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Press Releases
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Vaude Visuals
Johnny Fox – ‘Freakatorium’ Auction
This is an amazing collection of popular culture ‘Americana’ artifacts. Here are a few items of interest to those folks who admire sideshow.
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Just Collecting
AUCTION OF THE WEEK: POTTER & POTTER FREAKATORIUM SALE, NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Step right up...our auction of the week is Potter & Potter's 'Freakatorium' sale, featuring the collection of the renowned sword swallower and 'El Museum Loco' founder Johnny Fox.
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Weird Historian
The Sacred Hairy Family of Burma, Lobster Boy’s Hand, and Other Oddities from The Freakatorium That Could Be Yours
I first ventured down to New York City’s Lower East Side to visit The Freakatorium in 1999, shortly after it opened
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Antiques Trade Gazette
Houdini sells his secrets – for a cut-price 50 cents
Gabe Fajuri of P&P said: “I never thought I’d see, let alone sell a copy of this Houdini pitchbook, published before his rise to fame, when he was truly ‘down and out’ and forced to sell the secrets behind magic tricks to help make ends meet.”
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Martin Grams Blog
Thurson, the Magician: The 1932 - 1933 Radio Program
Thurson, the Magician: The 1932 - 1933 Radio Program
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Cult of Weird
Freakatorium: The Sideshow Collection of Johnny Fox Hits the Auction Block
An amazing assemblage of circus sideshow artifacts and memorabilia is hitting the auction block this Saturday at Potter & Potter in Chicago.
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Press Releases
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The Hot Bid
Potter & Potter Could Sell a Snap Wyatt Sideshow Banner of a Headless Girl for $2,000
What you see: A sideshow banner made by Snap Wyatt circa 1965, advertising a headless girl illusion. Potter & Potter estimates it at $1,500 to $2,000.
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Neatorama
Sword Swallowers and Shrunken Heads: An Ode to Johnny Fox and His Freakatorium
The closest thing you'd ever find to a modern day version of P.T. Barnum's museum was the Freakatorium in Manhattan.
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Collectors Weekly
Sword Swallowers and Shrunken Heads: An Ode to Johnny Fox and His Freakatorium
Walking home down Clinton Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side one day in 1999, writer and filmmaker Laurie Gwen Shapiro encountered a tall, dark, and handsome man on the sidewalk swallowing fire.
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Fine Books & Collections
Potter & Potter Auctions' Houdiniana Event Breaks Through at $310,000
Potter and Potter's highly anticipated fall sale did not escape the interest - or pocketbooks - of Houdiniana enthusiasts worldwide!
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Wild About Harry
Rare pitchbooks highlight 'Houdiniana' auction
Today saw Potter & Potter's auction of "Houdiniana" featuring many items from the collection of our late friend John Bushey.
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DanyTrick
Something really amazing is happening to me here.
Something really amazing is happening to me here.
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