Sold2022CDV OF NELLIE KEELER SIDESHOW ATTRACTIONNellie’s employment with Barnum came to an end when by the age of twelve she was no longer a tiny little girl. Over her short six-year career Nellie was billed as "a microscopic bud of humanity"See Sold Price
Sold2020FIRE EATER SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNERHAND-PAINTED SIDESHOW BANNER BY J. SIGLER. THIS IS AN ACTUAL BANNER HAVING BEEN USED ON THE SHOW. THERE ARE SIGNS OF WEAR INCLUDING MINOR HOLES, ABRAISIONS, TEARS AT LOWER BORDER. 86"X93"See Sold Price
Sold2020SWORD SWALLOWER SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNERHAND-PAINTED SIDESHOW BANNER BY J. SIGLER. THIS IS AN ACTUAL BANNER HAVING BEEN USED ON THE SHOW. THERE ARE SIGNS OF WEAR INCLUDING MINOR HOLES, WEAR, ABRAISIONS. 86"X93"See Sold Price
Sold2022Sideshow Electric Chair. Contemporary sideshow attraction f...Sideshow Electric Chair. Contemporary sideshow attraction from the “World of Wonders” sideshow. Anyone seated in the chair can light fluorescent bulbs in the palms of their hands, or conduSee Sold Price
Sold2018SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNER - HARTLEYWHAT IS IT? "LOOK AT THE STRANGE THING", SPANISH SCRIPT. 4 RIVETED LEATHER CORNER STRAPS WITH IRON HOOKS. 51"X96".See Sold Price
Sold2018SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNER - HARTLEYDO YOU KNOW? "LOOK AT THE STRANGE OBJECT", FRENCH SCRIPT. 4 RIVETED LEATHER CORNER STRAPS WITH IRON HOOKS. 51"X96"See Sold Price
Sold2018SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNER - SNAKE CHARMERROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUS CANVAS BANNER, 2-SIDED. 11'4"X8'See Sold Price
Sold2018SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNER - BEARDED LADYROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUS CANVAS BANNER, 2-SIDED. 11'6"X8'See Sold Price
Sold2021RPPC of Alligator Girl Sideshow Attraction. CircaRPPC of Alligator Girl Sideshow Attraction. Circa 1900s. Photo postcard of a tent entrance to the sideshow attraction, depicting a painted sideshow banner for the act. Not postally used. Divided back.See Sold Price
Sold2022Tiny Teresa sideshow attraction folk art sign. American, n....Tiny Teresa sideshow attraction folk art sign. American, n.d., ca. 1960s/70s?. Painted plywood folk art sign, advertising Tiny Teresa, only 6” tall.” 96 x 51”. Set in a heavy woodenSee Sold Price
Sold2018SIDESHOW ATTRACTION BANNER - BEARDED LADYROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUS CANVAS BANNER, 2-SIDED. 2 HOLES LOWER LEFT CORNER. 11'6"X8'See Sold Price
Sold2017Group of Advertising Circulars and Sideshow Attraction[Sideshow] Group of Advertising Circulars and Sideshow Attraction Prints. Five pieces total, from the files of Harry Blackstone, being two circulars from Universal Attractions (3238 S. State St., ChicSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early Folk Art Toy Circus Sideshow Wagon TrainFour wooden wagons, each decorated with 2 oil on board paintings of sideshow attractions, with an additional 8 oil on board sideshow attraction panels. With 3 tickets boxes, 16 tent poles and 6 vintagSee Sold Price
Sold2024CAPT. DON LESLIE - SWORD SWALLOWERSCARCE. CAPT. DON LESLIE - SWORD SWALLOWER - CIRCUS SIDESHOW ATTRACTION - BIOGRAPHY BY MADAME CHINCHILLA. COVERING THE LIFE AND TIME SOF DON LESLIE (AMERICAN, 1937-2007). SOFT COVER, 208 PAGES, 2010.See Sold Price
Sold2022World’s Fair Freaks. Pittsburgh: Triangle Poster Co., ca. 1...World’s Fair Freaks. Pittsburgh: Triangle Poster Co., ca. 1940. Window card advertising sideshow attractions “direct from world’s fairs of the world.” 22 x 14”.See Sold Price
Sold2018Collection of Vintage Sideshow Photos.Collection of Vintage Sideshow Photos. Collection of over fifty black and white photographs, including originals and contemporary reprints of various sideshow attractions and freaks, including "PercilSee Sold Price
Sold2023LES MONSTRES: SIDESHOW FREAK LARGE FORMAT PITCH BOOK, 1963Original First Edition in French, published in Quebec, CA, by author Giovanni Iuliani. Generously illustrated with scores of photographs featuring all of the legendary sideshow attractions throughoutSee Sold Price
Sold20181870 Circus Sideshow Freak Barnum Dwarf CommodoreCirca 1870s Circus Sideshow CDV (carte-de-visite) Photograph; Portrait of P.T. Barnum's dwarf performer "Commodore Nutt" with circus giant. Photograph is by Rothengatter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.See Sold Price
Sold2019World’s Fair Freaks.World’s Fair Freaks. Pittsburgh: Triangle Poster Co., ca. 1940. Four-color window card advertising side show attractions “direct from world fairs of the world” on “18 stages.&#See Sold Price
Sold2024CIRCUS and SIDE SHOW PAMPHLET LOT(5 PIECES), SIAMESE TWINS, TWO-HEADED GIRL, CARDIFF GIANT, Etc.A fine assortment of original and reproduction pamphlets focusing, primarily, on side show attractions, including the Siamese Twins (ChanSee Sold Price
Sold2023Two Civil War Era Sideshow cdv'sTwo Civil War era sideshow performer cdv's, including "James Murphy the Giant Boy" eight feet tall at age 18, 1864, sold with a Brady negative print "The Fairy Wedding Group" with G W McNutt, CharlesSee Sold Price
Sold2021Russell Bros. Circus / [Big Tent]. Erie Litho, ca.Russell Bros. Circus / [Big Tent]. Erie Litho, ca. 1930s. Crowds congregate upon the big tent to see the main attraction; a sideshow annex, wagons, and other tents surrounding. One sheet. 27 x 41̶See Sold Price
Sold2023c. 1860 s CIRCUS SIDESHOW FAT LADY CDV PHOTOGRAPH by PROF. DOTY of WOOSTER, OHIOc. 1860 s CIRCUS SIDESHOW FAT LADY CDV PHOTOGRAPH by PROF. DOTY of WOOSTER, OHIO c. 1860 s CIRCUS SIDESHOW FAT LADY CDV PHOTOGRAPH by PROF. DOTY of WOOSTER, OHIO Description Circa 1870s CDV (carte-de-See Sold Price
Sold2018Rare Circus Freak Albino Side Show Eisenmann CDV PhotoRare Circus Freak Albino Side Show Eisenmann CDV Photo c1880See Sold Price
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CIVIL WAR]. [BELL, William H., photographer]. CDV of a wounded soldier identified as Private GeorgeUS$500
Jun 02Tremont AuctionsLot of 8 Victorian CDV photo albums. 6 albums full or near full with images, 2 empty. Album withUS$225(4 bids)
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[POLITICS -- LINCOLN]. CDV of a Sanitary Fair booth with numerous barrels, farm implements, andUS$250(1 bid)
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. GURNEY, Jeremiah (1812-1895), photographer. CDV of Mark Twain and John T.US$300
Jun 02Carlsen Gallery, Inc.FRAME W/ 4 CIVIL WAR GENERALS, CDV IMAGES INC. GEN. JOHN BUFORD, GEN KILPATRICK & GEN GRIERSONUS$100
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), artist. "Inkwell pose" CDV of Lincoln.US$250(1 bid)
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)]. Signed CDV of Sherman as major general, seated at a desk.US$400(1 bid)
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CIVIL WAR -- GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-1885)]. CDV of Ulysses S. Grant as major general. New Orleans,US$150
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. CDV portrait of Lincoln. New York: C.D. Fredericks & Co., 1861.US$200
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV of a trio of toys displayed on a tabletop.US$250
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. White and Black Twins. CDV of Hellen Ann Windman Walker andUS$250
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CIVIL WAR - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Indiana CDV album featuring Civil War soldiers and a campus view ofUS$250
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876)]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), artist. CDV of GeneralUS$500
Jun 02Carlsen Gallery, Inc.US ARMY INDIAN WARS PERIOD HELMUT & HAT INSIGNIAS WITH REPLICA CUSTER CDVUS$100(1 bid)
Jun 02Tremont Auctions19th century German photograph boards of South and West Africans. CDV size albumen photographs ofUS$150
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CIVIL WAR]. Hand-colored CDV of the battle-torn National Colors of the 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry.US$200(1 bid)
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CIVIL WAR - GETTYSBURG]. CDV of General Adelbert Ames, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. NewUS$150
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV of itinerant photographers with a camera. [Salem, PA]: C.L. Leonard'sUS$200
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Occupational CDV featuring two African American menUS$250
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CIVIL WAR - CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA L. (1828-1914)]. Period copy CDV of Joshua Chamberlain as majorUS$350
Jun 08Potter & Potter Auctions[SIDESHOW ILLUSION]. Spidora Photograph. [Germany, ca. 1906...US$150(1 bid)
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Happy New Year. CDV featuring African American subject.US$150
6 days LeftFreeman's | Hindman[CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876)]. CDV portrait of Custer as brigadier general. New York: E. &US$250