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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[POSTER MAQUETTE]. Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus / Colossal New Spectacle India Most Sublime Pageant in History. [Erie: Erie Lithographing and Printing Co., ca. 1910s-1930s]. Gouache on two paper panels, both on cardboard, depicting three soldiers on horseback with musical instruments, before a herd of beautifully appointed elephants. 20 ? x 20 ?? (image), 26 x 26 ?? (board). With several pencil notes on the board, indicating that this maquette was the basis of a 16-sheet or 12-sheet poster, or one or half sheet posters (all with their various stock numbers). Image scuffed mainly at margins, board is worn, soiled, and creased. Still, colors are vibrant.