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Lot 211
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$150 -
250
Price Realized
$344
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] -- [ENTERTAINMENT]. A group of 2 items related to American showmen P.T. BARNUM (1810-1891) and Robert RIPLEY (1890-1949).
BARNUM, Phineas Taylor (1810-1891). Autograph note signed ("P.T. Barnum") to E. Strang. New York, 16 December 1864. 4 3/8 x 2 3/8 in., light toning.
[With:] RIPLEY, Robert (1890-1949). Black and white autographed photograph of Ripley posed alongside a large collection of rarities. New York, n.d. 8 x 10 in. photograph (light soil, some creasing). Period inscription above image reads "To Bob Ellis - with memories of the Orient / Ripley." Below image "N.Y. Studio - 2 W. 67."