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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Sideshow Banner. Cavalcade of Wonders. Freaks Past & Present. American, ca. 1930s/40s. Enormous entrance-type sideshow banner, painted canvas, which depicts a full cast of sideshow performers, including a snake charmer, magician, three-legged man, tattooed man, Ubangi ?savages,? frog boy, little people, fire-eater, sword swallower, half man, and others. Over 20 feet wide. Height 90?. With tears, patches, rips, and folds consistent with age and use, but only scant repainting. Unsigned, but attributed to Fred Johnson.