Friedrich Heyn elephant carousel animal, estimated at $6,540-$8,720
COLOGNE, Germany – Camera history is the focus of Auction Team Breker’s spring sale on Saturday, May 13, which will be led by an example of the Film Palmos camera, estimated at €2,500-€4,000, or $2,725-$4,360. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
L-R: Circa-1890 carousel zebra by the Dentzel Company, $36,000; circa-1900 carousel rabbit by Dentzel, $24,000; circa-1925 carousel camel by Charles Looff, $18,000
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions‘ signature Circus, Sideshow, and Oddities event on April 30 was a thrill ride from start to finish, with antique carousel animals claiming several of the top lot slots.
Marked circa-1911 John T. Dickman Great Clown carnival shooting gallery target, est. $15,000-$20,000
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will conduct a 600-plus lot sale, dubbed Circus, Sideshow & Oddities, on Saturday, April 30 starting at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
This is one of the Beluga whales now safely rehomed at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut. Image provided by Guernsey’s, which will conduct the August 19, 2021 auction to benefit the whales’ ongoing care and the maintenance of their spacious, beautiful enclosure at the aquarium.
NEW YORK – The auction house Guernsey’s, in partnership with Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium, will host an unprecedented gala event and auction to raise funds to support the lives of Beluga whales who were formerly part of a Canadian tourist attraction. The endangered species were transported in May aboard a US Air Force C-130 Lockheed cargo plane to their new state-of-the-art home at the aquarium, which is the largest marine mammal habitat of its type in North America. The auction will take place on August 19, 2021, adjacent to the aquarium’s beautiful whale enclosure. Bid absentee or live online from anywhere in the world via LiveAuctioneers.