Have You Met My Mummy?

19th century advertising CDV of E. M. Worth's "American Museum" of Boston.

Available here.

Circa 1850 Daguerreotype of a Moth

Sold for $1,525.00 on eBay.

Clint Benedict Needed A Mask for His Broken Nose

In 1929, Montreal Maroons’ goaltender Clint Benedict wore a Hannibal-Lecter-like leather mask to protect his broken nose.

More masks here.

Elliot H. Crane's Electro-Dynamic Mummifying Compound

The imprint states that Crane's process can preserve birds, animals and reptiles without removing the flesh, thereby retaining the life-like for and expression, thus saving 75 percent of the time formerly occupied in skinning and stuffing, and that Human Bodies are also perfectly Embalmed by this process.  A hotel residence line is inked Lansing, Mich., suggesting Crane was touring in order to promote his product.

Available at Cowan's.

Circa 1930's Folk Art Erotica Box

Available here.

"William D. Freeman, Specialty Artist"

Two cabinet card photos of William D. Freeman, otherwise know as Professor Leona, a "Specialty Artist" from Dayton, Ohio. I would have loved to have seen this act!

Available here.

Early Folk Art Topsy Turvy Doll

Sold for $371.00 on Ebay.

African American Stone Bust

19th century folk art carved stone bust of an African American man. He seems to be saying "Am I not a man and a brother?"

Available at Anonymous Works.

Carnival Head

19th century folk art carved carnival head with original paint. Found in New York.

Portrait Portrait

Available here.

Lincoln

Available here.

19th Century Folk Art Carved Trade Pipe

19th Century Folk Art Doll

Sold for $4,750.00 (w/o premium) at Noel Barrett, September 30, 2006.

Architectural Remnant

Available here.

19th Century Folk Art Cane with a Man's Head

Sold for $171.35 on eBay UK.

Early 20th Century Folk Art Figure of a Black Man

Sold for $450.00 on eBay.