Past Curiosities
Retired and sold pieces — kept on show as browsable records. Not for sale; excluded from the main shop loop but indexable.
EraPre-Contact / AncientPre-1800Georgian (1714–1837)Victorian (1837–1901)Edwardian (1901–1910)Early 20th C. (1910–1945)Mid 20th C. (1945–1970)Late 20th C. (1970–2000)Contemporary (2000– )
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From Victorian Taxidermy to Museum Quality Wet Specimens
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Rare Original Photograph of a Doukhobor “Sons Of Liberty” Protest.
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19th Century Chinese Execution Original Photo
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19th Century Chinese Torture Cage Execution by Hanging Original Photo
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19th Century Chinese Torture Cage Execution Original Photo
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1891 Pirates Executed at Kowloon Original Photo
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Dayak Tribal Macaque Monkey Skull Necklace
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Asmat Tribal Shell Necklace New Guinea
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Rare Ca 1890 John Lowlow Great Talking Clown Songster
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Rare 19th Century Libretto W. S. Cleveland’s ‘Minstrels Vocal Gems Songbook’
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Outstanding Historically Significant Entomology ‘Bug’ Frame Niagara Falls Museum 1881
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Historically Significant ’Seaweed’ Frames 1871 Niagara Falls Museum
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Rare 1876 Philadelphia International Expo Silk Culture Souvenir
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Beautiful Antique Victorian Seaside Sand Pail Lithograph Tin Bucket
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Antique Julien Damoy Wooden Stereoviewer and Cards
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Antique Marked Sterling Silver Fleur de Lis Letter Opener
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Elaborate Victorian Era Mourning Bonnet
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Mid 19th Century Woman’s Bonnet
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Outstanding Mid 1800s Elite Mexican Sombrero
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Rare Mid 19th Century Graphic Paper Box The India Rubber Comb Co., N.Y.
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1860s Brass Lavatory Plaque London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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Antique Brass Owl Figural Drawer Pulls Set of Three
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Antique Key Fobs Smiths Falls and Ottawa
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19th Century Beer Drivers, Helpers and Stablemen Union Ribbon
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Rare Architectural Exterior Tintype
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1896 Large Format Photographic Portrait of Bishop Thomas J. Dowling of Hamilton, ON
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1860s Tintype Portrait of a Dapper Young Boy in Original Wood Frame
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Large Charcoal Illustrated Photograph of Distinguished Gentleman
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Large Charcoal Illustrated Photographic Portrait of a Woman
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Large Hand Coloured Photographic Portrait of a Woman.
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Large Ornately Framed Gorgeous Victorian Grandmotherly Portrait
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19th Century Large Format Hand Finished Photographic Portrait
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Mid 19th Century Large Tintype Little Girl Expressive Portrait
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1860s Train Wreck CDV Photograph
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1880s European Railway Train CDV Photograph
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Antique Victorian Cast Iron Grave Bell ’Saved By The Bell”
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1879 Incredible Piggy Salesman Sample Tin
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Antique Toronto Fireman Uniform Buttons
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Antique Button Collection Animal Themes
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Extremely Rare 1877 Gill Net Float S. H. Davis & Co’s / Gill Net Float
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Early 1900s Prison Electric Chair Real Photo Postcard
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1896 ‘Death Letter’ Toronto Ontario
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Tintype with Decorative Hair Memento Mori
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Rare Diablerie 45 Le Tribunal De Sata
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Rare Diablerie 68 Madame Angot Aux Enfers
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19th Century Elephant Foot Military Campaign Liquor Cabinet
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RARE 1795 Token Dwarf Sir Jeffery Dunstan Mayor of Garrat
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RARE 18th Century T. Hall Taxidermist Token
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1880s European Railway CDV Photograph
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1871 CDV Photo ‘The First Engine Employed on a Public Railway’
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Ornately Framed Victorian Portrait of John Wesley
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Large Masonic Illustration Print Ornately Framed Victorian Era
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19th Century Hand Coloured Illustrated Photographic Portrait on Milk Glass
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Original Signed & Numbered Print Tribute to Comic Legend Steve Ditko by Bill Sienkiewicz
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Sade Up Mechanical Book Tribute to the Marquis De Sade by Frank Secka
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1930s Signed Charlotte Becker Print
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Victorian ‘Coming of Age’ Pictogram Calling Card
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SALE SOLD OUT 1888 Promotional Pamphlet Albert College Belleville Ontario
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November 1904 Maud Humphrey Illustrated Calendar Page
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September 1904 Maud Humphrey Illustrated Calendar Page
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July 1904 Maud Humphrey Illustrated Calendar Page
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May 1904 Maud Humphrey Illustrated Calendar Page
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March 1904 Maud Humphrey Illustrated Calendar Page
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January 1904 Maud Humphrey Illustrated Calendar Page
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SALE SOLD OUT Rare 1814 First Edition History of the Adventures of Moses Smith
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Mid 19th Century CDV Canadian Military Tintype Portrait
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Mid 19th Century CDV Canadian Military Niagara Falls CW
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Mid 19th Century Canadian Military Tintype Portrait
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Mid 19th Century Canadian Military Melainotype Portrait
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SALE SOLD OUT Mid 19th Century Oval Framed Photographic Portrai
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Mid 19th Century Oval Framed Photographic Portrait
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Mid 19th Century Framed Hand Coloured Photographic Portrait
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Identified Occupational Advertising CDV Photograph Shoemaker Thorold Ontario
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Antique Black and White Portrait of a Nun Convex Glass Brass Frame
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Antique Tintype Brooch Young Man
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Scoutmaster Outdoor Camping Fishing Excursion Ca. 1920s
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Antique Tintype Brooch Ornate Frame
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Antique Tintype Pin-Back Brooch of Baby
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1860s Wood and Thermoplastic Primitive Moulded Framed Ambrotype Photograph
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1860s Wood and Thermoplastic Primitive Moulded Framed CDV Photograph
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1850s Half Plate Ambrotype Boy in Original Gilded Frame and Pressed Copper Mat
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Collection of Interior and Exterior Photo Snapshots of a Hamilton, Ontario Merchant Store
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1870s CDV Landscape of a Couple at Prospect Point Niagara Falls
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1860s CDV Photograph Steel Engraving Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls
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Outstanding 1860s CDV Photograph Rare View Inside Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls by Barnett
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1860s CDV Photograph Rare View Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge by Barnett
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Rare Davis Table Rock Niagara Falls, C.W. Stereoview
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Mid 19th Century Medicine Advertising Insert
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Coyne The Druggist Canadian 19th Century Advertising Poster
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1907 The Origin and Treatment of Stammering
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1899 Hawaiian Bubonic Plague Outbreak Concentration Camp Ribbons
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1916 Government Reports Hospital for Feeble-Minded and Epileptics in Orillia and Woodstock
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1856 Appendix 2 Commissioners Report Beauport Lunatic Asylum
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Ontario Report Hospitals for the Insane 1915
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Antique 1883 CDV Advertisement Brantford Ontario Hospital
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Old-Store-Stock 1850s full case Wheatley’s Spanish Liniment
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1850s Full Unopened Case Wheatley’s Spanish Pain Destroyer Old-Store-Stock
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1905 Grisly Medical School Autopsy Cadaver Photo Album
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Manuel Médico-Légal Des Poisons An 1824 Manual for Detecting and Treating Poisons
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1850 Sleep Psychologically Considered with Reference to Sensation and Memory
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Rare Iconic Kodak Art Deco Folding Camera Made in 1935 Designed by Walter Teague
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Rare Early 19th Century William Corder Execution Engraving
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1903 The Globe Casket Co. Illustrated Letterhead
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1883 Ontario Casket Company Installment Scrip. (see also MA198)
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1885 Ontario Casket Company Stock Certificate
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1881 Ontario Glass Burial Case Company Stock Certificate
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Oversized Victorian Memorial Death Tribute Card
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Pair of 19th Century Hearse Black Decorative Tassels
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19th Century Photograph Horse Drawn Hearse
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Cilice Instrument de Penitence French Religious Antiquity
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1913 Evel Casket Company Calendar Hamilton Canada
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Large Framed Uncut Siemmens & Evel Undertakers of Hamilton Calendar Sheet
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19th Century Shadow Box Victorian Coffin Plaques
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Antique Religious Print St. Antoine of Padua and Baby Jesus
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Mid 20th Century Framed Jesus Print Bleeding Heart
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Mid 20th Century Framed Jesus Print
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Outstanding Victorian Seed and Seashell Memorial Style Shadow Box
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Victorian Memorial Style Fabric Art
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Antique Clock Case Memorial Art
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1843 Chatham (Canada) Journal Newspaper List of Criminal Convictions
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Rare Cased 6th Plate Ambrotype Musician Playing an Instrument
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1904 McConnell Gold Mining Operations Group Lot of Original Photos
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1863 $300 Reward Wanted Poster Brantford Canada West
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1859 Petition Commutation of Death Sentence Brantford Canada West
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Beautiful Antique Enamel Mourning Brooch ‘My Dear Mother’
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Antique Decorative Church Wax Stick Candle
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Antique French Mourning Gunmetal Mesh Coin Purse
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Mourning French Fashion Accessory Chainmail Purse
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Antique Identified Family Hair Art
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Antique Sterling Silver and Sea Bean Mourning Brooch
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Gorgeous 1903 Memento Mori Memorial Framed Victorian Hair Art
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Vulcanite Memorial Mourning Brooch Irish Castle
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Vulcanite Hand Holding Basket Mourning Brooch
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19th Century Metal Memorial Casket Plaque
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Early 20th Century Coffin Plaque
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19th Century French Immaculate Virgin and Child Oval Ex Voto
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Decorative Victorian Metal Child’s Coffin Handle
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Beautifully Ornate Memento Mori Mourning Pin Victorian Hair Art
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Decorative Coffin Cross Hardware
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Decorative Coffin Crosses and Keyhole Hardware
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Decorative Coffin Hardware
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Pair of Decorative Lilly Figural Casket Adornments
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1873 Macorquodale Bros. Stereoview Photograph St. James Cemetery Toronto
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19th Century Box The Raven Mourning Pins Brilliant Jet
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Gorgeous 1816 Memento Mori Victorian Memorial Hair Ring
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Rare Memento Mori Victorian Memorial Hair Watch Fob
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Incredible Memento Mori Victorian Memorial Hair Cross Pendant
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Memento Mori Victorian Memorial Hair Brooch
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Hauntingly Beautiful Framed Embroidered Memento Mori Memorial to Deceased Siblings
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Grouping of 20th Century Death Related Government Documents
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Early 20th Century Coffin Shipping Label
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Collection of 19th Century Victorian Coffin Screws
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Grouping of 19th Century Coffin Adornments
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1857 Post Mortem Memento Mori Daguerreotype of a Child Sixth Plate
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19th Century Reversible Mourning Brooch Victorian Hair Art
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19th Century Victorian Box of BEST MOURNING PINS
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Stunning Pair Victorian Brass Funeral Carriage Lanterns
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Stunning Mid Victorian Funeral Carriage Wooden Carved Finials
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Cobalt Flash 19th Century Funeral Globe
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Outstanding Undertaker Ephemera Lot Correspondence and Business Card
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Taxidermy Stick Insect in Shadowbox Frame
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Taxidermy Painted Bat with Death Notice in Shadowbox Frame
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Skeletal Asian Toad Chasing a Yellow Carpenter Bee in Shadowbox Frame
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Tarantula in Shadowbox Frame
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Lesser Short-Nosed Fruit Bat with Victorian Funeral Card and Silver Cross in Shadowbox Frame
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Two Skeletal Snakes in Shadowbox Frame
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Spider and Wasp Shadowbox Frame
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Flying Dragon in Shadowbox Frame
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Tarantula in Shadowbox Frame
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Tarantula in Shadowbox Frame
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Roundleaf Bat in Open Shadowbox Frame
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Long-Tongued Nectar Bat Half ‘N’ Half in Open Shadowbox Frame
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Long-Tongued Nectar Bat Half ‘N’ Half in Open Shadowbox Frame
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Forest Scorpion With Death Notice in Shadowbox Frame
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Skeletal Asian Toad in Shadowbox Frame
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Forest Scorpion With Half Plate Tintype Photograph in Shadowbox Frame
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Skeletal Zebra Dove and Death’s-Head Hawkmoth in Shadowbox Frame
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Skeletal White-Lipped Pit Viper on Real Snakeskin in Shadowbox Frame
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Taxidermy Painted Bat with Ornate Jewellery and Victorian Death Notice in Shadowbox Frame
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John A. Kelly Ventriloquist, Comedian, Entertainer Playbill Promotional Pamphlet
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1880s Oversized Promotional Cabinet Card Photo Circus Performers
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19th Century J.W. Kelley’s Vaudeville Songster
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19th Century Pillow Hersey & Co. Merchant Advertising Trade Card Montreal
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19th Century Pillow Hersey & Co. Merchant Advertising Trade Card Montreal
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19th Century Robert Wilkes Merchant Advertising Trade Card Toronto & Montreal
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19th Century Huron Soap Company Merchant Advertising Business Card Goderich Ontario
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19th Century Sterling Machine Oil Petrolea Ontario Merchant Advertising Trade Card
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19th Century Imperial Oil Co. London Ontario Merchant Business Card
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Rare 19th Century Northern Hotel Restaurant Business Card London Ontario
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19th Century Galt Merchant Oversized Business Card Yarns
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Beautifully Illustrated 19th Century Guelph Corliss Engines Merchant Trade Card
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