Curiosities Oddities
Antique Piranha Natural Taxidermy Specimen
Located in Forney, TX
exposed.
Makes for a fascinating decorative object, intriguing curiosity, oddity, and charming coastal
Category
Mid-20th Century South American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Antique Porcupinefish Natural Taxidermy Specimen
Located in Forney, TX
wooden base.
Makes for a fascinating decorative object, intriguing curiosity, oddity, and charming
Category
Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Pop Art Bandage Mixed Media, Circa 1950s Unsigned
Located in Southbury, CT
dimensionality.
Obviously, it's perfect for a washroom, a medical office, a collector of curiosities, oddities
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Rubber, Paper
1872 Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts - 8 Volumes
By William Chambers 1
Located in Morristown, NJ
more. Other topics include anecdotes
more biographies, history, curiosities of literature, oddities of
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Edwardian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 7 in W 4.75 in D 1 in
Impressions of Giverny Monet's World Charles Weckler Hardcover Book
By Claude Monet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
distant from Monet's home. Something of an oddity, rather than avant-garde, the photos, which closely
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Books
Materials
Paper
Women And Art Contested Territory by Judy Chicago 1st Ed 1999 Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
explicit about gender issues, bodily functions, and other oddities that are now a part of contemporary art
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
French 19th Century Bait Trap
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
oddity for any lover of history and fishing. Be sure to view the detailed images to see the current
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Paint
Italian modern Scientific anatomical model of the foot bones in plastic, 2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
24x12x30h
This scale model is perfect for your cabinet of curiosity. This oddity can be displayed in a study
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
H 11.82 in W 9.45 in D 8.27 in
1930s Copper Antique Ship Mooring Bollard Early Hudson River Lower NYC
Located in Wallkill, NY
37lb. Collectibles and oddities from primitive, midcentury, industrial and more.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Victorian Men's Shoe on Mannequin Form
Located in Houston, TX
buttons is missing. Mounted on a custom steel plate, it's the perfect doorstop or just an oddity to put on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Antique American Early Kitchen Stove Now Console Table
Located in Forney, TX
decorative, this work of furniture art makes for the ideal atypical statement piece, conversational curiosity
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Metal, Iron
The Two-Headed Serpent and the Black Butterfly, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
well as the scales of the snake, highlighting the illustrative skill and the scientific curiosity of
Category
Antique 1740s Prints
Materials
Paper
Cat Skeleton, Original Signed Black and Pink Contemporary Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
in stark contrast. An item in a cabinet of curiosities, this memento mori work serves as a pausing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 12 in W 9 in D 0.75 in
Skull, Original Signed Contemporary Black and Green Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
lived in Richmond, VA above an oddities shop. Being in such close proximity to various curiosities like
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 18 in W 18 in D 0.75 in
Unusual Early American Quack Medicine Thompson-Plaster Electric Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
, professional display, that today is sure to make for a fascinating curiosity, industrial oddity, or doctors
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Cabinet of Wonders, Persistence and the Fugitive
By Greg Garvey
Located in Darien, CT
This flat file installation is a kind of Wunderkammer – a Cabinet of Wonder or Curiosity containing
Category
2010s Conceptual Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Video, Found Objects
19th Century, Irish Marine Botany Specimens Made for the Niagara Falls Museum
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Horseshoe Falls. Barnett had a passion for collecting oddities. He retrofitted a former brewery house to
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
H 27.5 in W 33.5 in D 0.75 in
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19th Century Grand Tour Carved Marble & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella
Located in London, by appointment only
Sculpted from one of the rarest and most visually stunning coloured and figured of stones.
Exceptionally Rare 19th Century Carved Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella. T...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Mounted Objects
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Bronze
German 1935 Bauhaus Art Deco Bartender Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Box
By Bauhaus
Located in Miami, FL
Barman mechanical cigarette dispenser box.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk piece, created in Germany during the art deco period, back in the 1935. This is a rare barman mecha...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
H 10.5 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Lovely Set of 6 Scandinavian Wooden Danish Vikings, 1950s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Fantastic collection of 6 different Scandinavian Vikings.
Measures: The largest is 33.5 cm high. The others are 22 cm, 18 cm, 13.5 cm and 9 cm high.
Category
Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Alfred Dunhill Briquet Rollagas Cigarette Lighter with Original Box and Papers
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Alfred Dunhill Briquet Rollagas Cigarette Lighter
Vintage boxed Dunhill lighter with booklet stamped at purchase 1988
Stamped Dunhill and Swiss Made on base.
Category
Vintage 1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
H 2.56 in W 0.91 in D 0.48 in
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Category
1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Cast Iron "Uncle Sam" Toy Bank Box North American
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Cast Iron "Uncle Sam" Toy Bank Mechanical Coin Bank with Americana Eagle Umbrella Piggy Bank Box.
Uncle Sam Cast Iron Mechanical Bank Mid-20th Century Taiwan Reproduction of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Taiwanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Iron
Torso of Emperor in the antique roman style
Located in Madrid, ES
Torso with Roman cuirass made of moulded and carved limestone, following models of classical Rome.
It is solid stone. It is part of a series of 8 copies distributed exclusively by o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 3 Volumes 1798 and 1801
Located in Morristown, NJ
(3) Vols., John Locke, Esq. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding; with Thoughts on the Conduct of the Understanding. Printed for Mundell & Son and J. Mundell, 1798 (Vol. I) and 17...
Category
Antique 1790s Scottish George III Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Santa Toy Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage Japan HTTC, Batterie Operated 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage sheet metal, plastic and fabric made money bank. Operated by switch or upon deposit of coins. Functions include - flashing eyes, head moves left-right, arms move up/...
Category
20th Century Japanese Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
H 11 in W 5.13 in D 4.13 in
Authentic Solidus Roman Imperial Coin in 22k Gold Necklace Pendant, circa 476 AD
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Zeno the Second Reign, AV Gold Solidus Roman Imperial Coin (Constantinople Mint, circa 476-491 AD), set in a squared 22-karat gold bezel with 22-karat gold bail. The obv...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Collectible Jew...
Materials
Gold
H 1.25 in W 0.88 in D 0.25 in
Genuine Natural Fossilized Ammonite Cluster (4.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Museum quality, 8" tall stone containing many small ammonite fossils. The ammonites are of the species Promicroceras marstonense and are Lower Jurassic (~200 million years old) in ag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Marine Specimen a Puffer Fish, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, the common Puffer fish Tetradontidae. The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a base that rotates 360 degrees on its own axis and til...
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Marine Specimen: the Porcupine Fish, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, the common porcupine fish (Tetrodon Cutcutia). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a round fruitwooden base black color. Sulphur ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Taxidermy
Materials
Animal Skin, Blown Glass, Wood
Cartier in the 20th Century Book by Margaret Young-Sánchez
Located in New York, NY
Cartier in the 20th Century
By: Margaret Young-Sánchez
Introduction by Pierre Rainero
Essays by Martin Chapman, Michael Hall, Stefano Papi, and Janet Zapata
Created with the experti...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Chinese or Korean Antique Wooden Large Mask/1800s/Festival Mask/Dance Mask
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden mask made in China or Korea, probably around the 1800s.
Many masks are also made in Japan, and their roots are said to come from China.
Famous items include...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 17.52 in W 16.54 in D 6.7 in
CARRARA MARBLE ROMAN TORSO 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Carrara MARBLE ROMAN TORSO 19th century
HEIGHT 54cm
MAXIMUM HEIGHT 70cm
WIDTH 30cm
DEPTH 20cm
OVERALL WEIGHT 56 Kg
BASE HEIGHT INCLUDED 70 cm
Material White carrara marble
Base in N...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
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Cuttlefish Stretch No.2
By Brian Fekete
Located in Stowe, VT
deliberately distorts it, enlarging and stretching it, heightening its oddity and abstraction. Painted in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink
Cuttlefish Stretch No.3
By Brian Fekete
Located in Stowe, VT
deliberately distorts it, enlarging and stretching it, heightening its oddity and abstraction. Painted in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Impressive Collection of "Unidades Didacticas De Geometria Del Espacio" Models
Located in Chicago, IL
; curiosities, oddities, and objet de vertu. No matter the term these multicolored transparent polymer figures
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
H 3.5 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Early War Dog Gas Mask
Located in Peekskill, NY
I have been collecting oddities like this for as long as I can remember. This is one of those
Category
Vintage 1940s British Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
The Rise of David Bowie, 1972-1973
By Mick Rock 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Genie”, “Space Oddity” and “Life On Mars?”. Rock has had major exhibitions in London, New York
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Set of Five 1950s Large German Vintage Model Dental Teeth in Plaster of Paris
Located in Haarlem, NL
probably was a dental teaching aid back then in the 50s, but makes for a very pretty oddity collection now
Category
Mid-20th Century German Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paint
H 12.21 in W 5.12 in D 3.55 in
Early War Dog Gas Mask
By United States Army
Located in Peekskill, NY
I have been collecting oddities like this for as long as I can remember. This is one of those
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Arms, Armor and Weapons
Large Glass Cloche Dome Bell Jar with Mahogany Base
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large glass cloche dome bell jar atop a fitted mahogany wood base. Display your curiosity or oddity
Category
20th Century Jars
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
19th Century German Or Swiss Black Forest Side Table, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
loves a home full of curiosities and oddities which grab attention.
CONDITION
In Good Condition
Category
Antique 19th Century German Side Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century German Or Swiss Black Forest Occasional Table, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
equally appealing to anyone who loves a home full of curiosities and oddities which grab attention
Category
Antique 19th Century German Console Tables
Materials
Pine
Marion Post Dolly Dimple 1939 Gelatin Silver Photograph Unframed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
verso 30477 M4, Marion Post Wolcott. The spectacle in this image showcases the oddities and curiosities
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Photography
Materials
Paper
Dental Phantom Head Model with Rubber Head Mask
Located in Southbury, CT
medical demonstration equipment, curiosities, oddities or just plain old eccentric "what the heck is that
Category
Mid-20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Folding Brass Lined Looking Glass Oddity
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Brass lined looking glass folding Odditiy. Unknown object, each side houses a convex lens. Use unknown to me.
Category
Antique 1880s American Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Memento Mori, a Victorian Final Finger
Located in Peekskill, NY
150 years old and in perfect condition. If you collect this type of rare Victorian oddity you already
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
English Victorian Taxidermy Bell Jar, Cloche Diorama, Birds, Chipmunk & Turtle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
.
An exceedingly rare example of Wunderkammer or cabinets of curiosities, also known as “wonder rooms
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Blown Glass, Fruitwood
H 23.5 in W 10.5 in D 7 in
David Bowie IS, Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Book, London Edition
By Victoria and Albert Museum
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Oddity and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and on to his enormous impact
Category
2010s English International Style Books
Materials
Paper
H 1.25 in W 9.5 in D 12.5 in
Industrial Magnifying Glass
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
patina present adding to its rich history. I wonder what oddities this magnifying glass has seen
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Curiosity Cabinet, Oak, Scandinavian, 18th-Early 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A very late 18th to early 19th century Scandinavian Curiosity cabinet. Handcrafted in European oak
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique Hard Bridge Pinch Nose Eyeglasses
Located in Antwerp, BE
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Miniature optical sign optometrist sign ophtalmologist, oddity, curiosity collectable piece.
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Signs
Materials
Metal
Ammonite Labradorite Citrine Topaz Cluster Earrings - Irielle V Earrings
By Karen Sugarman Designs
Located in Colleyville, TX
Ammonites are one of nature’s curiosities - fossilized sea creatures from millions of years ago
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Materials
Citrine, Labradorite, Topaz, Sterling Silver, Vermeil
Ammonite Moss Aquamarine Citrine Topaz Zircon Hessonite Cluster Earrings
By Karen Sugarman Designs
Located in Colleyville, TX
Irielle IV Earrings.
Ammonites are one of nature’s curiosities - fossilized sea creatures from
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Materials
Aquamarine, Citrine, Garnet, Topaz, Zircon, Sterling Silver, Vermeil
1950's Parakeet Leash Brooch With Chain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Let's chalk this one up to an attempt at making an oddity fashionable! A 1950's parakeet leash
Category
Vintage 1950s American Retro Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Plant Reproduction Science Class Specimens
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Great curious science class oddity from the 1940's-50's.
Plant reproduction specimens in a sealed
Category
Vintage 1940s American Scientific Instruments
Hand Carved Wood Hearse Doors, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
ideas:
Doors for your Cabinet of Oddities and Curiosities
Folk Art Wall Decor
Doors
Category
Early 20th Century American Doors and Gates
Cuttlefish Stretch No.1
By Brian Fekete
Located in Stowe, VT
deliberately distorts it, enlarging and stretching it, heightening its oddity and abstraction. Painted in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink
Cuttlefish Stretch No.4
By Brian Fekete
Located in Stowe, VT
deliberately distorts it, enlarging and stretching it, heightening its oddity and abstraction. Painted in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
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