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Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox

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Lot 398

Barnum?s New Museum Playbill.

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Barnum?s New Museum Playbill. New York, ca. 1866. Double-sided playbill for Barnum?s New Museum, Broadway and Prince Streets, NY. Recto advertises the theatrical presentation of Uncle Tom?s Cabin, verso over 10,000 curiosities, including Robert-Houdin?s Automatic Writer, a Living Three-Horned Bull, a Mammoth Fat Infant (a ?Mountain of Flesh?), and more. 12 1/8 x 4 ??. Crudely repaired fault with loss at top margin. Fair.