The witch's door : oddities & tales from the esoteric to the extreme / Ryan Matthew Cohn & Regina M. Rossi ; with Jim Ruland.

Cohn, Ryan Matthew, author.

Book

San Francisco, California : Chronicle Prism, [2024]

©2024

271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Cohn, Ryan Matthew.

Rossi, Regina M. (Regina Marie)

Oddities Flea Market.

Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography.

Curiosities and wonders -- Collectors and collecting.

Human remains (Archaeology) -- Collectors and collecting.

Horror -- Miscellanea.

Flea markets -- United States.

Curiosités et merveilles -- Collectionneurs et collections.

Restes humains (Archéologie) -- Collectionneurs et collections.

Horreur -- Miscellanées.

autobiographies (literary works)

Autobiographies.

Autobiographies.

Rossi, Regina M. (Regina Marie), author.

Ruland, Jim, author.

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.

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