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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

Sat, Aug 17, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 309

[LITTLE PEOPLE]. Group of Dwarf Performer Ephemera. Seven i...

Estimate: $500 - $800

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[LITTLE PEOPLE]. Group of Dwarf Performer Ephemera. Seven items. Includes: Small pictorial letterpress broadside on yellow stock, in Dutch, bearing an engraved image of Admiral Tom Pouce (Jan Hannema,?1839 - 78) captioned above. Trimmed close; ? Waino and Plutano, Wild Men of Borneo. N.p., ca. 1870s. Five-cent pitch book. Illustrated. Pictorial green wraps. Spine and cover reinforced, chipping and loss to wraps. This version UNCOMMON; ? Two Charles Eisenmann CDV portraits of Waino and Plutano (Hiram W. and Barney Davis). New York, n.d.; ? Life and Adventures of the Burdett Twins. New York: Torrey & Clark, 1881. Pamphlet. Foxing throughout; ? The European Comedy Company of the Liliputians. New York: E. P. Coby & Co., 1890. Theater program for production titled ?The Pupil in Magic? at the Metropolitan Opera House. Illustrated. Green pictorial lithographed wraps. Spine frayed but holding; ? Cabinet card photograph of dwarf triplets. New York: Chas. Eisenmann. N.d. Verso holographic note: ?John, Joseph, James Murray? aged 24.? Small chip to lower left corner of image. Largest item 9 x 6?.