Set Reminder2022-09-24 12:00:002022-09-24 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : 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.
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Model Circus Parade Wagon with Bird Display. Circa 1940. Elaborately decorated diminutive circus wagon, bearing deeply carved gilt wooden ornaments, primarily with a bird motif, including two carved owls atop the exterior columns, the interior containing a diorama displaying approximately twenty-five taxidermied birds, mounted before a painted background. The roof of the wagon, decorated with elaborate carved gilt wooden bird ornaments lifts away to give a top-down view of the diorama. A Hagenbeck Wallace Shows/Peru Indiana cast metal plaque is affixed below the steering wheel. Approximately 53 x 24 x 48?. Wear and chips as expected, but good working condition overall.