Circus, Sideshow, & Oddities 2019-11-16 Auction - 757 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 30
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Circus, Sideshow, & Oddities

Our annual Circus sale includes nearly 1000 vintage circus posters, plus costumes, model circus trains, and other relics from bygone wonder-shows. The circus collectibles will be complemented by an array of unusual, uncommon, and unbelievable oddities, sideshow memorabilia, banners, photographs, taxidermy, and more.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
President
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Seven Sideshow Performer / Oddities CDVs.: Seven Sideshow Performer / Oddities CDVs. Circa 1860s/70s. Including Mlle. Adeline, tight-rope walker and juggler; Commodore Foote and Sister; St. Benoit twins; legless man in cart; a fat lady; and
0700: Seven Sideshow Performer / Oddities CDVs.Est. $200-$300
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Pair of Zuruby Hannum CDVs.: Pair of Zuruby Hannum CDVs. Barnum’s Circassian Girl. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony/Ryder & Coatsworth, ca. 1865. CDVs of Zuruby Hannum; a performer at P.T. Barnum’s Museum. Studio stamps
0701: Pair of Zuruby Hannum CDVs.Est. $150-$250
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Three Sideshow Performer CDVs.: Three Sideshow Performer CDVs. Circa 1870s/80s. Includes Nellie Keeler the dwarf aka “Little Queen Mab"; Master Ralph Bingham “Boy Elocutionist and Character Artist;” and Punch
0703: Three Sideshow Performer CDVs.Est. $50-$100
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Shields Brothers “Texas Giants” Cabinet Card: Shields Brothers “Texas Giants” Cabinet Card Photograph. Circa 1880. Cabinet card of the Shields Brothers in military-style garb, who toured extensively with Barnum as each brother was
0704: Shields Brothers “Texas Giants” Cabinet CardEst. $100-$200
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CDV of the Steam Man of Zadoc P. Dederick.: CDV of the Steam Man of Zadoc P. Dederick. Newark, NJ: Bedford’s Park Gallery, ca. 1868. CDV photograph of the American inventor’s “steam man,” an early human-like robot
0707: CDV of the Steam Man of Zadoc P. Dederick.Est. $150-$250
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The Giant Hugo Sideshow Cabinet Card Photograph.: The Giant Hugo Sideshow Cabinet Card Photograph. Boonton, N.J.: Wendt, ca. 1900s. Photograph of the French sideshow giant with a group of men of regular height staring up at him. Biographical data
0708: The Giant Hugo Sideshow Cabinet Card Photograph.Est. $100-$150
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Mina and Minnie Finley Conjoined Twins CDV.: Mina and Minnie Finley Conjoined Twins CDV. Circa 1871. Souvenir CDV depicting the twins, who were born Oct. 12, 1870 and toured with their parents as a medical oddity before dying only nine months
0709: Mina and Minnie Finley Conjoined Twins CDV.Est. $50-$100
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Circus and Sideshow CDVs, Chromolithographs, and: Circus and Sideshow CDVs, Chromolithographs, and Ephemera. Fourteen pieces, including CDV of “Hebe” and “Young America,” (first elephant born in captivity), 1880; Chou Chi
0710: Circus and Sideshow CDVs, Chromolithographs, andEst. $200-$300
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Robert Wadlow Signed Real Photo Postcard.: Robert Wadlow Signed Real Photo Postcard. A black and white RPPC featuring the tallest person ever in human recorded history, reaching a height of 8 feet 11 inches. Signed by Wadlow in pencil on
0712: Robert Wadlow Signed Real Photo Postcard.Est. $100-$200
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Eleven Postcards of Sideshow Performers.: Eleven Postcards of Sideshow Performers. Circa 1920s/30s. Mostly RPPCs, including Cliko the African Bushman, Frances O’Connor (armless girl); Gertrude Redden (snake handler); Jennie Reynolds
0714: Eleven Postcards of Sideshow Performers.Est. $100-$150
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Tattoo Stencils on Board.: Tattoo Stencils on Board. Mid twentieth century. Group of fifteen vintage stencils including classic nautical designs of the “Sailor’s Grave” and other ships, as well as “True
0715: Tattoo Stencils on Board.Est. $250-$350
Four Tattoo Flash Panels.: Four Tattoo Flash Panels. American, first quarter twentieth century. Four vintage board panels featuring angels, nurses, Buffalo Bill and George Washington, sailors, flowers, shields, skulls, and
0716: Four Tattoo Flash Panels.Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
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Tattooed Men and Women. Six Photographs.: Tattooed Men and Women. Six Photographs. Mid-twentieth century. Black and white, being later prints of earlier images, most depicting back pieces of unidentified tattooed people, one identified as
0717: Tattooed Men and Women. Six Photographs.Est. $200-$300
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Bud Price Tattoo Artist. Two RPPCs.: Bud Price Tattoo Artist. Two RPPCs. Circa 1929. Pair of real-photo postcards of the tattooed man and tattoo artist Bud Price, of the Al. G. Barnes Circus. Divided back, ink notations, not postally
0718: Bud Price Tattoo Artist. Two RPPCs.Est. $200-$300
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Vintage Photo of a Heavily Tattooed Man.: Vintage Photo of a Heavily Tattooed Man. Glossy photograph of a tattooed man against a white background. 6 ¾ x 4 ½”.
0719: Vintage Photo of a Heavily Tattooed Man.Est. $50-$150