The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
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Lot 122
[CIRCUS]. The Last Night of Timour the Tartar. [United Stat...
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
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[CIRCUS]. The Last Night of Timour the Tartar. [United States, ca. 1816]. One-color letterpress broadside playbill advertising an early American performance, in Philadelphia, of the equestrian circus founded in Britain by showman James West. In addition to the top-billed hippodrama, the show included Mrs. Williams? act on horseback involving broad swords, Master Yeaman ?still vaulting? from the back of a horse, and a slack rope performance by Mr. Blackmore. In 1817 James West would go on to build a new wooden circus structure on the east side of?Manhattan in New York. 20 ? x 6 ??. Creases, foxing and discoloration, dampstain to lower left corner.
