Larry Kellogg: “See You Down the Road…”
How do you say “goodbye”? It’s never easy. In the circus world, after the show has closed and the season is over, you say, “See […]
Florida Antiquarian Book Fair Celebrates 40th Anniversary
March 15, 2023—The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair is the oldest and largest in the Southeast and one of the most successful book fairs in the […]
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Circus Display on the Road Following Potter and Potter Auction
Early in September, I wrote a Worthpoint® article about an upcoming Potter and Potter auction featuring the vast circus collection, which has been exhibited at […]
Wild Animal Circus Auction
Everyone loves a circus. After wowing Chicago audiences for nearly 50 years, the Terrell Jacobs Wild Animal Circus is leaving town to go on the […]
Wild West Posters Went Wild at Freedom’s Circus Auction
The greatly anticipated Freedom Auction Company’s Circus, Side Show, and Wild West Auction was held on August 6, 2022, in Sarasota, Florida, and brought in […]
Potter & Potter Circus Auction Tops $.5M in Bids
When the final hammer came down, Potter & Potter’s annual Circus, Sideshow & Oddities auction brought in nearly $540,000. (Note: All prices in this article […]
Bidding Past Midnight at Freedom Auction Co. Circus
Circus historians, collectors, and enthusiasts turned into passionate bidders at the recent Winter Auction of Circus Collectibles on February 12, 2022, in Sarasota, Florida. Freedom […]
Freedom Auction Company Circus Auction Brings Big Bucks
Worthpoint asked me, their circus memorabilia worthologist, to write an article for them when Feld Entertainment announced that The Greatest Show on Earth would stop […]
The End of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is not the end of the Circus
“The . . . circus as it exists today is in my opinion, a thing of the past . . .” When the owner of […]
Two Hemispheres Circus Bandwagon Sold at Auction for a Record Quarter of a Million Dollars
The auctioneer’s hammer fell and Barnum & Bailey’s Two Hemispheres circus bandwagon sold for $250,000, the highlight of the spring Heritage Auctions Americana & Political […]