Set Reminder2024-07-11 12:00:002024-07-11 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Oddities https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-oddities-21903 This year's auction annual of the odd, the unusual, and the amazing is set to feature spectacular sideshow banners (including an incredible 37' long example from Caldwell), vibrant stone lithographs (including RBB&B favorites, and several Friedlander rarities), curiosities galore, and relics from the greatest shows on earth.
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Pair of Carl Hagenbeck?s Tierpark Posters. [Circa 1930s-50s]. Two color lithograph advertisements, in German, for events at one of Germany?s most popular zoos, Tierpark Hagenbeck, in Stellingen, Hamburg. Includes: -- Easter Poster. Hamburg: Graphische Kunstanstalt Gebr. S?lter, ca. 1936. Image of two lambs and a bunny with text: ?Jedes kind erh?lt an beiden Ostertagen ein Osterei / Osterzeit / Jedem kind an beiden Ostertagen ein Osterei /Carl Hagenbeck?s Tierpark?. Monogrammed (indecipherable) lower left quadrant -- Children?s Zoo Poster. [Hamburg, ca. early to mid-twentieth century]. Advertisement for the Children?s Zoo and a ?new bad monkey house,? with an image of two children playing with a llama, horse, and pigs. Text: ?Kinder-Tiergarten in Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark Altona/Stellingen / Neu! Bad Affenheim!? -- 23 ? x 34?. Easter: some staining around perimeter, not affecting image; creasing/ handling marks at corners; small surface creases throughout; minor tear along top right edge. Children?s zoo: some creasing; wrinkling at lower right corner; small hole missing from lower left quadrant; small tear right edge; with minor restorations and tape repair left side. Overall B+.