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Barnum & Bailey / Greatest Show on Earth. 1897.
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Barnum & Bailey / Greatest Show on Earth. 1897.
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PAI-LXXVI: Rare Posters
Live Bidding began Oct 28, 2018 at 11:00 AM EDT
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Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 29 5/8 x 39 1/8 in./75.3 x 99.3 cm
Condition: A-/ Unobtrusive folds.
Printer: Strobridge, Cincinnati
Reference: Ref: Fox-Parkinson, p. 64; Circus Lure, pl. 10; Phillips VIII, 112; PAI-LXXIV, 6
Key Words: Circus
It's apocryphal: we're not entirely sure P.T. Barnum actually said "There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take 'em," but that doesn't mean derivative con-artists didn't take his lead. Circuses were such a large money maker around the turn of the century, many fake and fly-by-night operations emerged, either taking the ticket sale money and running out of town or performing with far fewer acts and animals than originally advertised. Having the owners' sober faces on a poster instilled confidence in potential customers. "As a general thing," P.T. Barnum actually said, "I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told."
Size: 29 5/8 x 39 1/8 in./75.3 x 99.3 cm
Condition: A-/ Unobtrusive folds.
Printer: Strobridge, Cincinnati
Reference: Ref: Fox-Parkinson, p. 64; Circus Lure, pl. 10; Phillips VIII, 112; PAI-LXXIV, 6
Key Words: Circus
It's apocryphal: we're not entirely sure P.T. Barnum actually said "There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take 'em," but that doesn't mean derivative con-artists didn't take his lead. Circuses were such a large money maker around the turn of the century, many fake and fly-by-night operations emerged, either taking the ticket sale money and running out of town or performing with far fewer acts and animals than originally advertised. Having the owners' sober faces on a poster instilled confidence in potential customers. "As a general thing," P.T. Barnum actually said, "I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told."
