Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
Sat, Feb 1, 2025 12:00PM EST
Lot 12
Melle Clifford, Champion Sword Swallower of the World Cabin...
Estimate: $100 - $150
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Melle Clifford, Champion Sword Swallower of the World Cabinet Card. Circa 1900. Cabinet card photograph of the sideshow performer straddling a chair. With poem inscribed verso (possibly by Clifford): ?We travel in the springtime, and we travel in the fall, here is my best wishes and a kiss to all." Clifford began swallowing swords at age 13, after learning from sword swallower Delno Fritz. Her greatest successes were in Europe. 4 ? x 6 ?". Some discoloration, minor scuffing. Good.
