Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 668-lot sale to be held on Thursday, Sept. 3, starting at 11 a.m. EDT. The auction will be presented live at Potter & Potters gallery, located at 5001 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago, Ill., as well as livestreamed on the companys website at www.potterauctions.com. Phone and absentee bids are welcome. The expected top lot is an archive of materials from William F.Cody (aka Buffalo Bill,1846-1917). The large diverse collection includes the Cody family memorial scrapbook; a signed photograph; a signed book; original photographs; personal effects; two newly discovered photographs, including one of the earliest recorded photographs of Cody; and much more. This remarkable ephemera archive also features Buffalo Bills personal shaving kit and his meerschaum pipe with a carving of a dog. Codys famous Wild West Show was launched in 1883 and toured into the 20th century, both in the U.S. and as far afield as London, Paris and Rome. Mark Twain once famously commented, It is often said on the other side of the water that none of the exhibitions which we send to England are purely and distinctly American. If you will take the Wild West Show over there, you can remove that reproach. A carved and painted wooden circus cage wagon side, originally from the Sells Bros. Circus, dates to ca. 1870s with gilded carvings in relief, including depictions of a jester, eagle, seraph, and a mythological winged creature. It is attributed to Samuel Anderson Robb (1851-1928), the master American woodcarver renowned for tobacco trade figures and circus art. It measures 12 feet wide with a height of 64 inches. A large Death Defying lion tamer circus sideshow banner is 114-by-93-inch painted canvas depicting a lion tamer firing a pistol at a lion positioned to pounce. It was produced in Chicago by Driver Brothers and has the stenciled Driver Brothers credit on its lower right and on verso. A Mismade Girl illusion was a stage illusion featuring a stacked yellow cabinet on a rolling base and was made in Los Angeles, Calif., by John Gaughan & Associates in the 1990s. With the illusion, an assistant steps into the cabinet, which is pierced by blades; the boxes are rearranged and the assistant is shown mismade. The boxes are restacked and the assistant exits unharmed. A mechanical Matrimonial Paradise shooting gallery fixture is a painted iron figural target with a mechanical mechanism made in Eastern Europe in the late 19th century. It depicts a double turreted castle with a door that opens to reveal a man in his nightgown holding a baby and rocking cradle with twins with his foot, while his wife threatens him with a shoe from the bed. The lettered Manzelsky Raj translates to Matrimonial Paradise from Czech. We are delighted to have assembled this auction that showcases the vibrant art and rich history of the circus. Were especially excited to offer a lot of personal effects of William F. Cody, including a daguerreotype that appears to show him as a boy, stated Joe Slabaugh, director of cataloging. To learn more, visit www.potterauctions.com.