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  • Agent of Death, Inscribed and Signed.
    Estimate
    $400 - $600
    Lot 384

    Agent of Death, Inscribed and Signed.

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    $400 - $600
  • Six Photographs of the Gas Chamber at Maryland Penitentiary.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 385

    Six Photographs of the Gas Chamber at Maryland Penitentiary.

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    $200 - $300
  • Postcards and Photographs of Chinese Beheadings, Executions, Torture, and Other Atrocities.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 386

    Postcards and Photographs of Chinese Beheadings, Executions, Torture, and Other Atrocities.

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    $300 - $500
  • Two Photographs of Richard Talmadge with a Dead Body.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 387

    Two Photographs of Richard Talmadge with a Dead Body.

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    $200 - $300
  • World War II Era News Photo, “Soldier Views Skulls.”
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 388

    World War II Era News Photo, “Soldier Views Skulls.”

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    $50 - $100
  • Patty Hearst Wire Press Photographs of Bank Robbery Trial.
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    $40 - $80
    Lot 389

    Patty Hearst Wire Press Photographs of Bank Robbery Trial.

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    $40 - $80
  • Brank or Scold’s Bridle.
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    $150 - $250
    Lot 390

    Brank or Scold’s Bridle.

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    $150 - $250
  • Thumb Crushing Torture Device.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 391

    Thumb Crushing Torture Device.

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    $100 - $200
  • Johnny Eck’s 16mm Print of “Freaks.”
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    $1,500 - $2,500
    Lot 392

    Johnny Eck’s 16mm Print of “Freaks.”

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    $1,500 - $2,500
  • Freaks. Excelsior Picture Corp., R-1949.
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    $500 - $750
    Lot 393

    Freaks. Excelsior Picture Corp., R-1949.

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    $500 - $750
  • Freaks. Excelsior Picture Corp., R–1949.
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    $1,000 - $1,500
    Lot 394

    Freaks. Excelsior Picture Corp., R–1949.

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • Pair of “Freaks” Handbills.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 395

    Pair of “Freaks” Handbills.

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    $100 - $200
  • Group of Johnny Eck “Half Boy” Ephemera.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 396

    Group of Johnny Eck “Half Boy” Ephemera.

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    $200 - $300
  • Group of Johnny Eck “Half Boy” Photographs and Ephemera.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 397

    Group of Johnny Eck “Half Boy” Photographs and Ephemera.

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    $300 - $400
  • Johnny Eck “Half Boy” Canes, Arcade and Portrait Photographs, Business Cards, and Personal Stationery.
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    $800 - $1,200
    Lot 398

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

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    $800 - $1,200
  • Johnny Eck Original Watercolor.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 399

    Johnny Eck Original Watercolor.

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    $300 - $400
  • Johnny Eck “Pen Knife Circus” Wooden Figurines.
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    $400 - $500
    Lot 400

    Johnny Eck “Pen Knife Circus” Wooden Figurines.

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    $400 - $500
  • Johhny Eck Neon Sign.
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    $500 - $750
    Lot 401

    Johhny Eck Neon Sign.

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    $500 - $750
  • Archive of Original Ripley’s “Believe it or Not” Tearsheets.
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    $1,000 - $1,500
    Lot 402

    Archive of Original Ripley’s “Believe it or Not” Tearsheets.

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • Collection of Ripley’s “Believe it or Not” Memorabilia.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 403

    Collection of Ripley’s “Believe it or Not” Memorabilia.

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    $400 - $600
  • Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 404

    Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.

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    $400 - $600
  • Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 405

    Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.

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    $400 - $600
  • Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 406

    Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.

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    $400 - $600
  • Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 407

    Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.

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    $400 - $600
  • Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 408

    Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Original Museum Advertising Panel.

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    $400 - $600
  • A Large Group of Over 100 Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Ephemera.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 409

    A Large Group of Over 100 Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” Ephemera.

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    $200 - $300
  • Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” The Meccano Electric Flash Game.
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 410

    Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” The Meccano Electric Flash Game.

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    $50 - $100
  • World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 411

    World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.

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    $300 - $500
  • World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 412

    World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.

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    $300 - $500
  • World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 413

    World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.

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    $300 - $500
  • World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 414

    World’s Fair Oddities Past and Present Lobby Board.

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    $300 - $500
  • Three Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 415

    Three Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.

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    $300 - $400
  • Pair of Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 416

    Pair of Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.

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    $300 - $400
  • Pair of Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 417

    Pair of Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.

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    $300 - $400
  • Pair of Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 418

    Pair of Wax Freaks Lobby Boards.

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    $300 - $400
  • A Large Virtual Reality Arcade Electric Chair Sign.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 419

    A Large Virtual Reality Arcade Electric Chair Sign.

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    $400 - $600
  • Hell’s Half Acre Spook Show/Horror Show Poster.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 420

    Hell’s Half Acre Spook Show/Horror Show Poster.

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    $200 - $300
  • The Mutations.
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    $40 - $80
    Lot 421

    The Mutations.

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    $40 - $80
  • She Freak. Sonney-Friedman, 1967.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 422

    She Freak. Sonney-Friedman, 1967.

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    $100 - $200
  • Wax Museum Concept Art.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 423

    Wax Museum Concept Art.

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    $200 - $300
  • World’s Fair Freaks.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 424

    World’s Fair Freaks.

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    $100 - $200
  • Frieda Pushnik Signed Artwork and Ephemera.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 425

    Frieda Pushnik Signed Artwork and Ephemera.

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    $300 - $400
  • World’s Strangest Married Couple.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 426

    World’s Strangest Married Couple.

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    $100 - $200
  • Living Wonders! Unprecedented Novelties!
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 427

    Living Wonders! Unprecedented Novelties!

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    $400 - $600
  • Group of Eight Shocked and Amazed Magazines.
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 428

    Group of Eight Shocked and Amazed Magazines.

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    $50 - $100
  • Barnum Museum Clock.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 429

    Barnum Museum Clock.

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    $400 - $600
  • Miniature Dog Saddle.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 430

    Miniature Dog Saddle.

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    $400 - $600
  • Dog and Monkey Show Costumes. Group of Five.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 431

    Dog and Monkey Show Costumes. Group of Five.

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    $100 - $200

Auction Description

Circus, Sideshow & Oddities by Potter & Potter Auctions

Featuring the circus collection of Dave & Mary Jane Price, our November sale is slated to include hundreds of vintage circus posters, plus costumes, model circus trains, and other relics from bygone wonder-shows. The circus collectibles will be complemented by an array of unusual, uncommon, and unbelievable oddities, sideshow memorabilia, banners, photographs, taxidermy, and relics of the "believe it or not" variety. Highlights include Tom Thumb memorabilia, sideshow electric chairs and props, and big, bold banners from the masters of the form. Catalogs ship approximately three weeks before the auction. Previews will be held in our gallery November 14—15, 10—5pm.

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