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AEDFRAYNE, Frank I. (1839 - 1891). Sharpshooting Theatre Program.
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LiveSep 3, 2026
Featuring the collection of lifelong circus collector John Diesso, this auction includes heralds, couriers, and posters advertising the "greatest shows" of yesteryear. Photographs, route books, scrapbooks, and circus costumes will be also be offered, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A wide array of early European circus posters will be sold, along with a large library of circus books of several thousand volumes. Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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FRAYNE, Frank I. (1839 - 1891). Sharpshooting Show Theatre Program. Birmingham: James Upton, 1877. Attractive letterpress program for the Kentucky sharpshooter at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham, presenting Si Slocum or The American Trapper & his Dog, a production through which Frayne could integrate trick shots into a longer stage production in five acts. The program advertises his use of the Frayne Combination rifle manufactured by Steven & Co.
After the death of Frayne's first wife from asthma, he met and was engaged to an actress, Annie Von Behren. During a performance of one of his most difficult stunts - shooting an apple off of Annie's head with the gun held backward over his shoulder, using a mirror to aim - the rifle misfired and Frayne's betrothed was instantly killed.
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Chips along crease line with tiny losses.
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