Sold for:
$960
$960
Astor Place Riot; Brooklyn Theater Fire. Two pamphlets: Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New York Astor Place Opera House, on the Night of May 10th, 1849 , New York: Ranney, 1849; and A Thrilling Personal Experience! Brooklyn's Horror. Wholesale Holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the Night of December 5th, 1876 ; one framed broadside, "To the Public of Philad'a", 1848, concerning the Macready and Forrest argument preceding the Astor Place Riot; and one framed cover of the November issue of the Comic Monthly , entitled, "I will make Rome Howl!"
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18