Set Reminder2020-09-26 12:00:002020-09-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Oddities https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-oddities-21979 Hundreds of vintage circus posters - from the heyday of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey - will go on the block in our annual Circus, Sideshow & Oddities sale. Complimenting the stone lithographs of Strobridge and its contemporaries will be an eclectic assortment of unusual and macabre collectibles.
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Shrunken Head Illusion. Colon: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., ca. 1940s. Following an extensive sideshow-style monologue, the performer reveals the shrunken head of an assistant or that of a skull within the lighted cabinet. Stenciled images of a jungle and boiling cauldron to door and cabinet. Electric component working. 16 x 10 x 11 ??. Includes novelty rubber shrunken head and original instructions. Electrical plug crushed, to require repair. Uncommon.