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Potter and Potter Auctions: Circus - Side Show - Oddities

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Auction Name Circus - Side Show - Oddities Total Sales (USD) 273,924.00
Auction Date November 16, 2019 - November 16, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 186,050.00
Sale Number #79 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 291,890.00
Total Lots 595
Sold Lots 537 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 211,550.00
% of Lots Sold 90.25% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 328,970.00
Unsold Lots 58 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5

Raymond & Company’s Menagerie for 1847. Chrysarma.

 1847 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,400.00
175

Buffalo Bill’s First Wild West Performance Program.

 1883 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,600.00
245

How the Stars Bring Success. The Graysons. Astrology Sideshow Banner.

 Circa 1930 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,000.00
9

[Strongwoman] The Blessings. The Most Beautiful and Strongest Female Athlete and Partner.

 ca.1900s/10s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,800.00
613

Archive of Approx. 350 Photos of Sideshow Freaks and Human Oddities.

 Circa 1950s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,320.00
246

Two-Headed Calf. Sideshow Banner.

 ca.1950 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,840.00
242

Mule-Face Woman. Sideshow Banner by Snap Wyatt.

 ca.1960s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
243

Toney Moreno / Ha—Sue Sideshow Banner by Snap Wyatt.

 ca.1960s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
261

Tattoo Artist. Sideshow Banner.

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,600.00
398

Johnny Eck "Half Boy" Canes, Arcade and Portrait Photographs, Business Cards, and Personal Stationery.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,600.00
723

La Veritable Femme Barbe. Annie Jones Elliot.

 [1891] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,360.00
266

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus. The Greatest Show on Earth Round Porcelain Sign/Elephant Harness.

 mid-twentieth century USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,120.00
6

The Great London Circus United with Cooper & Bailey. Steam Organ and Bell Wagon.

 1879 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,880.00
249

Pop-Eye. Alive. Sideshow Banner.

 ca.1950 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,880.00
247

Susie Stretch. Alive. Sideshow Banner.

 ca.1950 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,640.00
7

The Great London Circus. Seals and Polar Bears.

 1879 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
262

Waltzing Dogs. Sideshow Banner.

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,400.00
397

Group of Johnny Eck "Half Boy" Photographs and Ephemera.

 Circa 1920s/60s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,400.00
241

Mystery Girl. Alive. Sideshow Banner.

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,160.00
394

Freaks. Excelsior Picture Corp., R–1949.

 R-1949 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,160.00
382

Western Union Telegram Sent on the Eve of Albert Fish’s Execution from Sing Sing Prison’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Charles C. Sweet.

 1936 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,920.00
573

Congress of Freaks with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

 the R.B.B.B USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,920.00
381

Papers and Photographs pertaining to Executions by Electric Chair at Sing Sing Prison.

 1920s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,800.00
616

C.W. Parker Giant Key in Original Case.

 ca.1910 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,800.00
392

Johnny Eck’s 16mm Print of "Freaks."

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,680.00
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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