Potter and Potter Auctions: Circus, Sideshow and Carnival, 1206, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025
Page Size: 472 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
370

Sells-Floto Circus. Group of 7 programs, herald, and couriers.

1900s-10s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
371

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Shows. Group of 9 couriers, programs, and heralds.

V.p. ca.1900s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
372

Buffalo Bill's Bids You Good Bye Magazine and Official Review program.

New York and Cincinnati (1911). USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
373

Wonderland. Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth courier.

1907 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
374

Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth.

V.p. 1900s-10s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
375

Barnum & Bailey Official Program and Book of Wonders.

Buffalo 1903 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
376

Barnum & Bailey / Ringling Bros. Group of 4 programs.

Circa 1910s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 210.00
377

Barnum & Bailey. Group of 5 circus heralds.

V.p. ca.1890s-1910s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
378

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows courier.

Buffalo ca.1896. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
379

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows courier.

Buffalo ca.1896. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 108.00
380

Ringling Bros. Circus. Group of 5 programs.

Circa 1900s-10s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 360.00
381

Ringling Bros. Group of 7 circus heralds.

V.p. 1890s-1900s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
382

Ringling Bros. Group of 6 programs and couriers.

V.p. 1890s-1910s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
383

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Group of 26 programs.

Circa 1920s-40s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
384

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey. Group of 5 programs and couriers.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
385

Adam Forepaugh Shows. Group of 5 heralds, couriers, and programs.

Circa 1880s-90s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 720.00
386

BARNUM, P.T. Struggles and Triumphs; or Forty Years' Recollections.

Buffalo 1879 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
387

BARNUM, P.T. Struggles and Triumphs; or Forty Years' Recollections.

Buffalo 1872 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
388 BARNUM, P.T. (Phineas Taylor) and Sarah Burke.

P.T. Barnum's Circus Museum and Menagerie.

New York 1888 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 330.00
389

BARNUM, P.T. Group of 7 volumes by Barnum.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
390 [BARNUM, P. T. (1810-1891), subject]. CRUM, W. C.

Illustrated History of Wild Animals and Other Curiosities Contained in P. T. Barnum's Great Traveling World's Fair...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
391

[BINDINGS]. Group of 4 circus and theater volumes.

Paris 1885 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 330.00
392

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: A Tribute to Merle Evans.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 72.00
393 BORUWLASKI, Joseph.

Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski.

Durham 1820 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
394 FOREPAUGH, Adam (1831-1890).

Pair of Posthumously-Published Booklets, including: Adam Forepaugh Shows / Book of Wonders.

Philadelphia 1892 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
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