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Featuring the collection of lifelong circus collector John Diesso, this auction includes heralds, couriers, and posters advertising the "greatest shows" of yesteryear. Photographs, route books, scrapbooks, and circus costumes will be also be offered, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A wide array of early European circus posters will be sold, along with a large library of circus books of several thousand volumes. Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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Collection of 15 Toy Theater-Related Items. Circa late 20th to early 21st century.
Lot 622

Collection of 15 Toy Theater-Related Items. Circa late 20th to early 21st century.

Estimate: $300 - $500
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Collection of 15 Toy Theater-Related Items. Circa late 20th to early 21st century. Including:

1. Pollock's Late Richardson's Booth: Saint George and the Dragon. 1971. 

2. Pollock's Characters and Scenes in the Daughter of the Regiment.1973.

3. Characters and Scenes in Aladdin: Or the Wonderful Lamp.

4. Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop Presents: Alice's Diorama Shadowbox / To Cut Out and Make. 2012.

5. Pollock's Toy Museum & Theatres Brochure. 

6. Pollock's Toy Museum envelope and donation brochure. 2002.

7. Circus Paper Theater. Pukaca. 2012.

8. SPEAIGHT, George. The Juvenile Drama: A Union Catalogue. Oxford: Joshua Horgan, 1999.

9. POWELL, David. W.G. Webb and The Victorian Toy Theatre. 2005.

10. BURGESS, Robert. Theatre Models in Paper and Card. East Sussex: Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd. 1999.

11. Green's Characters & Scenes in Harlequin & Guy Fawkes or the Fifth of November. Modern reprint; originally published 1836.

12. The High Toby / A Play for the Toy Theatre. 1948.

13. The Royal Punch and Judy. Arcady Press, n.d.

14. Teatro Miniatura. Barcelona. A die-cut set of scenes and characters. 

15. A cut out figure. 

 

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Generally minor wear. Overall good.

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