Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
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Lot 439
BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810 – 1891). ALS (“P.T. Barnum”), ...
Estimate: $500 - $700
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| $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 |
BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810 ? 1891). ALS (?P.T. Barnum?), regarding Jumbo?s tusk. New York: March 18, 1886. On a sheet of white stationery (7 ? x 5?), from the Murray Hill Hotel, to Prof. Ward. In full: ?It is an awful pity if a slice of Jumbo?s tusk has not been nor cannot be sent to the Barnum Museum Tuft?s College. It may be years before they have the skin. Is it too late?/P.T. Barnum.? Accompanied by an issue of White Tops (Feb/Mar 1937), in which this letter is reproduced on the inside back cover; and a letter (1937) from Al Mayer, its former owner.
