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Press Releases
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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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The Magic Roadshow
Potter & Potter Auction featuring Freakatorium..
Fox’s Barnumesque museum featured natural and unnatural oddities, many related to circus sideshow performers and attractions, as well as historical objets d’art, stage illusions, photographs, and tabloid style ephemera.
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Fine Books & Collections
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Potter & Potter sells Houdiniana on Saturday, October 20, in 438 lots.
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Just Collecting
Potter & Potter offers you a glimpse inside The Freakatorium
An incredible collection of curiosities, oddities and circus sideshow memorabilia is heading for auction at Potter & Potter next month.
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Tin City Magic
MAGIC & CONJURING ENCYCLOPEDIA
The Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring author is Gabe Fajuri, an associate editor of Magic, the world's leading trade journal for magicians.
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Magischer Zirkel
"Houdiniana" - / Kalanag auction on 20.10.
On October 20, many rare and valuable collectibles will come under the hammer again in the USA. Even looking at the catalog is great fun.
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The Magic Detective
The Rostrum Mystery
Recently, I was staring at a poster a friend had put up in his theater.
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Fine Books & Collections
Harry Houdini Books, Posters & Ephemera at Potter & Potter Auctions
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce their upcoming Houdiniana sales event to be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 starting at 10am at the company's gallery, located at 3759 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613.
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