Circus Posters — Authentic or Reproduction by Larry Kellogg (


	Circus Posters — Authentic or Reproduction by Larry Kellogg (
ofcapri
11-12-2009 8:12 PM
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If you are a collector of circus posters, like this 1922 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster of a clown in white make-up, you'll want to be able to tell the authentic article from the reproductions.
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Terrell Jacobs & Lions" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/DC8FC7FF-DF2E-4559-9635-2C973346F314" alt="1888 – Ringling Bros. – Portraits of the five brothers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/4AB045C9-C200-47D3-982C-747A0CD7AC1A" alt="1927 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; 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Portraits of the five brothers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/31E3A417-E5BF-4F02-B2A5-E7C0B00F8CAD" alt="1897 – Barnum & Bailey – Portraits of Barnum & Bailey" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/69F96CAD-DF66-4ED8-ADC7-E2096DA65CBD" alt="1936 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Seated Clowns" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/E7AD6C14-EF83-4409-BB52-08738F0EA3DD" alt="1932 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey – 5 Big Herds of Performing Elephants" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/B522017A-8FB5-4D7A-90DE-E414ED7EDE3E" alt="1903 – Barnum & Bailey; Miss Helen Girard" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/6D7A8370-5329-4A6A-B911-5F96CC859315" alt="1906 – Barnum & Bailey; A Whole Horse Show" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/22F127CF-C439-4647-804B-713BAB298991" alt="1921 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Polar Bear, Red Background" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/33B6B6D6-4CC4-4F41-8407-2C7AB163C333" alt="1925 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Chariot Races, Red Background" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/8C3279E2-5928-4B5E-952C-A175116C2005" alt="1928 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Crouching Lion" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/4D1E124A-E227-4A10-B3CA-97A199E40A5A" alt="1883 – Buffalo Bill’s Wild West; Featuring Indians" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/2637078A-842D-4B61-8377-4086D9CED67E" alt="1895 – Ringling Bros.; Mlle Elena" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/313060CE-D891-433E-9A4B-B8CAA7A90246" alt="1916 – Barnum & Bailey; Pallenberg – Bears That Dance" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/17D16A5B-30F9-4C0A-85FA-2E2855CD457C" alt="Barnum & Bailey; Four Giraffes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/C0EEEEDA-F0D2-4639-AA47-3ACCF3DB37C6" alt="Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Seven Clown Heads" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/D9053845-9052-45F4-99E9-832544F5B034" alt="Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Trains more than one a third mile long" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/233F48B8-4F9E-486A-B706-14B5D66A6F6D" alt="Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Congress of World Famous Horse Acts" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/BD76BBE4-0F5D-4CD0-B468-D348D3C716CE" alt="Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey; Leaping Tiger" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><P><STRONG>There are many circus poster reproductions, but the ones listed above seem to be the most common. They are frequently up for auction on eBay and are regularly seen in antique shows and malls. None of these posters have much value — less than $5 each—but they are sometimes advertised as “guaranteed original,” with prices in the hundreds of dollars. Usually the seller really believes they are authentic and isn’t trying to rip you off.</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/circus-posters-%e2%80%94-authentic-or-reproduction"><STRONG>If you just want to decorate your walls and don’t care about value, there are some nice reproductio<SPAN class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble smarterwiki-popup-bubble-active"><SPAN class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-body"><SPAN class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-links smarterwiki-clearfix"><SPAN class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-links-row smarterwiki-clearfix"><A class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=o" title="Search YouTube" target="_blank"><IMG class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link-favicon" alt="" src="http://www.youtube.com/favicon.ico" /></A><A class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=o" title="Search Google" target="_blank"><IMG class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link-favicon" alt="" src="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico" /></A></SPAN><SPAN class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-links-row smarterwiki-clearfix"><A class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link" href="http://smarterfox.com/wikisearch/search?q=o&locale=en-US" title="Search Wikipedia" target="_blank"><IMG class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link-favicon" alt="" src="http://static.smarterfox.com/media/wiki-favicon-sharpened.png" /></A><A class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link" href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=o" title="Search Bing" target="_blank"><IMG class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-link-favicon" alt="" src="http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico" /></A></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="smarterwiki-popup-bubble-tip"></SPAN></SPAN>ns and they are not hard to find. Just be very careful when you want to buy an original.</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/329BA32D-4587-4702-A950-7657C0E59F1D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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