Section
Curiosities & Oddities
The strange and specific: ethical taxidermy with documented provenance, Victorian mourning ephemera, mechanical fortune tellers, wax anatomical models, and objects too odd to catalog elsewhere. All acquisitions come with a chain-of-custody note where one exists.
Subcategories:
Taxidermy & specimensPaper & ephemeraCabinet of curiositiesVictorian mourningMechanical & automataclearShowing 2 of 2 in Mechanical & automata
Curator’s pick
MS-CU-1001
1900-1950
Mills Novelty 'Wizard' penny fortune-teller cabinet, 1929
Coin-operated fortune-teller by Mills Novelty Co., Chicago. Feeds a penny, dispenses one of 96 printed fortunes.
$14,500
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MS-CU-1002
Pre-1900
Bontems singing bird box, tortoiseshell-veneered case, c. 1890
French singing bird box by Blaise Bontems. Lid springs open; feathered bird sings, turns, and blinks before retreating.
$6,800
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