Sentence examples for fairground auction from inspiring English sources
The carousel pieces, on average, commanded much higher bids than the wax figures at what Guernsey's, the auction house, titled a "Fairground" auction.
The "fairground art" auction, held Friday and Saturday by Guernsey's auction house, also featured circus posters, figures from a Vermont wax museum, as well as a carousel horse (above) by Stein & Goldstein of Coney Island.
(NYT) MANHATTAN: FAIRGROUND ART AUCTION Nearly 700 pieces from carnivals, circuses and amusement parks, including intricately carved carousel animals from the 1900's, were sold at auction over the weekend for about $1 million.
The adoptable horses will typically end up at county and state fairgrounds or other auction events where the public can buy them from the bureau.
State properties, from a big coliseum in Los Angeles to concert halls and fairgrounds, will be auctioned off.
In 2011, a private collection of antique fairground art came up for auction in Paris, and Staub was entranced.
More than 35,000 visitors come for the usual fairground entertainment -- food, live music, livestock auctions, arm wrestling -- and the famous frog jumping contest, inspired by the Mark Twain story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
Butlins had a fairground.
Fairground Attraction, 145 Main Street, Mount Kisco, (914) 241-4433.
But this is fairground stuff.
