Trove of Tom Thumb material enlivens Potter & Potter ‘Oddities’ sale

Circa-1863 ambrotype of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren's wedding, estimated at $1,200-$1,800
Circa-1863 ambrotype of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren's wedding, estimated at $1,200-$1,800
Circa-1863 ambrotype of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren’s wedding, estimated at $1,200-$1,800

CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce a 760-lot Circus, Sideshow, & Oddities for June 26 starting at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Sworders ventures ‘out of the ordinary’ with flea circus props, April 13-14

Collection of flea circus props and memorabilia from Professor Len Tomlin's Flea Circus, aka ‘The Smallest Show On Earth'
Collection of flea circus props and memorabilia from Professor Len Tomlin's Flea Circus, aka ‘The Smallest Show On Earth'
Collection of flea circus props and memorabilia from Professor Len Tomlin’s Flea Circus, aka ‘The Smallest Show On Earth’

STANSTED MOUNTFICHET, England – The Out of the Ordinary auction at Sworders on April 13-14 is its largest to date, numbering close to 600 lots. The sale brings together the weird and the wonderful, from an original Dalek from the Doctor Who television series to a sword presented by Catherine the Great to a cossack who helped put down a rebellion to ‘the Smallest Show On Earth’ –the UK’s last surviving flea circus.

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