Potter & Potter Auctions
Live Auction

Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Wed, Oct 23, 2019 02:30AM EDT
Lot 616

C.W. Parker Giant Key in Original Case.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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C.W. Parker Giant Key in Original Case. Leavenworth, KS: C.W. Parker, ca. 1910. Giant carved wooden key, possibly meant as a key to a city, decorated in metallic paint, housed in the original fabric-lined wooden box, the exterior bearing the color decal of C.W. Parker. Length 29?. Sold with four pieces of Parker Carousel ephemera. Scratches to finish; very good overall. Parker?s firm was famous for its carousels and the carved animals it produced for them.