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Auction features amusement park artifacts

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A uniquely American collection of historical amusement park artifacts, led by a steam fire engine, are coming to Gray’s Auctioneers in Cleveland.

The artifacts are being deaccessioned by venerable amusement park Cedar Point to make way for a new collection that will debut in 2020, one of the many events which will mark the park’s 150th anniversary.

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