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
102

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Banner Poster.

1985 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 36.00
103

Dixie Queen Show Boat / "Poor Little Rich Girl." 1941. Red and blue cardstock poster advertising a "stirring drama of human trials" on board the riverboat for one night in Hannibal, Mo.

1941 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 84.00
104

Bud E. Anderson's Circus.

Circa 1930s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 240.00
105

Dailey Bros. Circus standee.

Circa 1940s. USD 50.00 - 150.00 USD 36.00
106

Dailey Bros. Big Railroad Circus.

Circa 1940s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
107

Seils-Sterling 4 Ring Circus.

Circa 1940s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
108

Seils-Sterling Circus / Kit Carson and Tiger Bill.

Mason City ca.1940s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
109

Over 50 Circus and Carnival Window Cards.

American, mid- to late-20th century. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
110

Iowa's Championship Rodeo.

Sidney, IA ca.1950s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 72.00
111

Seven Demolition Derby Window Cards.

Circa late 20th century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 360.00
112

Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus.

Circa 1950s-60s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
113

King Bros. Circus.

Circa 1940s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
114

Cristiani Bros. World's Largest Circus / Lion.

Circa 1950/60s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
115

Five American half-sheet circus posters.

Circa 1940s-60s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
116

[MINSTRELS]. A pair of circus posters.

Eureka Springs, AR ca.1930s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
117 HOBAN, Frank (1870 -- 1943).

Mills Bros. Circus.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
118

[CIRCUS]. Group of 6 American half-sheet posters.

Circa 1950s-90s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
119 CIRIELLO, Averado.

[Circus].

Milan 1968 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 84.00
120

[CIRCUS]. Group of 6 half-sheet posters.

Circa 1940s-60s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
121

Jay Gould's Million Dollar Spectacle / Shooting a Man from a Cannon.

Mason City ca.1950s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 72.00
122

Trio of British fair / carnival posters.

Leicester ca.1930s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
123

[CIRCUS]. Two one-sheet posters.

Philadelphia ca.1930s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 108.00
124

Three American circus posters.

Circa 1940s. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
125

Six British pantomime posters.

Taylors Printers, Wombwell Yorks ca.1920s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
126

BOIS.

Paris ca.1930s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
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