Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 2,860
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(FILM.) Norman Film Manufacturing Company. Bill Pickett, World's Colored Champion, in 'The Bull-Dogger.' One-sheet poster, 41 x 27 inches, 3 horizontal folds, some professional archival repair to reverse. Jacksonville, FL: Ritchey Lithography, 1921

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The legendary Texan rodeo star Bill Pickett (1870-1932) was a pioneer of steer wrestling or bulldogging. The Bull-Dogger was his first feature film; only fragments are known to survive. Pickett died in 1932 after being kicked in the head by a bronco.