Potter & Potter Auctions
Live Auction

Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox

Thu, Oct 11, 2018 11:00PM EDT
Lot 235

Sideshow Giants Chapbooks and Ephemera.

Estimate: $300 - $500

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$1,000 $100
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Sideshow Giants Chapbooks and Ephemera. Five items, including The Life and History of Miss Emily Meacham, the Wonderful Gloucestershire Giantess, 8 pp., 1869, in original blue wraps; The Cardiff Giant, an 1870s 4 pp. flyer regarding the discovery and exhibition of the giant; American Giantess, Miss Rosina D. Richardson, The Most Remarkable Natural Curiosity in the World, 12pp., ca. 1855; Giants and Dwarfs Illustrated by Henry Wehman; an advertising card for Johan Aasen (The Harold Lloyd Giant), foxing, sealed tear to back cover, but in good overall condition.