Sold for:
$175
$175
732. Victorian Trade Cards with Circus Themes. American, nineteenth century. Four U.S. advertising trade cards with circus or circus performer images, including Adams Forepaugh Jr.’s “Wonderful Instrumental Musical Band of Elephants,” with extensive circus advertising on the verso, trimmed edge and bottom edge fault; Sells Brothers’ “Cyrene The Great, Emotional Spanish Dancer, appearing in long skirts only”; Merrick Thread with balancing act; and a blank-verso mechanical card with a jumbo elephant lifting children on its trunk. Good or very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-09-20
