Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Circus and magic memorabilia, posters, books etc- Timed online Auction, 70726, Norwich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Spring Howard | Sampson's Circus |
London | 1936 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 50 | Ferris Helen; Fitzsimons Raymund; Harris Neil; Saxon A H; Kunhardt Philip B | 5 Books, including: Here Comes Barnum |
New York; London; Boston | 1932; 1969; 1973; 1989; 1995 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 51 | Croft-Cooke Rupert; O'Brien Esse Forrester; Sutton Felix; Plowden Gene; Kunzog John C | 5 Books, including: The Circus Has No Home |
London; Texas; New York; Idaho | 1950; 1959; 1971; 1968; 1970 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | Macgregor-Morris Pamela; Rivel Charlie; Lord Fred A; Gollmar Robert H; Chindahl George H; Sherwood Bob | 6 Books, including: Chipperfield's Circus |
London; Idaho; New York | 1957; 1971; 1965; 1965; 1959; 1932 | GBP 25.00 - 65.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | Court Alfred; Frey Jim; Keller George; Cansdale George; Baumann Charly; Williams J H | 6 Books, including: Wild Circus Animals |
London; New York | 1954; 1958; 1961; 1965; 1975; 1959 | GBP 25.00 - 55.00 | Not Sold |
| 54 | Remy Tristan; Hippisley Coxe Antony; Skeaping John; Hammarstrom David Lewis; Cottle Gerry; Laster Lloyd | 5 Books, including: Clown Scenes |
Chicago; London; Texas | 1962; 1980; 1983; 2006; 1984 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 55 | North Henry Ringling; Hatch Alden; Graves Charles; McKennon Joe; McConnell John H; Kelley F Beverly | 5 Books, including: The Circus Kings |
New York; London; Florida; Detroit; Missouri | 1960; ND; 1975; 1992; 1982 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 56 | Blunt Wilfrid; Hedren Tippi; Adamson Joy; Shuttlesworth Dorothy E; Vevers Gwynne | 6 Books, including: The Ark in the Park |
London; New York | 1976; 1985; 1960; 1961; 1977; 1976 | GBP 25.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 57 | Norwood Edwin P; Eberle Irmengarde; Hopper DeWof; Grock; Lathrop West | 5 Books, including: The Other Side of the Circus |
New York; Boston; London | 1926; 1948; 1927; 1931; 1953 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 58 | Whanslaw H W; Allen A B; Wilkinson Walter; Macnamara Desmond; Bussell Jan | 6 Books, including: Bankside Book of Puppets |
London; Surrey | ND; 1947; 1947; 1948; 1953 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | Dickens Charles; Remy Tristan; Popov Oleg; Kern Alfred; Green Stanley | 5 Books, including: Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi |
New York; Chicago; London; Oxford | 1968; 1962; 1970; 1960; 1984 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 60 | Bradna Fred; Disher M Willso; Williamson A Stanley; Smith Eleanor; Fellows Dexter W; Freeman Andrew A | 5 Books, including: The Big Top |
New York; London | 1952; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1936 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 61 | Wallace Irving; Fitzsimons Raymund; O'Leary John G; Ware W Porter; Lockard Thaddeus C | 4 Books, including: The Fabulous Showman |
London; Baton Rouge | 1930; 1969; 1967; 1980 | GBP 15.00 - 20.00 | Not Sold |
| 62 | Ward Eric; Fitz-Grald S J Adair; Stanley Adrian; Lane Yoti | 5 Books, including: A Book of Make-Up |
London | 1930; ND; 1953; 1950 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 63 | Benton Joel | A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career. Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum |
1891 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | Disher M Willson | Clowns and Pantomimes |
London | 1925 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 41.60 |
| 65 | Le Roux Hughes; Garnier Jules | Acrobats and Mountebanks |
London | 1890 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 66 | Barnum P T | Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P T Barnum |
London | 1869 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 67 | Elliott Hugh S R; Thacker A G | Beasts and Men |
London | 1909 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | Kelly Emmett; Kelley F Beverly | Clown |
London | 1956 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 69 | Coco the Clown | Behind My Greasepaint |
London | 1950 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 13.00 |
| 70 | Findlater Richard | Grimaldi King of Clowns |
London | 1955 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 20.80 |
| 71 | Reynolds Butch | Broken Hearted Clown |
London | 1954 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | Carter Angela | Nights at the Circus |
London | 1984 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 73 | Erskine Gladys Shaw | Broncho Charlie a Saga of the Saddle |
New York | 1934 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
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