RINGLING BARNUM & BAILEY'S TERRELL JACOBS BLACK LEOPARDS CIRCUS POSTER.
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Winning Bid:
$1,125.85 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
10
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #197 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 991 in auction 197
Value Code:
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Item Description
27x40" one-sheet poster by Strobridge Litho Co. c. 1938. Poster features stunning graphics of big cat tamer Terrell Jacobs in cage with 14 "Furiously Ferocious Killers Of The Jungle Hitherto Untamable And Unconquerable." Poster touts Jacobs as "Earth's Foremost Trainer Of Savage Wild Beasts" and notes his presentation of "The World's First And Only Group Of Performing Black Leopards Captured In Malayan Fastnesses By Bring 'Em Back Alive - Frank Buck - For The Greatest Show On Earth." Great graphics depict leopards balancing on ball, see-saw, swing, platforms and one jumping through hoop in Jacobs' hand. Lt. handling wear with traces of residue at bottom margin from date tag sheet. Clean and ready for N. Mint display. Beautiful graphics.
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