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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

Sat, Aug 17, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 271

[HUMAN ODDITIES]. Group of Human Oddity Performer Photograp...

Estimate: $250 - $400

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[HUMAN ODDITIES]. Group of Human Oddity Performer Photographs. Nine items, ca. late 1800s - early 1900s. Includes Three CDV portraits of Arthur James Caley?(1824 ? 1889), known as??Colonel Routh Goshen, the Arabian giant,? who was actually born on the Isle of Man; ? Three CDV portraits of Eli Bowen?(1844 ? 1924) with his wife and child. Billed as ?The Legless Wonder,? he performed with the Barnum & Bailey in England; ? small tintype of a print depicting Vantile Mack, ?the infant Lambert?, who appeared at Barnum?s American Museum; ? and two CDVs of an unnamed bearded girl, and an armless man. Studios include E. & H. T. Anthony (New York), Chas. Eisenmann (New York), R. A. Lord (New York), and A. Newman (Philadelphia). Conditions vary, commensurate with age. Most good.