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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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Lot 435

[SIDESHOW – HANDBILLS]. Five Nineteenth Handbills For Unusu...

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

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[SIDESHOW ? HANDBILLS]. Five Nineteenth Handbills For Unusual Exhibitions. Including: Everyone Should See the Giant Baby. [London, 1886]. The corpulent child weighed 58 ? lbs. and stood three feet high. ? Chevalier Cliquot The Greatest Sensation of Modern Times!! [London, 1899]. A sword swallower who also swallows a watch and electric light. Small loss at top. ? A Wild Indian Chief with his Wife and Child. [London], 1821. Managed by Chabert the poison and fire resister. Laid down with small loss at right. ? Just Arrived from Bengal, A Beautiful Little Blood Mare. [London, 1820]. Small illustration in upper third. The horse is advertised as nine years old and only 33 inches high. ? Two Human Beings with Dogs? Heads. [London, ca. 1870s?]. Likely advertising a hairy family or Russian ?dog-faced? men. Matted. The largest 10 ? x 6 ??. A very good group.