SARASOTA, FLA. — Brian Hollifield and Freedom Auction Company hosted nearly 950 lots in a Circus Memorabilia Auction on February 17. With a sell-through rate of more than 96 percent, the event saw as its top lot an authentic one-sheet poster for P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth, which Hollifield confirmed sold to a private collector in the United States for $32,500, exceeding expectations. Printed in 1879 by the Courier Company Show in Buffalo, N.Y., and described in the catalog as “ultra rare,” it described “a bevy of attraction descriptions,” the 48-by-32-inch poster had been professionally conserved and restored with archival linen. Prices quoted include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house; a more extensive review of this event will be featured in an upcoming issue.