JOSEPH GRIMALDI - CLOWN COLLEGE BACKDROP

PAINTING ON CANVAS OF JOSEPH "JOEY" GRIMALDI AS WAS USED DURING THE 1983 RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS CLOWN COLLEGE AS A PERFORMANCE BACKDROP. GRIMALDI WAS AN ENGLISH COMEDY CLOWN DURING THE

Grimaldi (Joseph, actor, clown and pantomimist, 1778-1837) Sadler's Wells box pass signed for two people and made out to "Mr. Brown", printed paper ticket in red with manuscript insertions, folds, sli

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, Edited by “Boz.” With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes, London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1838, in fine bindings by Morrell of London, 8

"I WANT YOU" AUDITION POSTER. ONE SHEET

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Edited by "BOZ," with illustrations by George Cruikshank, London: Richard Bentley, 1838, all red leather. Together with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe" Vol 11, Boston: John P. Jewett, 18

Charles Dickens (England, 1812-1870). Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, in 2 volumes. First edition, first state, 1838. Richard Bentley, London; printed by Samuel Bentley, London. Edited by "Boz", with illu

ORIGINAL JUMPSUIT FOR THE CLOWN COLLEGE, RINGLING SHOW. SIZE 46 REGULAR

SLEEVELESS CLOWN COLLEGE JUMPSUIT, PROP BUILDING ADHESIVE COVERING SOME OF THE FRONT, RBBB CLOWN COLLEGE EMBROIDERED LOGO ON REVERSE, PATCH ON FRONT. SIZE 44.

RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS CLOWN COLLEGE ALUMNI POSTER. HAND-SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS BY OVER 80 GRADUATES. FOLDS. 23"X36"

CLOWN COLLEGE JUMPSUIT, EMBROIDERED LOGO ON REVERSE. SIZE 46R.

1993, FRAMED COLLECTION OF CLOWN COLLEGE TRADING CARDS. 17"X21"

INCLUDES LICENSE PLATE AND PAIR OF 15TH ANNUAL GALA PERFORMANCE INVITATIONS, 1982

By Frank Cain. 1st Ed, 1988. Midway Museum Publications (Publ.), Nashua, NH. SC. Large format, 66 pages of rare and unseen photographs. Cain began trouping in the early 1940’s as a circus band m

ARCHIVE OF 1,000 PHOTO SLIDES TAKEN BY BILL BALLANTINE, AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND CLOWN. BALLANTINE ALSO SERVED AS DEAN OF RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS CLOWN COLLEGE. SLIDES COVER CIRCUSES,

Untitled, ca. 1960s; Oil on composite board; Signed; 45 1/8" x 44 7/8" x 5/8"; Exhibition: Rolph Scarlett: Paintings and Works on Paper, St. Joseph College Art Gallery, Connecticut, June 10 - Septembe

ICONIC CLOWN SUIT WORN BY JACKIE LECLAIRE. LOT INCLUDES COMPLETE WARDROBE WITH CAP AND PLUME. ALSO INCLUDES JACKIE LECLAIRE SUITCASE WITH ORIGINAL WARDROBE TEMPLATE, EXTRA RUFFLES, CLOWN COLLEGE TOWEL

Five (5) First Edition books, written, edited, or with a preface by Charles Dickens. 1st-2nd items: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI, Vol. I-II, First Edition, edited by Charles Dickens, with illustrations

McCOMBE, Leonard (1923-2015). Group of 27 RBB&B Clown College and other circus photographs. Circa 1960s/1969. Sharp silver print photographs of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, sev

ASSORTED RBBB SWAG INCLUDING BUMPER STICKERS, RETAIL BAGS, JUGGLING BAGS, LICENSE PLATE, PLAYING CARDS, CLOWN COLLEGE ITEMS AND MORE.

HAS BEEN AUTOGRAPHED AND EMBROIDERED OVER SIGNATURE. INCLUDES DUANE THORPE, JIM HOWLE, DANNY CHAPMAN, BOBBY KAY, PEGGY WILLIAMS AND OTHERS. CLOWN COLLEGE 1972.

RBB&B Clown College graduate DALE LONGMIRE did this wonderful watercolor painting (approx. 14"x18") in 1972, beautifully capturing both the likeness and vivid spirit of clown legend BOBBY KAY (Robert

25 PROGRESSION PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY BILL BALLANTINE, DEAN OF RBBB CLOWN COLLEGE OF LOU JACOBS IN THE ACT "RABBIT HUNTER". 3.5"X5"

COUNTER CARDS, NOVELTY, PUZZLE. SHRINE, RBBB, VARGAS, CLOWN COLLEGE.