A clown in front of the camera

Potter & Potter’s early spring signature Circus, Sideshow and Oddities Sale in Chicago features a collection of photographs of such subjects, plus theatrical images, amassed by collector and historian Gary Bart.

Shown here is a c.1860s sixth plate ambrotype of a clown estimated at $1500-2500.

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