Most morbid find yet

[aa battery]

phone booth

 

[WaterScoop]

Hold it until Halloween and flip it for $100+ profit. Where else will you get a return like that in 9 months

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very interesting find!

 

[zombieraccoon]

looks like a victorian baby coffin, i would throw it up on ebay for $2500.00 obo, expect to sit on it a while, but the right buyer will eventually come along. saw one sell on auction with liner in better condition years ago for 5000+

 

[RichieRich]

KAH REEP EEE however if you like it I am happy for ya. 12 bucks seems like a score!

 

[BIGSCOTT]

Im thinkin spoke wheels and a flathead v8.

 

[dognose]

Yes that is interesting.

How old do you think it is? Can you determine the age by they manner of which the wood planks are joined? I don't think I have seen that joint type before.

 

[diggummup]

I can tell you that the corrugated wood fasteners used in the joints were not patented until 1916. https://www.google.com/patents/US1262839 The joints looks like a version of rabbet joint to me.

 

[Keith Jackson]

There was a TV show a few years back. Their website is: Obscura

They bought and sold oddities and morbids. Their show was on science channel if I remember correctly.

I have dealt with Mike Zohn in the past, a down to earth guy. In your case under earth guy.

PH: 212 505-9251
INFO@OBSCURAANTIQUES.COM

I used to watch that show. It was called Oddities. They also had a second show called Oddities: San Francisco.

 

[frankendime]

Sold for $200 at my booth in antique store. Only took 3 days...

 

[Loco-Digger]

It would be a great place to store your finds and display them.

 

[GibH]

It would be a great place to store your finds and display them.

I don't know about finds, good place for dead stock though.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Sold for $200 at my booth in antique store. Only took 3 days...

Nice. I think it would have brought more, but it would take up too much space waiting for the right buyer.

 

[Hugosmom]

Obscura Antiques & Oddities in San Francisco might buy it off you.

 

[Tiredman]

Toy chest for a kid

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Good return on your $12.00

 

[gino22]

You could also try Jack Mord of Thanatos Archive or Art of Mourning (an Instagram account with a large following), they specialize in antique postmortem photography and mourning jewelry, respectively, but could at least point you toward the right buyer. There is definitely a market for this stuff.