Nov 01, 2016 - Sale 2428

Sale 2428 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR. Signature and date, on a slip of paper: "[American] Museum / Oct 9 [18]60 / TrulyYours / P.T. Barnum." 8x5 inches; staining at upper and lower edges, horizontal fold, scattered remnants of prior mounting overall verso. [New York], 9 October 1860

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Barnum operated his American Museum in New York City from 1841 to 1865 before going on the road with the circus he is remembered for today.