Bowen, Legless Acrobat, Charles Tripp, The Armless Wonder, Tomasso, The Human Pincushion, Rob Roy, Albino Dislocationalist, Mlle. Clifford, Sword Swallower, Young Hermann, The Expansionist, The Human Telescope, The Human Mountain, The Needle Eater, Lionel, the Lion Faced Boy; with an assortment of Barnum and Bailey Magazines and Daily Reviews from the early 1900s?50s, and 1930s programs for Cole Bros. Circus and Clyde Batty.