Items from The Now-Closed Guinness Museum of World Records will be Sold by Ripley Auctions, Feb. 12

Indianapolis, IN, USA, January 29, 2021 -- Collectors interested in owning a genuine Guinness World Record item, ranging from the world?s smallest bicycle to the world?s largest pinball machine (Atari Hercules) to a coin-operated animated electric chair exhibit, will get their chance in an online-only auction of items previously displayed at the now-closed Guinness Museum of World Records in Niagara Falls, Canada. Every item in the auction is accompanied by an official certificate of authenticity.

The auction is being conducted by Ripley Auctions in Indianapolis and the catalog is online now, at www.ripleyauctions.com/online-auctions/. Bidding ends on Friday, February 12th, at 5 pm Eastern time and is available thru LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be taken. The preview is virtual, at www.ripleyauctions.com.

The auction is officially titled Ripley?s Remarkable Rarities Presents Guinness World Records Museum of Niagara Falls Auction. Ripley Entertainment, Inc., which is not affiliated with Ripley Auctions, owns the Guinness World Records brand. It has operated the museum in Canada since its grand opening in 1978 until its closing in September 2020, making the exhibit items available.

?In less than twenty hours since the posting of the catalog online, we?ve generated over 500,000 lot views and $200,000 in early bids,? said Dan Ripley, president and owner of Ripley Auctions. ?We encourage everyone to watch and bid live, while enjoying a unique and entertaining live-stream event. The live-stream production is unique to any live auction event I?m aware of.?

The auction features over 100 lots of oddities, circus sideshow items, arts and entertainment memorabilia, music and sports collectibles, museum displays, coin-operated interactive exhibits, sculpted characters, artifacts, and even smaller items such as record wall plaques. All interested parties can subscribe to Ripley Auctions emails on the home page for updated auction details.

The world?s smallest wheeled, rideable bicycles were built and ridden by entertainer Charly Charles in his Las Vegas act at the Circus Circus Hotel. The one in the auction has an estimate of $500-$1,000, as does the world?s smallest camera ? a round model made by the Petal Optical Company, manufactured in Occupied Japan in 1947-1948. A roll of film is included. A candidate for top lot of the auction is a Wurlitzer Model OMT 1015 jukebox, restored (est. $4,000-$5,000).

The Atari Hercules pinball game, which holds the record for world?s largest pinball game, carries an estimate of $1,500-$2,500 and includes a painted sign of the game and several wall plaques. The coin-operated, animated electric chair exhibit, complete with fog machine for smoke effect, features a life-like electric chair execution of an animated character. Included is a pedestal where the coin acceptors are located, plus wall plaques for criminal justice records (est. $1,000-$3,000).

A 49-inch-tall fiberglass character dedicated to Shigechiyo Izumi, billed as the World?s Oldest Man (1865-1986), includes backlit panels with historic facts that occurred during his lifetime, dating back to the Civil War (est. $1,000-$2,000). Also offered is a life-size sculpted character of Pauline Musters, billed as The World?s Smallest Woman, with a 22 ? inch by 17 inch framed photograph of Ms. Musters with a heading and text giving facts about her life (est. $400-$800).

To learn more about Ripley Auctions and the Friday, February 12th Ripley?s Remarkable Rarities Presents Guinness World Records Museum of Niagara Falls Auction on Friday, February 12th, the inaugural auction for Ripley?s Remarkable Rarities, please visit www.RipleyAuctions.com.

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