Potter and Potter Auctions: Circus, Sideshow and Carnival, 1206, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Femme Homard / The World's Greatest Wonder. |
Hamburg | ca.1890s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,040.00 | |
| 2 | Grande Menagerie du Dompteur Ed. |
Paris | ca.1890s. | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 3 | Tanit Ikao. |
Portugal | ca.1950s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,880.00 | |
| 4 | Les Ortaneys / Le Mieux Acrobatique Excentrique Acte de la Presence. |
Hamburg | (1902). | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 5 | THOMPSON, Ephraim (1859-1909). | Eph. Thompson's Elephants. |
Hamburg | (1909). | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 6 | Original Cubanos / Circus Carl Hagenbeck. |
Hamburg | [1931]. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,020.00 | |
| 7 | [Lion & Elephant / Circus]. |
Hamburg | ca.1890s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,200.00 | |
| 8 | Hagenbeck / [Trained Seals]. |
Hamburg | ca.1911. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 9 | [Polar Bears / Circus]. |
Hamburg | (1910). | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
| 10 | W. Imman's Best Dressirte Hunde-Meute. |
Hamburg | ca.1890s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,200.00 | |
| 11 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World / The Roughest of Rough Riding. |
London and Paris | ca.1905. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 | |
| 12 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West. |
Boston & New York | ca.1885. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 | |
| 13 | Buffalo Bill Reviewing the Rough Riders of the World. |
London and Paris | 1906 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West / Col. |
Buffalo | ca.1880s. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 | |
| 15 | Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West / Chasing the Handkerchief / Cossack Pastimes Charge of the Czar's Guard. |
New York and Cincinnati | 1894 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 16 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows / Colossal Introductory Pageant. |
Cincinnati and New York | 1919 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
| 17 | MOOS, Carl (1878 -- 1959). | Circus Sarrasani / Direktor Hans Stosch-Sarrasani. |
Munich | ca.1912. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | Wild West. |
Early twentieth century. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 420.00 | ||
| 19 | Terrell Jacobs Trained Wild Animal Circus / Reno Fifth at Hancock One Day Only Tue. |
[Chicago | ca.1920s]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 20 | Terrell Jacobs Trained Wild Animal Circus. |
[Chicago, Temple Lithographing Co. | ca.1920s]. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 21 | Cristiani Bros. |
Circa 1950s/60s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 22 | Erie Litho Circus Poster Maquette. |
[Erie Litho | ca.1920s]. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 420.00 | |
| 23 | Cole Bros. Big Railroad Circus /Grand Entry. |
American | ca.1940s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 24 | Herbert's Wonderful Seal and Sea Lion Band. |
Buffalo | ca.1890s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 25 | The Great Parker Amusement Co. / Meteor the Marvel. |
Milwaukee | ca.1900s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 540.00 |
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