CENTRAL STATES CIRCUS SOIREE AUCTION 2025-06-14 Auction - 80 Price Results - Freedom Auction Company in WI
COLE BROS CIRCUS POSTERRINGLING BROS and BARNUM & BAILEY ORIGINAL CIRCUS POSTERRINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS - CHRISTMAS CARD 1937
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Baraboo, WI, United States
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CENTRAL STATES CIRCUS SOIREE AUCTION

CENTRAL STATES CIRCUS SOIREE AUCTION Auction of circus memorabilia held during the Baraboo, Wisconsin Circus Soiree. Online simulcast. Auction on June 14, 2025 at 3pm Eastern Time
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CARSON & BARNES ELEPHANT BLANKET: Circa 1995-96-97. Used on the five-ring show for the “ELEGANCE OF THE ORIENT” spec, this magnificent velvet-based animal trapping bears the image of a festively-costumed Samurai on each
0001: CARSON & BARNES ELEPHANT BLANKETEst. $600-$900
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COLE BROS CIRCUS POSTER: JUMBO 2nd — The ONLY AFRICAN ELEPHANT WITH ANY CIRCUS. 1935, Erie LItho, Co. 1 sheet. A striking pictorial of a gigantic elephant. Vibrant colors, with some visible creasing and folds.
0002: COLE BROS CIRCUS POSTEREst. $150-$300
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BOBBY GIBBS ELEPHANT ANKUS / BULL HOOK,1979: This cane-mounted bull hook was gifted by elephant trainer Bobby Gibbs on the Carson & Barnes lot at Owatonna, MN, in 1979, shortly after he left D.R. Miller’s Circus Genoa. It does’t
0003: BOBBY GIBBS ELEPHANT ANKUS / BULL HOOK,1979Est. $100-$200
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COLE BROS ORIGINAL CIRCUS POSTER: TEDDY, 4 INCHES TALLER THAN JUMBO, Circa 1938, Erie Litho Co. Panel. Archival linen-backed, with minor overpainting of small tape stains to outer white border. A handsome, scarce, and colorful
0006: COLE BROS ORIGINAL CIRCUS POSTEREst. $200-$400
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ROLAND BUTLER TICKET ARCHIVE: Roland Butler was a longtime press representative of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. EARLY 1900’s through mid-1960’s. An absolutely massive accumulation of circus
0007: ROLAND BUTLER TICKET ARCHIVEEst. $200-$400
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ROLAND BUTLER LETTERHEAD & STATIONARY ARCHIVE: Roland Butler was a longtime press representative of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. EARLY 1930’s through mid-1960’s. Another lot of small print ephemera from various
0008: ROLAND BUTLER LETTERHEAD & STATIONARY ARCHIVEEst. $200-$400
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ROLAND BUTLER ROUTE CARD ARCHIVE: Roland Butler was a longtime press representative of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Circa 1950’s through mid-1960’s. An impressive stockpiling of circus route cards from
0009: ROLAND BUTLER ROUTE CARD ARCHIVEEst. $100-$200
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RINGLING BROS. - WORLD?S GREATEST SHOWS LIBRETTO: THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD, 1905. A wonderful and incredibly scarce 52-page program-like book detailing the big show’s featured spectacle. The contents are couple with “Ringling
0010: RINGLING BROS. - WORLD?S GREATEST SHOWS LIBRETTOEst. $100-$200
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VANISHING HEAD SIDESHOW ILLUSION PROP: Circa 1960’s. Here’s a terrific sideshow-type illusion prop. “Amazo” (we’ll call him) asks his assistant to put his or her head into the box — the box resting on
0013: VANISHING HEAD SIDESHOW ILLUSION PROPEst. $150-$300
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ORIGINAL CARNIVAL CAROUSEL PANEL LIGHT FIXTURE: Circa 1950’s. You can almost hear the band organ playing when you look at this marvelous old unit. These familiar lights adorned merry-go-rounds by the dozens “back in the day.”
0021: ORIGINAL CARNIVAL CAROUSEL PANEL LIGHT FIXTUREEst. $200-$400
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ORIGINAL CARNIVAL CAROUSEL PANEL LIGHT FIXTURE: Circa 1950’s. Here is the second of two different fixtures, as previously detailed, also nicely re-furbed, but again, not yet re-wired. From same source as previous item, minus original
0022: ORIGINAL CARNIVAL CAROUSEL PANEL LIGHT FIXTUREEst. $200-$400