Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of its 477-lot sale held on July 11. Prices noted include the companys 20-percent buyers premium. The top lot was William F. Buffalo Bill Codys Buffalo Bills Wild West first tour program. Estimated at $3,000-$5,000, it delivered $15,600. Published in Hartford, Conn., by the Calhoun Printing Company in 1883, the program was one of only a few existing examples sold on the first tour and first performances of the Wild West show. It was densely illustrated and contains information about performers and characters intended to help early audiences understand the purpose of the Wild West exhibition. Potters experts considered this among the rarest of all the surviving Buffalo Bills Wild West programs. A sideshow banner for E.H. Caldwells Past and Present, estimated at $10,000-$15,000, traded hands at $10,200. Produced in Los Angeles, Calif., in the 1920s, this huge painted banner measured 66-by-252 inches and depicted a complete cast from a sideshow annex. These included a pin-headed man, fat lady, tattooed man, lion-faced man, human skeleton, half man, three-legged man, and others. Fred G. Johnsons Pin Head Henry / The Man from Mars, estimated at $1,500-$2,500, realized $6,600. This large handpainted sideshow banner measured 92-by-92 inches and was produced in Chicago, Ill., by the OHenry Tent & Awning Co. It was signed by the artist. Ephraim Thompsons New Eph. Thompson and his Wonderful Elephant Mary was estimated at $1,200-$3,000 and realized $4,800. This linen backed lithographed poster was produced in Hamburg, Germany, by Adolph Friedlnder in 1902. It featured one of the first black American animal trainers with his somersaulting elephant, Mary, performing a series of tricks. And finally, a Mickey Mouse circus sideshow banner estimated at $800-$1,200 sold for $4,250. This mid-20th century American painted canvas banner advertised a flea circus style attraction and was pictured in the book Freaks, Geeks & Strange Girls, pg. 148. To learn more, visit www.potterauctions.com.