05-03-200505-03-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2283
May 3, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
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Extensive Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Circus,"

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$4,994$4,250
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2283Location: BoltonDate / Time: May 03, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Extensive Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Circus," early 20th century, no. 30/5, big top with cloth pendants and metal trapeze, wood framed board floor with 23-inch ring, standard size people and animals: five clowns (including black and oriental figures),ring master, two lion tamers, lady bare-back rider and a male acrobat with bisque heads; glass-eyed animals: hippopotamus, elephant, goat, and camel; painted eyed animals: giraffe, reindeer, donkey, lion, tiger, two white poodles, one brown and two white horses, bison, ostrich, pig, and goose; three ladders, two goblets, four barrels, ball, three pedestals, two tubs, two chairs and hoop, (fabric and paint wear, some missing parts, some of the figures in need of restringing),base wd. 36, dp. 24 in.

Provenance: Estate of Caleb Fullham.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Keywords

metal trapeze, acrobat , lady bare-back rider , Caleb Fullham