Wishing a very Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!
Tag: vintage
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I’m hunkered down in bed with a vicious migraine so please enjoy this small collection of the screams in my head until I return tomorrow.
See also: Migraine Art
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Toronto based illustrator and sculptor Bailey Henderson works in a variety of mediums; oil paint, bronze, resin casting.
I’m partial to her Monstrorum Marines series, which recreates the images of mythological sea beasties depicted on Medieval maps.
Her detail is as fine as the pen and brush strokes on those antiquated documents. Gorgeous.
Her bronze castings are nice done as well.
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If it has “oddities” in the title, there’s a good chance I’ll go down a massive rabbit hole exploring it. Thus, Oddities Store was an enjoyable find indeed.
I desperately need these:
They have bisected animals…
Bell jar skulls of all sorts…
Fish sticks (literally):
Diaphonized beauties:
Skulls on plaques:
Lovely shadow boxes:
And…Lung Salve!
Browse the rest of the collections at the Oddities Store.
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French painter Albert Besnard has a series of figurative Death pieces, in which the ominous bony figure shows up boldly or furtively…blending into the crowd and shadows, startling those he encounters as an unexpected guest, or simply looking dapper.
Shhhh…
While he is also known for his success in watercolor, pastel, oil and etching in portraiture, landscape and decoration, I particularly like this little collection I’ve assembled here.
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Today…a fish with an accordion. And a lotus flower. Very little information surrounds this mysterious vintage gem…but it deserves its own post.
So there you have it.
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Yep, these are real birds…
…not Tribbles with eyes.
I wanted so much to believe this is an actual album, but sadly I don’t see it on Amazon or YouTube.
Now THIS is music! I can almost hear their sweet, fruity harmonizing.
1926 skull clock created by the German Oswald clockmaking workshop. They eyes rotate to tell the time.
For maximum safety, place your child in a crib that appears to be a cross between a glass coffin and what magicians use to saw people in half.
A unique abduction? Eye don’t know.
MONSTER SOUP OF THE THAMES!
Never neglect your bowels.
I wish this were part of a large “Things to Do With a Giant Head” photo collection. There are two fine suggestions here:
The Shadow is a force, indeed.
The challenges we rarely think of…
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How NOT to decorate your lobster. I call this Stairway to Hell.
Gorgeous carving work.
Enchanting…
Intriguing…
If only humans could leave behind the tangible structure of their own transformations to look back on.
I love how one happy consumer claims that a tablet of soap whittled her waist from 62 to 48 inches.
But some old ads EMBRACED a little junk in the trunk (how anyone thought the name “CHUBETTES” was a winner for a clothing line, I do not know).
Tick tock…
Adorable little skelly and her pet!
This is amazing in so many ways. Was this mushroom an official mascot of some sort, or just a damn fine costume?
This looks like something a child would paint in art class.
Everybody dance now!
Best search query of the week: “Why is Nicholas Cage on the cover of a Serbian Biology textbook?”
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Got $2,3000 to spend on a toy? Consider the Mad Mad Mad Scientist Laboratory.
Found on Ebay:
One of the holy grails on Monster toys. 1965 The Mad Mad Mad Scientist Laboratory Sold briefly through the back pages of Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine. Original Cost – $4.95. Considered the rarest Monster toy in existence. Only 4 known to exist. This is the second finest one known. Would be considered mint but one of the chemicals leaked and damaged the bottom of the box. Other than that, cover is super mint and shiny.
It actually looks like a pretty amazing kit. The test tubes appear a bit more “real” than I would expect. I’d love to hand make something like this for a special kid; set up a whole box of mad scientist goodies with a cool cover.
Did you have any science toys as a kid? What was your favorite?
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Here is a small collection of vintage greetings to start your year off right.
Well, this is one way to face your demons.
The intoxicated moon has somehow procured a giant cigarette and is rather adept at blowing smoke rings.
There’s probably a story here. Broken glass and an angel making a move…
I completely agree with the look on the bird in short pants.
The source of this card had the perfect caption: “Hallmark, please start making these for a walk of shame card collection, thanks in advance.”
Oddly anthropomorphized bottles making out. One can almost hear the clinking of glass.
Be warned, if you pass out drunk a horse may eat your head while you sleep.
I don’t understand this moon, anatomically.
Ah, a beetle stares into space. Nothing says New Years like that!
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