Set Reminder2023-07-29 12:00:002023-07-29 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Oddities https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-oddities-21925 Our annual sale of the unusual, the amazing, and the bizarre featured a wide range of amazing antique objects, from classic vintage lithographs (and the maquettes used to design them), to remarkable cabinet cards and photographs, sideshow banners, and fairground art, including carousel animals and horses.
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[EXHIBITIONS & AMUSEMENTS]. Group of 3 handbills. Including: American Museum / Dr. Weldon?s Original Grand Hydro-Oxygen Microscope. New York: T. Snowden, 58 Wall-Street. Exhibition of large-scale projections of insects, ?a single drop of water magnified 2,500,000 times,? ?the sting of a honey bee?seen thirty feet in length.? [some losses at center fold] ? Prof. George Bartholomew?s Equine Paradox! Reading Times Steam Print. Handbill describing the trained horse act accompanied by orchestra. ? Grand & Matchless Exhibition / 32, New Cut, Opposite Broadwall. Handbill for exhibition of likenesses of Thomas Wicks, Tom Thumb, exotic animals; a magician; and Miss Robertson ?the Smallest Woman in the known World!? Sizes vary, largest 17 ? x 5 ??.