[History] Sitting Bull (1834 - 1890). Autograph Signature. Rare authentic original Sitting Bull autograph signature on an autograph album page, 3 x 5 inches, glued to a slightly larger black page, which is itself glued to a cardboard mat along with a vintage halftone picture of the Indian Chief. The mat has a tear and discoloration staining, but the piece of paper with the signature is in very condition apart from a few small stains and the lightest traces of foxing. Overall 12" x 14".



Sitting Bull joined Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show in 1885 and stayed for just four months. Despite enduring the taunts from the audience that identified him with the massacre at Little Big Horn, he was able to earn a small fortune (most of which he gave away to those he felt needed it more) by charging for his autograph and picture.