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AEDIra Davenport Elementary School Certificate.
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LiveJun 20, 2026
Highlights of this closely-curated sale include remarkable rarities from the golden age of conjuring: a diverse array of Houdiniana, Victorian magic apparatus, relics from the stages of St. George's Hall, rare posters, select modern props, and choice ephemera. Purchase Catalog Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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- Lot Description
DAVENPORT, Ira E. (1839 - 1911). Ira Davenport Elementary School Certificate. Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co. Printers, 1850. Decorative elementary school certificate issued by Buffalo New York Public School No. 7 to Ira E. Davenport for being "perfect, at this school, in attendance, deportment, and recitations for forty days...." Single 4to sheet, with a date of presentation inked on the bottom most line as April 25th 1850.
Two years before this certificate was issued, the Fox Sisters of Hydesville, New York, unwittingly started the modern spiritualism movement. A few years later, Ira Davenport and his younger brother William would fan the flames of the movement with their incredible manifestations and seances, which rocketed them to worldwide fame on stages across the globe.
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Weight: 1.00 lbsCondition
Edges ragged, chipped, and stained.
- Provenance
Collection of Ira E. Davenport, passed to the consignor by descent.
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