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Vintage Freak Show

Eyeball Freak, Circus Side Show Curiosity, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed, 1952
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
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1950s Contemporary Vintage Freak Show

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Silver Gelatin

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The Circus Freak Show
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1943 Medium: Watercolor on Board Dimensions: 24.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Making his first illustrations for the "Saturday Evening Post" before he was a...
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1940s Vintage Freak Show

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Board, Watercolor

Vintage Industrial Wooden Hand Painted 'Freak Show' Fairground sign, c.1960
Located in London, GB
A large hand painted fairground 'Freak Show' sign. Decorative and eye-catching arrowed design
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show

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Plywood

Late 20th Century Set of Four Fairground / Circus Signs
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Height: 19cm FREAK SHOW Width: 105cm Height: 20cm CIRCUS Width: 115cm Height: 67cm HOUSE OF
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20th Century Unknown Vintage Freak Show

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Wood

Standing Figures (Framed George Dureau Mid-Century Nude Impressionist Print)
By George Dureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
and amputees – not as a sort of freak show, but in order to expand the notion of beauty and “rightness
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Vintage Freak Show

Materials

Lithograph

Circus Freak Show Painting, circa 1930
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a playful circus freak show painting depicting a nude woman, little person, and pug dog
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Freak Show

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Canvas, Wood

Circus Freak Show Painting, circa 1930
Circus Freak Show Painting, circa 1930
H 18.5 in W 14.5 in D 1.63 in
Vintage Hand-Painted Canvas All-Girl Freak Show Banner
By Snap Wyatt
Located in Seattle, WA
Created in the late 1940s to advertise an all-girl freak show and side show. This item has been
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Freak Show

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Steel

Mid Century Carnival " Freak Show " Advertising Sign
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Great graphic hand painted carnival sign from Atlantic City. Nice even and consistent wear.
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1950s American Vintage Freak Show

Hand-Painted Canvas Side-Show Banner
Located in Seattle, WA
Multi-colored hand painted canvas banner from a side/freak show in the New York area.
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1930s American Vintage Freak Show

Wesley Willis Art "Wabash Monroe and Madison 1987"
Located in Chicago, IL
boys evoke an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show

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Other

Wesley Willis Artwork "Dan Ryan Past 51st St Toward 47th", 1986
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show

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Other

Artwork by Wesley Willis ‘1963-2004’ "The 77th Vincennes CTA Bus Garage", 1988
Located in Chicago, IL
boys evoke an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show

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Other

Artwork by Wesley Willis “The Lakefront 1986”
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show

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Other

Artwork by Wesley Willis '1963-2004' "The Dan Ryan Expressway 43rd St 1987"
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show

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Other

"Jungle Master" Painted Circus Side Show Banner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
the Midway and the side show freaks and oddities. Here we have Jungle Master, an authentic wild native
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1930s American Vintage Freak Show

"Pinky the Armless Carpenter" Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
world. Circus sideshow or "freak show" banners are an important American art form and highly sought
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1930s American Vintage Freak Show

Wesley Willis Artwork '1963-2003' Dan Ryan Expressway Past 51st Towards 47th
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show

Materials

Other

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Vintage Freak Show For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic vintage freak show available at 1stDibs. Each vintage freak show for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper. There are many kinds of the vintage freak show you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. You’ll likely find more than one vintage freak show that is appealing in its simplicity, but Harry Bowers, Art Shay and Edmund Ward produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Vintage Freak Show?

Prices for a vintage freak show can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,200 and can go as high as $6,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.