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Circus - Sideshow - Wild West

Sat, Nov 18, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 19, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 60

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Presenting Hubert Castle, King of the Tight Wire.

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Presenting Hubert Castle, King of the Tight Wire. Cincinnati: Strobridge, (1939). Color lithograph three-sheet circus poster depicting Castle (born James Albert Hal Smith), one of the foremost tightrope walkers of the golden age of the circus who later formed his own show. 79 ½ x 40 ¾”. Linen backed. Minor losses along folds. A-.

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