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AEDCircus Sideshow Motorized Diorama. Miniature circus sidesho...
Lot 402
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By Potter & Potter Auctions
Sep 24, 2022
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2022-09-24 12:00:00
2022-09-24 12:00:00
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Bidsquare : The Zweifel Circus Collection
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-zweifel-circus-collection-21943
Our September sale features the remarkable circus archives of John & Jan Zweifel. Lifelong circus fans and collectors, the Zweifels' archives were home to tens of thousands of documents, photographs, and relics, including correspondence and memorabilia, as well as circus and wild west costumes, posters, and banners. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Our September sale features the remarkable circus archives of John & Jan Zweifel. Lifelong circus fans and collectors, the Zweifels' archives were home to tens of thousands of documents, photographs, and relics, including correspondence and memorabilia, as well as circus and wild west costumes, posters, and banners. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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Circus Sideshow Motorized Diorama. Miniature circus sideshow tent diorama including motorized elements, being a finely crafted model of a circus sideshow, circa 1920, and including the various banners, platforms, ticket box with outside talker, and other elements of a ?10-in-1? exhibit. Performers stand on platforms inside the tent including a tattooed lady, giant, strong man, fat lady, magician, and more. An African American band sits on a platform with its instruments at one side of the interior of the tent. Some elements well-worn or in need of minor repair, but well-preserved and in overall good condition. Includes all elements required to motorize the exhibit. Width approximately 51?. From Chicago?s Museum of Science and Industry. Third party transportation required.
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![[CIRCUS]. PANVINO, Onofrio (1529-1568). De ludis circensibus, Libri II. De Triumphis, Liber Unus ("On the circus games"). Early edition.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3741/37411745.jpeg?t=1WwH1i)
![[CARNIVALS]. GRESHAM, William Lindsay (1909-1962). Monster Midway. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1953].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3734/37345358.jpeg?t=1Wvg0E)
![[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [DANIEL, Noel, editor]. The Circus: 1870–1950. Köln: Taschen, 2008..](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3736/37369524.jpeg?t=1WvBX8)
