Go Under the Big Top with Circus Ads

This fall, Maryland-based auction house Mosby & Company sold circus ephemera for both the seasoned collector and those just starting. There were big ticket items like Fred Johnson’s “Last Mile & Death Row,” a four-panel sideshow banner that fetched $3,776. Two pieces garnered the most attention preauction—the c.1950 monkey speedway banners “The Start” and “The […]