#306 • Marx Super Circus Play Set Figures, Animals & Accessories

Part of November 2026 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

Starting at $5.00

Status: Available

Bidding closes Nov 15, 2026 5:44 PM AKST

Category: Toys & Games

This miniature circus centers on Marx Super Circus play set figures and accessories, with performers molded in yellow and copper-brown. A strongman raises a barbell overhead, a sword swallower tilts his head back, and a tall stilt walker lifts his hat. A ringmaster, clowns, animal trainers, trapeze artists, and tightrope performers share the scene with a balloon vendor, a father leading a crying child, and other spectators. A yellow popcorn cart with a scalloped canopy and a ticket stand marked for 50-cent admission bring the midway into the scene. The red and yellow equipment also includes a stepped sideshow platform, ladders, pedestals, barrels, and a jumping hoop, along with wire acrobatic frames and bars. The largest bar measures approximately 4.5" x 6.5". The animals range from walking and seated elephants to lions, camels, giraffes, monkeys, bears, a buffalo, and an alligator. Small performing dogs wear top hats, while two gray horses have raised pegs on their backs for standing riders. Six painted ballerinas and three larger elephants with blue-and-red saddle blankets accompany the Marx figures, along with additional painted big cats, a two-humped camel, and fish. The larger camel has tape around one foreleg. Super Circus appeared in the 1952 Sears Christmas catalog alongside the Roy Rogers and Tom Corbett playsets. It took its name from ABC's popular live circus program, led by ringmaster Claude Kirchner and bandleader Mary Hartline, bringing a familiar television attraction to tabletop scale.