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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Museum of Science and Industry Circus Mechanical Coin-Operated Wagon and Big Cats Display. Circa 1935. Three-quarter size wooden circus wagon replete with two snarling fabric-covered big cat models (one tiger, one leopard) behind the barred sides. Painted in gilt, red, silver, with mirrored accent panels, sitting on brightly painted wheels. With coin-operated mechanism; when a dime is deposited, the big cats roar. Approximately 8 x 6 ? x 4?. This wagon was part of the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago?s circus exhibit for decades, and sat at its entryway. Mechanism not tested. Third party transportation required.