Circus - Sideshow - Wild West
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 19, 2017 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 413
P.T. Barnum’s Great Traveling Museum Menagerie.
Estimate: $400 - $600
Bid Increments
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| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Barnum, P.T. P.T. Barnum’s Great Traveling Museum Menagerie. New York: Tewey Brothers Printers, ca. 1871. Streamer/broadside advertises the zoological and natural wonders of Barnum’s “Caravan & Hippodrome,” among them “living marine monsters,” Dan Castello’s Mammoth Circus, freaks, and other exhibits (all for 50 cents admission). Handsomely framed with glass on two sides to 9 ¼ x 25 ½”.
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