[TWO HEMISPHERES]. [BAIRD, W. Lo, photographer]. Famous Two...

About Auction

Live

Circus, Sideshow & Carnival

By Potter & Potter Auctions

May 22, 2025

Set Reminder 2025-05-22 12:00:00 2025-05-22 12:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Carnival https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-carnival-21883
Our annual auction of circus, sideshow, and carnival collectibles takes place this May. Highlights include magnificent and rare lithographs for Buffalo Bill, Ringling Brothers, and many European circuses Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

View Full Catalog (672)

• Lot Description
  [TWO HEMISPHERES]. [BAIRD, W. Lo, photographer]. Famous Two Hemisphere Band Wagon Owned by Iowa Circus and Specially Loaned and Featured in Cole Bros ? Clyde Beatty Circus Parade Des Moines, July 10, 1936. Des Moines, IA, 1936. Black and white panoramic photograph of the famous ?Two Hemispheres" Band Wagon, with a band on board and led by a team of eight Clydesdale horses. Text and credit in plate at lower corners. Approximately 8 x 28". Worn, soiled, several creases, glue residue from display on verso. Fair. A possibly unique photograph of this famous band wagon, designed by Harry Ogden, and built in 1896 for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. The original wagon sold at auction in 2016 for $250,000.
• Buyer's Premium
  • 25.00 %