SIDESHOW ODDITIES WILD-WEST BARNUM MAGIC 2025-06-21 Auction - 1100 Price Results - Freedom Auction Company in FL - Page 3
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SARASOTA, FL, United States
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SIDESHOW ODDITIES WILD-WEST BARNUM MAGIC

ROBERT F. HOUSTON'S PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF THE CIRCUS - SESSION #2 WITH HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDING TOM THUMB WARDROBE, 30 SIDESHOW BANNERS, ODDITIES, TAXIDERMY, 101 RANCH, BUFFALO BILL, PT BARNUM, JUMBO, JENNY LIND, MAGIC, CARNIVAL, CIRCUS AND MUCH MORE.
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Roper's Midgets - HMS Lillputian: Souvenir pin-back button, 1"
0047: Roper's Midgets - HMS LillputianEst. $50-$100
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P.T. Barnum - Pitch Booklet: P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome, 1872. Diminutive booklet with biographical sketch of Admiral Dot, the smallest man in the world and the Bearded Girl, 7 years
0048: P.T. Barnum - Pitch BookletEst. $100-$200
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The Little Esquimaux Lady Photographs: Pair of 1880's photographs of Miss Olof Krarer - The Little Esquimaux Lady. Bowman - Ottawa, Illinois. 4"x6.5"
0049: The Little Esquimaux Lady PhotographsEst. $100-$200
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Collection of Little People Photographs: Major Atom, Murphy's Midgets, Charles Johnson, Admiral Dot, Miss Maggie Minott, The German Midgets - Herman and Augusta Rice. 1870-80's. Approx. 2.5"x4"
0050: Collection of Little People PhotographsEst. $100-$200
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Tom Thumb and Associates Photographs: Mid-1800's photographs of Tom Thumb and wife, Commodore Nutt, Minne Warren. 2.5"x4"
0051: Tom Thumb and Associates PhotographsEst. $100-$200
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Collection of Little People Photographs: Tom Thumb, The Modern Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, Baron Littlefinger, The Magris and others. Largest, 4.25"x6.5"
0052: Collection of Little People PhotographsEst. $150-$250
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Lucia Zarate Photograph Memorabilia: The Mexican Pygmy, Lucia Zarate (1864-1890) exhibited as 20 inches in height and weighing only 5 pounds. After her circus train was stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Zarate died of
0053: Lucia Zarate Photograph MemorabiliaEst. $100-$200
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The Book of Wonderful Characters Illustrations: Illustrations cut from the 1869 Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Country. John Camden, Publisher, Hotten, London. 4.25"x7"
0056: The Book of Wonderful Characters IllustrationsEst. $300-$500
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Circus Performer Pitch Cards: Series of four lithograph pitch cards: Lulu the Man Bird with W.C. Coup's New United Monster Shows at Madison Square Garden, Zeo the Air Queen - Hanging by the hair of her head, Mlle. Addie - The
0057: Circus Performer Pitch CardsEst. $150-$250
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Rasmus Nielsen - Tattooed Strong Man: Tattoo - Strong Man. Rasmus Nielsen (1874-1957) tattooed strongman memorabilia including photographs, RPPC and biography sketch booklet produced by the Tattoo Arhive.
0058: Rasmus Nielsen - Tattooed Strong ManEst. $300-$500
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Rare Photograph Album of Sideshow Performers: Original photograph album containing card mounted photographer images of sideshow wonders including: Albino Family, Phebe Dunn, Hannah Battersby, Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) and wife, Lucia Zarate,
0061: Rare Photograph Album of Sideshow PerformersEst. $300-$600
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Sells-Floto Circus Side Show Photograph: Restrike panoramic photograph of the 1922 Sells-Floto Circus Sideshow cast including band and performers. John E. Ogden as manager. American Rotograph Co. Left edge wear. 6"x21"
0062: Sells-Floto Circus Side Show PhotographEst. $200-$400
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Edward J. Kelty Circus Side Show Photographs: Trio of retrike photographs originally taken by Edward J. Kelty. Ringling Bros. Barnum Bailey Arthur Wright and his Side Show Band - 1935; Sells Floto Circus Side Show - Lew Delmore, Mgr. - 1932;
0063: Edward J. Kelty Circus Side Show PhotographsEst. $100-$200
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Edward J. Kelty Original Sideshow Photograph: Edward J. Kelty (American, 1888-1967) photograph of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Side Show - Sterling Duke Drukenbrod, Manager - St. Louis, Missouri, May 10, 1934. Original silver print photograph
0064: Edward J. Kelty Original Sideshow PhotographEst. $600-$900
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Sideshow Talker - Barker Felt Bowler Hat: Black Diamond Special by Gentry Hat Company. Brim beginning to split along edge. Size approx. 7.5"
0065: Sideshow Talker - Barker Felt Bowler HatEst. $200-$400
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Flea Circus Pitch Post Cards: Flea Circus souvenir cards: Mimi Garneau, Larry Benner and others.
0067: Flea Circus Pitch Post CardsEst. $50-$100
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Sideshow Circus Memorabilia: Pitch and postcards for the following: Otis Jordan - Human cigarette factory, De Marlo - the human frog, Tiny Hicks - Fat Man, Tony LaVonda - World's Smallest Lady, The Doll Family, Miss Peggy - Fat
0068: Sideshow Circus MemorabiliaEst. $100-$200
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Admiral Thumb - Hagenbeck Wallace Circus RPPC: Real photo postcard of Admiral Thumb, Hagenbeck Wallace Circus, 1919. Commerical Photographic Company, Iowa. Obverse writing. Framed.
0069: Admiral Thumb - Hagenbeck Wallace Circus RPPCEst. $50-$100
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Sideshow and Oddities Booklets: Shaw's Book of Acts for Carnival - Sideshow - Museum and Circus; Sideshow Freaks and Features by Jay Teel; Loch Ness and Its Monster; American Dime Museum.
0070: Sideshow and Oddities BookletsEst. $50-$100
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Punch and Judy Memorabilia: Punch and Judy - George Cruikshank - 1881, How-to booklets, Puppet Books, Catalog.
0072: Punch and Judy MemorabiliaEst. $50-$100