The witch's door oddities & tales from the esoteric to the extreme
"In this spellbinding and entertaining memoir, Regina and Ryan Cohn, founders of Oddities Flea Market, share their incredible history and stories, taking us on a fascinating and specially curated tour of their most macabre and mysterious objects, art, and artifacts"--
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San Francisco, California :
Chronicle Prism,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Warning
- Prologue: the witch's door ; Old Jef
- 1. The exploded skull ; Skulls of the forest ; The Czar of cards ; Odd Jobs
- II. The Kapala ; Evolution ; A Kapala for Christmas ; The missionary's underwear ; The mysterious sarcophagus
- III. The shrunken head ; Billy's antiques ; The professor's collection ; Stolen or not?
- IV. Cabinets of curiosities ; A cabinet of my own ; From obscura to Oddities ; After Oddities
- V. House of wax ; Creepy and sophisticated ; Trouble in paradise ; Max wax ; House of wax
- VI. The helping hand ; The haunted museum ; Welcome to the dollhouse ; The eye ; The creepy coffins
- VII. Anatomy lessons ; The art of wax ; Amish adventures ; Monkey business ; Sam Sharp
- VIII. The Nick Parmesan Collection; Death of a collector ; Best chicken Parm in town ; Carroll Gardens ; Excavating the collection
- IX. The iron maiden ; Return of the odd ; Signature style ; Canceled ; The iron maiden
- X. the Richard Harris collection ; Memento mori ; Bringing it home ; Driving the collection ; Unpacking
- Epilogue: Beyond the witch's door ; The secret compartment ; The carvings on the door ; The show must go on ; The dolls have the last word.
