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Lot 561

Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots 1-294
Jun 15, 2023 10:00AM ET
Lots 295-567
Jun 16, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$700 - 1,000
Price Realized
$1,134
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[WILD WEST SHOWS]. PIROU, Eugen, photographer. Signed and inscribed cabinet card of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Paris, 1889. 


4 x 5 5/8 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount (print toned, with some fading, scattered spotting, some surface residue; corner and edge wear to mount). A studio portrait showing Cody in costume, with lariat and rifle resting on his saddle, inscribed and signed along top edge of photograph, "Yours truly / W.F. Cody / Buffalo Bill / Paris / 1889" (some wear to ink). 

A rare cabinet card autographed by Cody during the 1889 season in Paris, one of many stops his Wild West show made while in Europe.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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