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The Zweifel Circus Collection

Sat, Sep 24, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 107

[R.B.B.B.]. Late 1920s/Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey a...

Estimate: $100 - $200

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[R.B.B.B.]. Late 1920s/Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and signed circus photograph collection. Group of 26 studio photographs and snapshots of circus performers, nearly all inscribed and signed, with inscriptions to Charles Webber, and many noting their association with R.B.B.B. from the 1928 and 1929 season, some dated 1931/2. Includes trapeze artists such as Winnie Colleano, Luisita Leers, Tobias Tyler (stilt-walker), Clyde Beatty, The Ten Eugenes, Shorty Young, Ira Millette, ?Bluch? (tramp clown), Polidor (clown). 8 x 10? and smaller. With cello-tape at edges, losses and staining, sometimes heavy creasing; sold as-is.