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Auction History Result b024 KING BROS & CRISTIANI COMBINED CIRCUS poster 1950s Date Sold 10/11/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Circus Poster (measures 27 3/4" x 40 3/4") (Learn More) King Bros. and Cristiani Combined Circus was a circus from 1950 to 1953, traveling in the United States and Canada. A knowledgeable collector tells us that in 1945, Floyd King bought the Bud Anderson Circus and much of Clyde Beatty's truck show, and in 1946, he took the circus out as the King Bros. Circus. Floyd later partnered with Lucio Cristiani and the King/Cristiani title was born. The partnership lasted until 1953 when they reverted to individual shows. In 1955, King Bros enlarged the show to a 70 truck circus but this proved too much to handle. In 1956, they divided the show into two smaller shows but both closed early. The title King Bros was later sold to ACME Circus Operating Corporation. Floyd King died August 24, 1976 at Macon, Georgia at the age of 88. He was inducted into the Circus Hall of Fame in 1998. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 27 3/4" x 40 3/4". Condition: good. There was a paper snipe glued to the bottom blank border, and someone removed it by cutting it off, and in the process, they removed a small amount of the bottom blank border, and left paper residue from the snipe on the bottom blank border. Someone put brown paper tape on the back of the left, top, and right borders. The poster was tri-folded at one time, and there are many horizontal creases and ripples throughout the poster, more so in the top half. This is the sort of poster that responds really well to restoration! The tape can be professionally removed, and it is likely that some or all of the ripples and creases can be removed during the linenbacking process. After proper linenbacking, the poster will look great, and it likely will have little paint restoration anywhere in the image. Learn More about condition grades 
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