$3,780
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
A printed silk flag with stars embellished with hand-sewn sequins and silver metallic fringe around three sides, the lower stripe bearing gilt stamping, "Buffalo Bill Wild West/ Barnum & Bailey Ltd."
30 in. x 56 in.Provenance
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
Note
William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) and his famous Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show joined forces with Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth in 1895. Barnum & Bailey Ltd. agents managed the highly successful European tour of the Wild West Show from 1902 -1906. Following the death of James Bailey in 1906, the circus was purchased by the Ringling Bros. Often in financial difficulty, Cody sold the Wild West Show in 1913.