Done
Chicago, IL, United States
Auction Details
Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
Potter & Potter Auctions
Hundreds of vintage circus posters will go on the block in our annual Circus, Sideshow & Oddities sale. Complementing the stone lithographs of Strobridge and its contemporaries will be an eclectic assortment of unusual and macabre collectibles. From embalming tools to taxidermy, sideshow banners to scrimshawed whale teeth, the auction will feature our broadest array of unusual, outlandish, and outstanding oddities to date.
Auction Curator:

Gabe Fajuri
PresidentTOP




![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy photograph of Ray tattooing a man in her studio at North Williamstown, Australia. 10 x](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411057_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy full-length pin-up style photograph of Ray in tattoo studio. 10 x 8”. Ray’s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411058_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy half-length pin-up style photograph of Ray. 10 x 8”. Ray’s address stamped](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411059_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy full-length pin-up style photograph of Ray. 10 x 8”.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411060_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy full-length pin-up style photograph of Ray. 10 x 8”. Some original re-touching](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411061_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy pin-up style photograph of Ray. 10 x 8”. Ray’s address stamped to verso.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411062_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy pin-up style photograph of Ray. 10 x 8”.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411063_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray Tattoo Studio. Australia, 1960s. Glossy photograph bearing ink notation on verso: “Danny at work on Maureen McKenzie’s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411064_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy pin-up style photo of Ray. 6 5/8 x 4 ¾”.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411065_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Photograph of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy photo of Ray’s tattooed back. 7 x 5”. Typed address on verso.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411066_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Three Photographs: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Three Photographs of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy photographs of Ray, one before she was tattooed. 6 ½ x 4 ¾” and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411067_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Four Photographs of: [Tattoo] Ray, Cindy (Bev Nicholas). Four Photographs of Cindy Ray, Australian Tattooed Lady. Australia, 1960s. Glossy photographs of Ray. 6 ½ x 4 ¾” and smaller.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411068_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Six Tattoo Photographs. [Bernard Kobel], ca.: [Tattoo] Six Tattoo Photographs. [Bernard Kobel], ca. 1940s/50s. Six glossy Kodak prints (7 x 5”) of tattooed male subjects, one with weights attached to his chest and torso. Four with captions](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411069_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Seven Tattoo Photographs. [Bernard Kobel], ca.: [Tattoo] Seven Tattoo Photographs. [Bernard Kobel], ca. 1940s/50s. Seven glossy Kodak prints (7 x 5”) of tattooed female subjects, several with captions and all with “TT” numbering](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411070_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)

![[Tattoo] Ten Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated: [Tattoo] Ten Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated flash sheets, backed on cardboard and taped around the edges, by Spaulding & Rogers Mfg. (1976/78). Includes wizards, imps, skulls, grim](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411072_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ten Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated: [Tattoo] Ten Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated flash sheets, backed on cardboard and taped around the edges, by Spaulding & Rogers Mfg. (1970s). Includes eyeballs, birds and owls, devils,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411073_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ten Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated: [Tattoo] Ten Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated flash sheets, backed on cardboard and taped around the edges, by Spaulding & Rogers Mfg. (1970s). Includes motorcycles, exotic birds,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411074_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Nine Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash.: [Tattoo] Nine Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated flash sheets, backed on cardboard and taped around the edges, by Spaulding & Rogers Mfg. (1970s). Includes motorcycles, skulls, insects,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411075_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Nine Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash.: [Tattoo] Nine Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated flash sheets, backed on cardboard and taped around the edges, by Spaulding & Rogers Mfg. (1970s). Includes motorcycle logos, devils, roses,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411076_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Twelve Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash.: [Tattoo] Twelve Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash. Laminated flash sheets, several numbered and copyrighted by Spaulding & Rogers Mfg. (1976). Includes motorcycles, wild animals, skulls, birds, grim](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411077_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ten Sheets of Tattoo Flash. 1980s/90s.: [Tattoo] Ten Sheets of Tattoo Flash. 1980s/90s. Laminated color tattoo flash sheets by M Skullhead, G. Irons and P.A. Stephens (2), Little Vinnie Myers; (5) Japanese designs; and (1) skulls and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411078_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
![[Tattoo] Ebensten, Hanns. Pierced Hearts and True Love:: [Tattoo] Ebensten, Hanns. Pierced Hearts and True Love: The History of Tattooing. London: Derek Vershoyle, 1954. Second impression. Orange cloth stamped in gilt, dust-jacket (front flap clipped,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/928/177607/89411079_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1598542166)
