Potter and Potter Auctions: Circus, Sideshow and Carnival, 1206, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025

Page Size: 472 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
333	DANNES, Pierre J. (1910 -- 1985).	Archive of Circus Photographs.			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
334		Archive of Circus Animal Photos.		Circa early 20th century.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 60.00
335		Scrapbook of European Circus and Variety Artist Letterhead and Ephemera.			USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 240.00
336		Ringling Bros and Barnum &.		Circa 1970s-2010s.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
337		Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey 103rd Edition Press Kit.		[1973].	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 120.00
339	[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.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00
340		[TWO HEMISPHERES WAGON]. Large group of photos and ephemera.		Circa 1940s-2000s.	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 180.00
341		[CIRCUS -- WINTER QUARTERS]. Group of Nearly 30 Photos of Winter Quarters.	[V.p.	ca. 20th century].	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 96.00
353		Route Book of Barnum & Bailey 1905.	[Buffalo	1905	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 210.00
354		Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 210.00
355		The Diamond Anniversary Route Book of the John Robinson's 10 Big Shows Combined.		1899	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 240.00
356	WADDELL, Doc.	Looking Backward Thirty-Three Weeks with a Circus: A Complete History of the John Robinson's Ten Big Shows for the Season of 1905.	Portsmouth, Oh	1906	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 240.00
357		Two Ringling Bros. route books.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 180.00
358		Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Route Card Collection.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
359		Large Group of Route Cards for Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey, plus 3 Early Cards for Ringling Bros.			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
360		Large Group of Route Cards for Clyde Beatty Circus, Cole Bros., Mills Bros.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
361		Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Route Book Collection.		1930s-60s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
362		Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Real Wild West and Great Far East.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 240.00
363		Collection of American circus route books.		Bulk 1930s-50s.	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 120.00
364		Adam Forepaugh Shows. The American Revolution.	Buffalo	1890s.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 240.00
365		Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers 1903 courier.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 150.00
366		Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West program.	Buffalo	(1913).	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 360.00
367		Miller Bros. & Arlington 101 Ranch Real Wild West courier.		[1913].	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 450.00
368		Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Official Season Route 1912.			USD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
369		Sells Bros. Enormous United Shows.	V.p.	1890s.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 960.00

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR