Aug 06, 2003 - Sale 1975

Sale 1975 - Lot 180

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BILL BAILEY RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY / THE WORLD'S LARGEST MENAGERIE. 1944.
231/4x413/4 inches.
Condition B+: restored top right corner, affecting image and text; abrasions in botom margin from removed text banner.
The general public is flocking to a tent filled with red and yellow train cars and their exotic animal cargo, a wall of pachyderms, giraffes, hippos and a whole host of other members of the animal kingdom. Center stage is a white train car containing "Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua the Great"; lettering in red on yellow.