Quantity: 1

Auction Ends: 12/15/00

High Bidder: gfajuri@umich.edu

Seller: Ye Old eBay Web Masters

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Like many of the other artists putting their services up for auction on Ye Old eBay, Violante made his name known first to British audiences at the Bartholomew and Southward fairs. Malcolm, in his "London Redivivius," in connection with the building of the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, had this to say about the slack-wire artiste: "Soon after the completion fo the steeple, an adventurous Italian, named Violante, descended from the arches, head foremost, on a rope stretched across St. Martin's Lane to the Royal Mews; the princesses being present, and many eminent persons" (Frost, 145). Like his Turkish predecessor at the Bartholomew Fair, Violante may even attempt to juggle while balancing (without the aid of a pole) on the slack wire, which may be suspended as high as 35 feet above the ground. Now, you, too can have such a talented performer work in the presence of your company. If Violante's gyrations on the slack rope were good enough for princesses and "many other eminent persons," then are they not good enough for you as well? His services, of course, come at a price, but include all apparatus necessary for the performance. No property will be destroyed in an effort to secure an anchor for the performer's rope. This is guaranteed. Below can be seen an example of a simian that has been taught rope dancing.

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