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Lot 241

[RINGLING BROS.] Trio of items. Including: an Otto Ringling...

Estimate: $150 - $250

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[RINGLING BROS.] Trio of items. Including: an Otto Ringling Boudoir card portrait. N.p., ca. 1900s-10s. Large/imperial boudoir card portrait, on cardstock mount with beveled gilt edge. 12 x 9 7/8". Smudging and light stains; old tape applied on verso; an Al Ringling signed check, dated 15 December 1913 in the amount of $51.87 from the Bank of Baraboo of Baraboo, WI, the former headquarters of the Ringling Bros. Circus. 3 ? x 8" (torn right edge not affecting signature); and a Charles Ringling signed contract, 1924, for Myron Buck and Partner (applied to a disbound scrapbook leaf).