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
77

Trio of "Cirque Lamy" French Window Cards.

Paris [ca. 1930s-40s]. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
78 WOOD, Lawson (English, 1878-1957).

Color Lithograph Standee and Poster for Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey, the "Admission 2 Nuts" Design.

[V.p. ca.1943, ca.1960s]. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
79

Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus / Under Canvas Direct from Chicago Coliseum.

Peru, IN [ca. 1933]. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
80

Two American circus posters.

1944 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
81

Sells-Floto Circus / The Hannefords.

ca.1920s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
82

Sells-Floto Circus / Pallen's Bears.

ca.1920s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
83

Conkling Shows Circus Stock Poster.

Newport, KY The Donaldson Litho Co., early twentieth century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
84

Seal Bros.

Milwaukee ca.1920s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
85

Ringling Bros. / Riccobono's European Horse Actors.

Cincinnati & New York 1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
86

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus / The Great Aloys.

Erie Litho Co. 1938 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
87

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey / Sunrise and Sunset.

Cincinnati ca.1920s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
88

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West / A Section of Our Historical Street Parade.

Circa 1900s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 180.00
89

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers / Carl Damann Family of Famous Male and Female Acrobats.

Cincinnati 1899 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 180.00
90

Walker Bros. Shows / Horse Act.

Newport ca.1920s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
91

Sells Floto Circus.

ca.1920s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
92

Al. G. Barnes Big 4 Ring Wild Animal Circus.

St. Paul ca.1920s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
93

Hagenbeck-Wallace and 4 Paw Sells Bros.

Circa 1930s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
94 BRANDOLY, J.G.

The Erickson Bros.

Milan ca.1920s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
95

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / 80th Season.

Circa 1950. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
96

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / Mister Mistin Jr.

Circa 1950s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
97

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Circa 1940s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 108.00
98

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus / Leopard.

USA ca.1950s-60s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
99

Cole Bros. Circus. / Victory.

Circa 1945. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 84.00
100

Cole Bros. Circus / Blood-Sweating Hippopotamus from the River Nile.

ca.1940s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
101

Snyder Bros. Circus and Wild West / Magnificent Specimens of Ferocious Bengal Tigers.

Milwaukee ca.1920s. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 330.00
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