Lot 0030

Cole Bros Circus / Blood Sweating Hippopotamus from the

Similar Sale History

View More Items in Carnival, Circus & Amusement Park Collectibles

Sold

Cole Bros. Circus / Blood Sweating Hippopotamus from the Ri...: Cole Bros. Circus / Blood Sweating Hippopotamus from the River Nile. Circa 1940s. One-sheet, 40 ¾ x 27”. Unbacked. Date-tail removed along bottom edge; minimal edgewear. B+/B.

2022Cole Bros. Circus / Blood Sweating Hippopotamus from the Ri...See Sold Price

Sold

Cole Bros. Circus / Blood-Sweating Hippopotamus from the Ri...: Cole Bros. Circus / Blood-Sweating Hippopotamus from the River Nile. Circa 1930s. One sheet poster depicting the caged “blood-sweating hippopotamus” emitting a great roar. 41 x 28”.

2022Cole Bros. Circus / Blood-Sweating Hippopotamus from the Ri...See Sold Price

Sold

CLYDE BEATTY - COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, HALF SHEET, 1960'S. CB-CB TITLE FEATURING A BLOOD SWEATING HIPPOPOTAMUS FROM THE RIVER NILE. UNMOUNTED. APPROXIMATELY 21"X28"

2024CLYDE BEATTY - COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTERSee Sold Price

Sold

CLYDE BEATTY COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: BIG OTTO, BLOOD SWEATING HIPPOPOTAMUS FROM THE RIVER NILE. HALF SHEET WITH DATE TAIL, 1970'S. UNMOUNTED, 21"X35"

2022CLYDE BEATTY COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTERSee Sold Price

Sold

CLYDE BEATTY - COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: BIG OTTO, BLOOD SWEATING HIPPO. THREE SHEET, TRIMMED. UNMOUNTED, FOLDS. 38"X76

2022CLYDE BEATTY - COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTERSee Sold Price

Sold

CLYDE BEATTY COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: HALF SHEET FEATURING BIG OTTO, BLOOD SWEATING HIPPOTAMUS FROM THE RIVER NILE. DESIGN BY ROLAND BUTLER. CORNER LOSS.

2021CLYDE BEATTY COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTERSee Sold Price

Sold

Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros Circus lot of 2, Roland Butler: Big Otto, Blood, Sweating, Hippopotamus From the River Nile Lot of 2 Posters, both by Roland Butler. Smaller poster, has remains of another piece of paper along the bottom. 26 x 14. Old fold. Larger p

2018Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros Circus lot of 2, Roland ButlerSee Sold Price

Sold

CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS CIRCUS: BLOOD SWEATING HIPPOPOTAMUS FROM THE RIVER NILE. 1968, Acme Show Print, Hugo, OK. One-Sheet (approx. 28 x 42” plus additional date tag). “BIG OTTO,” Beatty’s beloved hippo was

2024CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS CIRCUSSee Sold Price

Sold

COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: ONE SHEET, ERIE LITHO, 1941. FEATURING A BLOOD SWEATING HIPPOPATAMUS FROM THE RIVER NILE. UNMOUNTED, FOLD, WEAR AT MARGINS, TAPE ON REVERSE. 27"X41"

2023COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTERSee Sold Price

Sold

BUTLER, Roland. Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros. Circus / Big Ot...: BUTLER, Roland. Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros. Circus / Big Otto. Circa 1950s. Poster advertisement for one of the Clyde Beatty Circus’s most popular attractions - Otto, “the blood sweating h

2022BUTLER, Roland. Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros. Circus / Big Ot...See Sold Price

Sold

2018Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros Circus lot of 2, Roland ButlerSee Sold Price

Sold

BUTLER, Roland. Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Combined Circus: BUTLER, Roland. Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Combined Circus / Big Otto. Circa 1950s. Three-sheet poster advertising one of the circus’s most popular attractions, “the blood-sweating hippopotam

2021BUTLER, Roland. Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Combined CircusSee Sold Price

Sold

c1935 Cole Bros Circus w/ Hippo Poster: The Children's Favorite Circus. Great graphics showing 2 kids sitting atop a fat hippopotamus with clowns watching.

2018c1935 Cole Bros Circus w/ Hippo PosterSee Sold Price

Sold

2018c1935 Cole Bros Circus w/ Hippo PosterSee Sold Price

Sold

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros Hippo Circus Poster: Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros Hippo Circus Poster. Some taped repairs. Ships rolled. In-house shipping available. Dimensions: 26 x 14

2021Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros Hippo Circus PosterSee Sold Price

Sold

CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS POSTER: ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, HALF SHEET, C.1950. CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS FEATURING BIG OTTO - BLOOD SWEATING HIPPOPOTAMUS FROM THE RIVER NILE. UNMOUNTED, FOLD, WEAR CONSISTENT WITH POSTING. APPROXIMATELY 21"X28"

2024CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS POSTERSee Sold Price

Related Carnival, Circus & Amusement Park Collectibles

COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42” plus added date tag). Erie Litho Co, 1936. THE CHILDREN’S FAVORITE CIRCUS. Another well-known and highly desired classic bill picturing two kids riding on

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). U.S. Poster Co, 1948. The CAUDILLO SISTERS. A breathtakingly beautiful pictorial of these famous female acrobats. Cond A-/B, Unmounted, with light folds, remna

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42” plus added date tag). Erie Litho Co, 1936. GETTING READY FOR THE RING. Cond B-/C+, Unmounted, with folds, a faint moisture stain, and mending tissue-repaired tea

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). Erie Litho Co, 1937. Birdseye views of menagerie and circus hippodrome with a lot of action. Cond B/B-, Unmounted, with light folds, remnants of previously aff

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). U.S. Poster Co, 1947. The ANTALEKS. Another handsome bill picturing the popular perch pole troupe. Cond B-, Unmounted, with folds, remnants of previously affix

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$50

4 days LeftCLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$60

DAILEY BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: Panel (approx. 14”x42”). Central Show Print, 1946. MONSTER PACHYDERM rolling barrel. Cond B/B-, paste-mounted (reversible) on brown craft paper.

4 days LeftDAILEY BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$50

HOXIE BROS CIRCUS POSTER LOT, FOUR DIFFERENT, VARIOUS SIZES: FOUR different posters from the Hoxie Bros. Circus, all printed by Enquirer. Ranging in age from 1962 through the late 1970’s, there are two panels (each approx. 14”x42”), one Half S

4 days LeftHOXIE BROS CIRCUS POSTER LOT, FOUR DIFFERENT, VARIOUS SIZES

$30

CAPELL BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). Central Show Print, 1950. A colorful and busy pictorial depicting VARIOUS ACTS AND ANIMALS. Cond B/B-, paste-mounted (reversible) on brown craft paper.

4 days LeftCAPELL BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$50

VINTAGE BENTLEY BROS CARNIVAL CIRCUS POSTER Baltimoe Orioles Park Camden Yards: Title: VINTAGE BENTLEY BROS CARNIVAL CIRCUS POSTER Baltimoe Orioles Park Camden Yards Date/Period: unknown Dimension: approx 22.5 x 14.5 Material: paper Additional Information: VINTAGE BENTLEY BROS CA

23 hrs LeftVINTAGE BENTLEY BROS CARNIVAL CIRCUS POSTER Baltimoe Orioles Park Camden Yards

$40

MISCELLANEOUS MUD SHOW HALF-SHEET CIRCUS POSTER LOT: A nice variety of Half-Sheet bills (each approx. 22”x28”), spanning a thirty year frame: mid-1960’s - early 1980’s. Six different titles represented, including BIRNAM BROS. - C

4 days LeftMISCELLANEOUS MUD SHOW HALF-SHEET CIRCUS POSTER LOT

$30

LEWIS BROS. STREAMLINED 3-RING CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). Enquirer Printing Co, 1937. MONTAGE OF CIRCUS ANIMALS AND ARTISTS spread out through the rings. Cond B/B-, Unmounted, with light folds, remnants of previously

4 days LeftLEWIS BROS. STREAMLINED 3-RING CIRCUS POSTER

$50

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER: Eight Sheet (approx. 80”x106”), in two sections. Amalgamated Lithographers, 1954. SNARLING LEOPARD HEAD: One of RBB&B’s most famous mid- 20th century poster images.Cond A/A-, Unmount

4 days LeftRINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER

$100

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). Erie Litho Co, 1935. FEMALE BAREBACK RIDER jumping through a hoop. Cond B, Unmounted, with light folds, a few small open tears/”knicks” on outer ma

4 days LeftRINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER

$100

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Baily Circus Poster: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Baily Circus Poster. Special Bicentennial Special.

20 hrs LeftRingling Bros and Barnum & Baily Circus Poster

$50

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster ca. 1940-1950 : Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster ca. 1940-1950 with signs of use. Dimensions (H x W x D): 71 x 51 x 1 cm. Condition: Good. Location: The Netherlands, Tilburg.

Jun 15, 2024Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster ca. 1940-1950

€150

More Items in Carnival, Circus & Amusement Park Collectibles

An Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus Poster

$275

Dancing Minstrel Black Americana Folk Art Puppet: Black Americana dancing minstrel folk art puppet toy. Measures 13.5" tall by 5.5" wide and 17" long. Domestic shipping $24.

6 days LeftDancing Minstrel Black Americana Folk Art Puppet

$80

Ringling Brothers Clown - circus poster: 1943, 21x28, US, B condition

Jun 22, 2024Ringling Brothers Clown - circus poster

$50

AL G. BARNES - SELLS-FLOTO AND JOHN ROBINSON CIRCUS POSTER: Half Sheet (approx. 22"x28"plus added date tag). Erie Litho Co, 1938. ANNA MERKEL, THE HUMAN FLY. Posted for Kalamazoo, MI, stand following Scranton strike: date tag includes AGB-SF & RBBB titles comb

4 days LeftAL G. BARNES - SELLS-FLOTO AND JOHN ROBINSON CIRCUS POSTER

$100

AL G. BARNES AND SELLS-FLOTO COMBINED CIRCUS POSTER: One Sheet (approx. 28”x42”). Illinois Litho Co, 1936. White face CLOWN, in the likeness of SLIVERS OAKLEY. Cond C, Unmounted, with a few open tears, ragged border, and paper loss from lowe

4 days LeftAL G. BARNES AND SELLS-FLOTO COMBINED CIRCUS POSTER

$100

Allan Herschell Carousel Horse: Alan Hershel merry-go-round carousel horse cast aluminum and painted in light blue and pink, white and gray.26"h x 48"w

Jun 15, 2024Allan Herschell Carousel Horse

$100

HAGENBECK-WALLACE CIRCUS POSTER: Half Sheet (approx. 22”x28”). Erie Litho Co, 1934. HIPPOPOTAMUS. Cond A-/B+, Linen backed, with some overpainting to creases. NICE! Vivid color.

4 days LeftHAGENBECK-WALLACE CIRCUS POSTER

$100

VINTAGE ITALIAN MOVIE AND CIRCUS POSTERS ON PAPER: A lot of two vintage Italian movie and circus posters on paper. The lot includes Franco Nero Keoma lithographic poster, 1976, and XXI Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, 1997 offset poster base

3 days LeftVINTAGE ITALIAN MOVIE AND CIRCUS POSTERS ON PAPER

$10

Antique Carnival or Circus Shooting Target Hammered Elephant: Vintage from the 19th century Materials: Forged Steel Width: 1 1/2 inches Height: 13 1/4 inches Depth: 13 1/2 inches "Antique Carnival or Circus Shooting Target Hammered Elephant A delightful unusual

23 hrs LeftAntique Carnival or Circus Shooting Target Hammered Elephant

$50

4 days LeftRINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER

$100

4 days LeftCLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$60

4 days LeftDAILEY BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$50

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

4 days LeftRINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS POSTER

$100

4 days LeftCOLE BROS. CIRCUS POSTER

$100

Recommended Historical Memorabilia

American History February 18, 1829 Handwritten Slave Deed Framed wording Translation: American History February 18, 1829 Handwritten Slave Deed Framed wording Translation. This is a two-sided document signed and dated through an attorney with the court dated March 2, 1829. The typed tr

Jul 07, 2024American History February 18, 1829 Handwritten Slave Deed Framed wording Translation

$125

American History September 7, 1835 Handwritten Slave Deed Framed wording Translation: September 7, 1835 Handwritten Slave Deed Framed with Interpretation Papers. Written by William Rush, County of Scott, State of Missouri from Elizabeth Baley, Phillips County, Arkansas. Has hand writte

Jul 07, 2024American History September 7, 1835 Handwritten Slave Deed Framed wording Translation

$50

An Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus Poster

$275

Jun 14, 20242711-(3) BRASS VINTAGE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

$30

Abraham Lincoln, One Signed Autograph 1862 Document: Abraham Lincoln, plus one Signed Autograph 1862 Document 32x38" Frame. The document is also signed by Edwin Stanton. This Presidential document was signed February 21, 1862. Features a 5.25x7.25&#

4 hrs LeftAbraham Lincoln, One Signed Autograph 1862 Document

$5,200

(2) ARCHITECTURAL MODELS OF A SPIRAL STAIRCASE: (lot of 2) Architectural models of a spiral staircase, approx 23.5"h, 14"diam, 9.8lbs total

3 days Left(2) ARCHITECTURAL MODELS OF A SPIRAL STAIRCASE

$450

John F Kennedy signed Innauguration Program: A rare program for JFKS Innauguration signed in the cover by him previously framed in famed collectors collection This item comes with a fully illustrated serial numbered letter of authenticity guaran

4 days LeftJohn F Kennedy signed Innauguration Program

$400

John Kennedy (1931-2004) Large Bronze Figural Statue: DESCRIPTION: John Kennedy (1931-2004) Large bronze figural statue depicting an embracing couple atop a craggily rock base. Signed and dated in cast: "J.Kennedy, 99' edition: '1/18' at figures. Base si

22 hrs LeftJohn Kennedy (1931-2004) Large Bronze Figural Statue

$1,000

Set of Antique Political Campaigns Buttons & Matchsafe Box: Set of antique presidential election campaign pins, buttons and matchsafe box. It includes one original button of President William McKinley (1896); Governor Myron T. Herrick (c. 1905; William Howard

4 days LeftSet of Antique Political Campaigns Buttons & Matchsafe Box

$50

Demi Dome Museum Wood Architectural Model Collectible by Authentic Models: Demi Dome Museum Wood Architectural Model Collectible by Authentic Models

6 days LeftDemi Dome Museum Wood Architectural Model Collectible by Authentic Models

$150

Amusing President Reagan Inscribed Photograph Taken in Oval Office: REAGAN, RONALD. (1911-2004). Hollywood actor, governor of California and 40th president of the United States. SP. (“Ronald Reagan”). 1p. Oblong 4to. White House, (June 13, 1986). Inscribed

Live NowAmusing President Reagan Inscribed Photograph Taken in Oval Office

$250

Document Signed by Two Judges Later Connected to Salem Witch Trials: [SALEM WITCH TRIALS]. HATHORNE, JOHN. (1641-1717). Massachusetts Bay Colony magistrate remembered for his role in the Salem Witch Trials and great-great-grandfather of Nathaniel Hawthorne. ADS. (&#822

Live NowDocument Signed by Two Judges Later Connected to Salem Witch Trials

$3,000

Roosevelt Signed White House Card: ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. (1858-1919). Twenty-sixth president of the United States. WHCS. (“Theodore Roosevelt”). 1p. Oblong 16mo. Washington, (September 23, 1908). A signed White House card wi

Live NowRoosevelt Signed White House Card

$300

Albert Einstein Signed Autograph 1943 Typed Letter: Albert Einstein Signed Autograph 1943 Typed Letter 21.5x28.5" Frame. The Institute of Advanced Study. Signed November 23, 1943. Features a sepia 8x10 photo of Albert Einstein. The auto is clean. 2

4 hrs LeftAlbert Einstein Signed Autograph 1943 Typed Letter

$2,300

Jun 14, 20242526-(2) BRASS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

$15

First Lady Grace Coolidge Framed Autographed Letter 30th President Calvin Coolidge's Wife: First Lady Grace Coolidge Framed Autographed Letter 30th President Calvin Coolidge's Wife - Frame Measures 16" x 13"

Jun 15, 2024First Lady Grace Coolidge Framed Autographed Letter 30th President Calvin Coolidge's Wife

$25

Cole Bros Circus / Blood Sweating Hippopotamus from the

Item Details

Description

Cole Bros Circus / Blood Sweating Hippopotamus from the River Nile - World's Largest Traveling Zoo. Features images of the Cole brothers in upper left corner. Litho in U.S.A. light staining, wear around edges, wrinkles, horizontal crease. Linen backed, jacketed in plastic. 41½"H x 28½"W.