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THBGroup of 33 Schoenhut Circus Figures, Animals, & Accessories
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
33 full-sized wooden Schoenhut pieces from the Humpty Dumpty Circus. Figures include: Six (6) clowns (8" H) in colorful attire, three with one-part heads and three with two-part heads; clown in stars/clubs/diamonds clothing with seldom-seen tilted hat; one (1) lady rider/acrobat; one (1) "Oriental" style hobo w/ two-part head. Full sized, painted eye animals, one of each: White-faced monkey in red fringed outfit and pink/yellow hat (7 1/2" H); White horse w/ black mane and tail, retains a leather saddle piece (10" L); Brown horse w/ black mane and tail (10" L); Deer (6 1/2" L); Rhinoceros (9" L); Hippopotamus (9 1/2" L); Pig (7" L); Donkey (9 1/2" L); Goat (8 1/2" L); White dog (7" L). Accessories: five (5) chairs (5" H); six (6) ladders (12" L); two (2) yellow pedestals, one (1) blue pedestal, and one (1) barrel. Ca. early 20th C.
Condition
All items with varying degrees of paint loss and fading to clothes. Some figures with evidence of previous owner's name on undersides. Harlequin clown face in poor condition; another clown redressed in newer clothing. Lady figure redressed. Hobo missing right ear. Deer w/ replaced antlers. Goat w/ missing beard and replaced tail. Some ladders with broken rungs.
- Provenance
The Collection of John Bullard, Brentwood, TN.
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