Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 18

Circus Posters

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2030		Gainesville Community 3 Ring Circus. [1937], 14 x 42 in. streamer. Photo offset. DL Co. Newport, KY. No 5469. Featuring performing dogs, clowns and ponies. A note on the verso states that the performance was in Gainesville, Texas, April 28, 29, 30, 1937. Condition: B+. Tear at lower edge reaches just across border; paper loss to border can be covered by framing; also, small holes at fold intersections, a couple of tears at top edge and three tape remnants on verso. This circus operated 1930-41 and 1946-56. This image was also used by Beers-Barnes. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 2031		"Own a Share in the Greatest Show on Earth!" Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Stock Certificate. U.S., 1970. Printed by the American Bank Note Company, copyrighted 1968, 1969, the stock certificate consists of one page, oblong quarto, signed and dated New York, April 27, 1970. This colorful document certifies that "Herbert C. Kaye is the record holder of one full-paid non-assessable shares… of the common stock of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc." All within a delightful and elaborate border capturing the fun and gaiety of the old fashioned circus. Matted and framed, and in perfect condition. Overall size: 15" x 19". Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $207
Lot 2032		Hagen Bros. 3 - Ring Circus. [said to be 1954 but probably 1956], 14 x 41 in. Streamer. Photo offset. Featuring a woman skipping rope on horseback. With date tag. Condition: A; date written in ink above top border. A vivid image. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2033		Hagen Bros. 3 Ring Circus. [c. 1952], 21 x 28 in. Lithograph. Globe Poster Corp. Chicago. Featuring a pretty lady and her dog and pony act. A date tag for Riverside is attached. Condition: A-. One small fold tear. This same image is used on a Monroe Bros. poster. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2034		Hagen Bros. 3 Ring Circus. [probably 1958], 28 x 20 in. Photo offset. Featuring four very enthusiastic clowns, brightly drawn in red, white, and blue. Date tag for Vineland is attached. Condition: A-. On small tear at fold intersection. Very good art work. Hagen Bros. operated 1949-61. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2035		Hagen Bros. 3 Ring Circus. [1956], 28 x 21 in. Photo offset. Featuring four clowns, with Niles date tag. Condition: A-. A couple of closed tears at upper edge (tape on verso) do not detract from the colorful image. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2036		Hagen Bros. 3 Ring Circus. [1952 or 1958], 14 x 42 in. Photo offset. Featuring a girl wearing butterfly wings, perched on an elephant's head, led by a clown and a turbaned man. A date tag for Vineland is attached. Condition: A. Richly colored; a great decorative poster. This same image was used by Dailey Bros. Circus in 1947. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $69
Lot 2037		Hagen Bros. 3 Ring Circus. [1952 or 1958], 28 x 21 in. Photo offset. Featuring three clown faces. Date tag for Vineland is attached. Condition: A-; a few minor edge chips. Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2038		Hagen Bros. 3-Ring Circus. [c. 1961], 24 x 28 in. Lithograph. Globe Poster Corp Chicago. Three clowns react to a firecracker. Vineland date tag is attached. Condition: A-. Minor edge tears at top, else bright and sharp. The Hagen Bros Circus operated 1949-61. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2039		Hagen Bros. 3-Ring Circus. [c. 1961], 24 x 28 in. Lithograph. Globe Poster Corp Chicago. Three clowns react to a firecracker. Salem date tag is attached. Condition: A-. Minor edge soiling to date tag. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2040		Hagenbeck - Wallace Wild Animal Circus. [1932], 42 x 27 in. Litho in USA, Erie Litho & Ptg Co. Erie, PA. Featuring the lions, tigers, and other big cats used by "the World's Most Daring Trainer - Capt. Clyde Beatty." With date tag for Chattanooga. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Richly colored. Exceptional eye appeal. In 1866, in Hamburg, Germany, Carl Hagenbeck had begun to supply exotic animals to circuses, zoos, and menageries all over the world. In 1904, he opened the Carl Hagenbeck Wild Animal Show, but American circuses did not like having competition from their animal supplier, and in 1906, Hagenbeck was forced to sell the show to Ben Wallace. Hagenbeck - Wallace was sold to Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey in 1937. Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $483
Lot 2041		Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. [1930s], 29 x 20 in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg Co., Erie, PA. Featuring a lavish and extravagant spectacle: "Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt." Condition: A-/B+. Several small marginal tears and creased horizontal fold. Ringling Brothers perfected the presentation of an imagined historical event back in 1914. Here we have the Hagenbeck-Wallace version, rendered in a deft composition of costumes, crowds, and colors. Preserved in shrink wrap, mounted on board. A poster to be savored! Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2042		Hagenbeck-Wallace Wild Animal Circus. [1932], 42 x 28 in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. Showing famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty in a cage surrounded by "40 Ferocious Kings of the Jungle." His whip cracks as one lion jumps at him, while another lion contemptuously snaps the wooden baton in Beatty's other hand. With date tag for Chattanooga. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $483
Lot 2043		Hagenbeck-Wallace Wild Animal Circus. [1932], 42 x 28 in. Lithograph. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co, Erie, PA. Showing a group of thirteen performing elephants. With date tag for Chattanooga. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. A delightful and colorful image. Hagenbeck-Wallace operated during the years 1907-35 and 1937-38. Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 2044		Hagenbeck-Wallace Wild Animal Circus. [October 20, 1932], 42 x 27½ in. Lithograph. Litho in USA. Erie Litho & Ptg Co. Erie, PA. Featuring two women in chariots being pulled by tigers; another woman has a tiger draped across her shoulders. With date tag for Chattanooga. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. A beautiful, eye-catching poster. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $552
Lot 2045		Hamid-Morton Circus. [1940], 28 x 42½ in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. Featuring an elephant act in which five elephants perform in the background while two in the foreground rear up on their back feet and make a seat with their trunks for a lovely young woman. Date tag was removed. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. A richly-colored image with wonderful eye appeal. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 2046		Hamid-Morton Circus. [1940], 28 x 42½ in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg Co., Erie, PA. A beautiful and dramatic rendering of charging tigers. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Parker-Watts Circus also used this image c. 1945. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2047		Hamid-Morton Circus. [c. 1940s], 28 x 41 in. Lithograph. Erie Litho & Prtg. Co. "Featuring Clyde Beatty and His Wild Animals." The image is of female trapeze artists. Condition: A-. A beautiful poster except for a couple of tiny pinholes at fold intersections. Hamid-Morton began operating in 1932. This image was also used by Monroe Bros. Circus in the 1940s. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2048		Hamid-Morton Circus. [said to be 1940], 42 x 28 in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. Featuring "Clyde Beatty Greatest Wild Animal Trainer Of All Time - In A Single-Handed Combat With 40 Man-Eating Lions and Royal Bengal Tigers." Condition: A. Clyde Beatty used this same image in 1935 to advertise for his own circus. George A. Hamid, Sr. was born in Lebanon in 1896. He joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a tumbler at the age of nine and learned English from sharpshooter Annie Oakley. In 1920, he began to book acts and developed the world's largest agency for circus and outdoor talent. In 1932, he founded Hamid-Morton Circus with circus producer Bob Morton. The circus is operated today as Hamid Circus Royale by Hamid's grandson and great-grandson. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2049		Hamid-Morton Circus. [1940], 28 x 42 in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. The title touts "Clyde Beatty And His Wild Animals." The image features two women bareback riders and a clown on one white horse, and a male performer and a clown on a second white horse, as the trainer directs them. With date tag for Binghamton. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Vibrant, with nice eye appeal. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 2050		Howe Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus. [1937], 28 x 42 in. Silk screen. U.S. Ptg. & Eng. Co. K.C., Mo. Featuring a head-and-shoulders right profile of an impish clown with a feather in his hat. Condition: B-. Small tears at fold intersections, with heavy fold wear in the blue background to the right of the clown's eye; also, a couple of small edge tears, two tape remnants on top verso, and minor soiling. Howe Bros. Circus was in business one year only, making this poster scarce. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2051		Howe Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus. [1937], 28 x 42 in. Silkscreen. U.S. Printing and Engraving Co., K.C., MO. Featuring a large, snarling tiger. Condition: B-. Small tears at fold intersections; lower right corner has some tears and a small hole which could be minimalized by matting and framing. Another scarce Howe Bros. poster. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 2052		Hunt Bros. and Eddy Bros. Circus Combined. [1965], 21 x 28 in. Lithograph. Globe Poster Corp. Chicago. Featuring four monkeys performing various stunts. With Runnemede date tag. Condition: A-. Minor wear to date tag. Vivid colors. Hunt Bros. & Eddy Bros. Circus was one of several circuses operated intermittently by Charles T. Hunt and family from 1863-1977. The same image was used in 1950 by Polack Bros. Circus. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2053		Hunt Bros. and Eddy Bros. Circus Combined. [c. 1966], 21 x 28 in. Lithograph. Globe Poster Corp., Chicago. Three clowns react to a firecracker. With Downingtown date tag. Condition: B+. A few small spots where color has peeled on one clown's hat and in blue background. Hunt Bros. & Eddy Bros. Circus was one of several circuses operated intermittently by Charles T. Hunt and family from 1863-1977. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2054		Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Circus. [c. 1960s], 42 x 28 in. Silkscreen. Central Show Prtg. Co. Inc. Mason City, Ia. Featuring a variety of circus acts. Condition: B. Closed 1¾ in. tear at lower edge, a couple of smaller edge tears, tiny tear at fold intersections, one pinhole in white background, and minor paper remnants from date tag removal at lower edge. The circus operated 1937-1968 and 1984-1986. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2055		Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Wild Animal Circus. [1940s], 40 x 27 in. Silkscreen. Featuring "Chevrolet's Daily Parade Of Elephants," wearing Chevrolet emblems on their blankets. The poster announces that the circus is "Now Motorized And Modernized With Dependable Chevrolets!" Condition: A-; a few small edge chips. Al G. Kelly launched a number of elaborate tie-in advertising campaigns in the 1940s. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2056		Al G. Kelly And Miller Bros. Circus. [c. 1940s], 28 x 21 in. Silkscreen. Featuring African tribesmen in combat with a rhinoceros, which is bleeding from a spear imbedded in its hide. One of the tribesmen has been gored and is being held in the air on the horn of the rhinoceros. This is an unusually violent scene to show on a circus poster, probably to add excitement by emphasizing the innate danger of the wild animals in the circus. Condition: B+. A few margin chips, light browning at center, and paper remnants at lower border from date tag removal. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2057		Al G. Kelly And Miller Bros. Circus. [c. 1960s], 28 x 21 in. Silkscreen. Featuring a snarling tiger, exceptionally well drawn. Condition: A-; there is a one-inch tear at lower edge, a couple of small marginal tears, and tip of upper left corner is missing. This circus operated 1937-68 and 1984-86. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2058		Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Combined Circus. [said to be 1938], 14 x 35 in. Lithograph. Featuring Nima Noti, a European performer who was in America for the first time. The poster has been reconstructed, the old name tag having been cut off and a new one pasted on; the performer's name and "First Time In America" have also been pasted on. Condition: B; a few small fold splits; show-through from stains on verso, notably above Noti's head, and a couple of tape remnants on verso. Kelly and Miller were in business continually from 1937-68 and again from 1984-86. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2059		King Bros Circus. [c.1948], 28 x 41 in. Lithograph. Globe Poster Corp. Featuring performing seals. Condition: A-/B+. Light soiling; minor paper loss in top margin, affecting nothing; paper remnants from date tag removal at lower edge. King Bros. operated in various alliances from 1937 to 1980. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2060		King Bros. & Cristiani Combined Circus. [sometime between 1951-53], 12 x 41 in. Streamer. Photo offset. Featuring two acts: a pretty lady perched on an elephant's head and a group of performing horses. Condition: A. The King Bros. and the Cristiani family were in business together for two years only, 1951-53. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $69
Lot 2061		King Bros. And Cristiani Combined Circus. [between 1951-53], 40 x 28 in. Photo offset. Featuring many circus acts taking part in the "World's Largest Circus Parade." Condition: A. The King Bros. and the Cristianis were in business together from 1951-53. It was unusual for a circus to have a street parade as late as the early 1950s. The circus parade had served as an effective advertising tool for close to a century, the heyday being from around 1890 to about 1910. Parades created various logistical problems for a circus, such as avoiding electrical wires, trolley schedules, and auto traffic. Circuses tried over the years to abandon the parade, beginning with Barnum & Bailey in 1905, but popular demand kept bringing them back. They were rare, however, after the 1930s. The King Bros. and Clyde Beatty were the only outfits to revive the parade briefly during the 1950s. (See Billers, Banners And Bombast, The Story of Circus Advertising by Charles Philip Fox and Tom Parkinson). Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2062		King Bros. Circus. [c. 1940s-50s], 28 x 21 in. Photo offset. Featuring a variety of circus animals in their cages and pens being observed by spectators before the show. Such a spectacle served to whet the appetite of the public to see the show. Condition: A. King Bros. operated, either alone or in various alliances, from 1937 to 1980. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2063		King Bros. Circus. [probably 1950], 22½ x 21 in. Silkscreen. Featuring a large clown face on a title sheet. A date tag for Guelph is attached. Condition: A-. One small tear at fold intersection. A stamp on the clown's forehead says, "Bill Posters & Billers / King Bro. Circus / Union Label / Registered." King Bros. operated intermittently from 1937 to 1980. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2064		Lewis Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus. [1940], 28 x 41 in. Silkscreen. Central Show Ptg. Co. Mason City, Iowa. Featuring five performing elephants and their girl trainer, fronted by an impish clown. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Lewis Bros. was in business 1931-42, 1945, and 1973-76. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2065		Lewis Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus. [Said to be 1940], 41 x 28 in. Silkscreen. Central Show Printing Co., Mason City, Iowa. Featuring a dramatic black-and-red rendering of rearing horses, uniformed riders, and a grand master presiding. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Lewis Bros. Circus was in business intermittently from 1931 to 1976. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2066		Walter L. Main Trained Wild Animal Circus. [1930], 28 x 42 in. Riverside Print Co., Milwaukee and Chicago. Featuring three camels. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. Walter L. Main Circus was in business intermittently from 1886-1948. National Show Co., Inc. operated the circus one year only--1930. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 2067		Col. Tim McCoy's Real Wild West. [1938], 27 x 41 in. Photo offset. Tooker Moore Litho Co., N.Y. Showing Col. McCoy and his "Rough Riders of the World." Condition: A-. Folds and light toning; the date is written in ink twice at lower right. McCoy was an actual cowboy who appeared in several western movies; he was among the most popular western stars by the 1930s. In 1935 he traveled with the Ringling Bros. Circus, and in 1938 started his own Wild West show. It was unsuccessful and he returned to acting, winning an Emmy for his TV show, The Tim McCoy Show. He was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974. This poster is scarce because the circus operated one year only--1938. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 2068		Monroe Bros. Circus. [1944], 28 x 41 in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co. Featuring performing ponies, a clown, and a stereotypical image of a black man upside down on a donkey. Condition: A-. A few tiny edge tears; lower tip of lower right corner is missing and has tape remnant, not affecting image. (See also #4629, Walters - Russell poster with same images). Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2069		Monroe Bros. Circus. [1944], 28 x 42 in. Lithograph. Erie Litho & Prtg. Co. Featuring a female trapeze act. Condition: B+. A few small tears at fold intersections; faint marginal stains and minor edge tears do not affect image. A nice, bright lithograph. This image was also used by the Hamid-Morton Circus in the 1940s. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2070		Monroe Bros. Circus. [said to be 1946], 20 x 28 in. Lithograph. Featuring part of the opening circus spectacle, with beautiful ladies, an elephant, a camel, a clown, and a turbaned man. Condition: A-/B+. Small tape remnants in margins, and one 7/8 inch tear at lower edge; one tiny pinhole at a fold intersection. Nice eye appeal. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2071		Monroe Bros. Circus. [1946], 21 x 28 in. Lithograph. Featuring a pretty lady with performing ponies and dogs. Condition: A-. Minor marginal stains and chips, and one small tape remnant at lower left. Excellent, expressive art. This same image was used by Hagen Bros. Circus. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2072		Monroe Bros. Circus. [1944], 14 x 42 in. Streamer. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. Featuring performing monkeys. Condition: B. Some faint spotting and staining, mostly behind "Monroe Bros." and one area to the right of the large monkey's head; one small area of color loss below monkey's hand. This image was also used by Barnett Bros. Circus in 1938. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 2073		Monroe Bros. Circus. [said to be 1946], 14 x 41 in. Streamer. Photo offset image, designed to be seen from a distance. Featuring four colorful clowns and a jalopy. Condition: A-; tape remnants on top verso and minor edge wear. Sparks Circus used this same poster, except that the image is flipped. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2074		Monroe Bros. Circus. [between 1944-48], 28 x 42 in. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. Featuring several clowns performing antics. Condition: B. A few small fold tears, one small hole in neck of front clown, and faint soiling in upper left corner; also, several tears in lower border which do not affect the image. Very clear and bright. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2075		Monroe Bros. Circus. [said to be 1944], 14 x 42 in. Streamer. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co., Erie, PA. Featuring a large image of a monkey in a tree; above him, two monkeys are boxing; below him, two monkeys prepare to race on tricycles, as another holds the checkered flag, and a pipe-smoking monkey sits on a stool and observes. Condition: B+. Scattered soiling in title area, numerous edge chips, and faint show-through in lower left corner from stain on verso. The monkey vignettes are nice and bright. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 2076		Monroe Bros. Circus. [note on verso gives date as June 8, 1944], 14 x 41 in. Streamer. Photo offset. Erie Litho & Ptg. Co. At center is a bucking donkey with a stereotypical black man with huge lips clinging to its back; at top are performing dogs and at bottom, performing ponies and horses. Condition: B+ because of a small area of paper loss in the left margin, which does not affect the image; also, some small edge tears and light marginal soiling, as well as one tiny pinhole at a fold intersection. Very colorful. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 2077		Monroe Bros. Circus. Two posters for the same circus. [both said to be 1946]. One is a 20 x 28 in. lithograph featuring four performing monkeys. Some blemishes in margin: small tape remnants, and minor paper loss; stain on verso shows through behind "Monroe." The second is a 21 x 28 lithograph of five male acrobats creating a human tower by being propelled into the air to stand on each other's shoulders. It has a 1¾ in. closed tear in upper right corner and small tape remnants in borders. Overall condition of both: B+. Both are colorful, with good, strong images. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2078		Orange Bros. Greater 3 Ring Circus. [probably 1925], 28 x 42 in. Lithograph. Quigley Litho Co., Kansas City. Featuring an extremely well-done group of clowns, a stereotypical black man on a donkey, and a mosquito. Small inset portraits of the four Orange Brothers are in the upper corners. Condition: Professionally restored to A-. The Orange Bros. were in business two years only, 1925 and 1935. Scarce. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $920
Lot 2079		Parker And Watts Circus. [1938 or 1939], 40 x 28 in. Photo offset. Temple Litho, Chicago-Mason City. An action-packed scene, showing numerous performing acts under the Big Top. The photo offset is unsophisticated, but this poster is scarce, since Parker and Watts were in business only from 1938-39. Condition: B-. A few small tears at fold intersections and edges. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75

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