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

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025

Page Size: 472 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
420	[CIRCUS & SIDESHOW]. Group of 20 volumes.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 450.00
421	[BOOKS]. Group of 17 Books or Magazines About the Circus or Performers.	[V.p.	ca. 20th century].	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
422	[MAGAZINES]. The Billboard Magazine.	[Cincinnati, OH	1907-43].	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 240.00
423	[ZOOS & ANIMALS]. Group of 10 German and Dutch titles, chiefly Carl Hagenbeck.			USD 125.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
424	[SIDESHOW]. Group of 13 pitch books, booklets, and catalogs.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 570.00
425	[TATTOO]. Tattoo Memories: The Brunson Family Collection.	Champaign	2022	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 150.00
426	[COMIC ART]. Ripley's Believe It Or Not True Ghost Stories two 6-page original story art.	Gold Key	1975	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 270.00
427	Amusement Park / Carnival Painted Entrance Sign. Painted single-sided wooden sign, with hanging hooks mounted at top.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 210.00
430	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Japanese Tour Sign.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 300.00
443	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Mirrored Sign.	American	1970s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 84.00
444	Two Circus World Picture Spot Signs.		1980s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
445	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Sign.		Second half of the 20th century.	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 540.00
446	Hand-painted Carnival Attraction Entrance Signs.		Second half of the 20th century.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 210.00
448	Buffalo Bill's Original Wild West Show Sign.			USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
452	Painted Wood Fairground Race Car Attraction Sign.			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,400.00
453	Painted Wood Fairground Race Car Attraction Sign.			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,280.00
454	Three Hand-Painted Carnival Game Signs.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 300.00
455	Three Kiddie Ride Carnival Entrance Signs.	American,	mid to late 20th century.	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 180.00
461	Large photograph of Howard "Hangman" Cantonwine.		Circa 1920s-40s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00
463	Danger "Do Not Feed the Animals" Cast Iron Sign.			USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 1,140.00
464	"No Spitting" Tin Sign.			USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 150.00
465	Princess Tajana Touring Circus Cutout.		Circa 1940s-50s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 390.00
468	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Mirror, Clock, and Glamour Set.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 108.00
472	A Round Porcelain Clown Amusement Park Sign.		Circa 1950s.	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,640.00
482	Two early circus woodblock prints.	European	ca.18th century.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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