Creepy Baby Statue

So you're looking to add some statuary to your parlor.  How about a bust of Shakespeare to demonstrate your extreme intellect? Or a Greek god lording over Mount Olympus to show off your physical prowess.  Or a statue of a creepy baby....to show children not to trick or treat at your house.  How much? 48 USD.  Cheaper than a defense attorney after a starring role on "to catch a predator".

Save Wall Space with this Wonderful Mash-up!

Let's face it, wall space is a premium in a well decorated home (or at least you probably think this is true if you shop at antique stores).  This forces us to make tough decisions: formal family portrait or cat painting?  Well, the solution to all your problems is here: the formal family portrait of a cat family.  Yes, you  too can simultaneously enjoy 19th century formality and 21st century love for semi-domesticated felines that seem to harbor murderous feelings for us with this wonderful oil on canvas.  I was a bit too timid to move all of the treasures in this booth around to find the price of this piece of art, but I assume it is the combined cost of both a 19th century family portrait and a whimsical cat painting...so we'll call it an even $500.  Now if only I could find those dogs playing poker...

Baboon Taxidermy or The World's Least Dangerous Ape

Well, honestly, I've seen taxidermy at antique stores before (including this one).  They're often deer heads and even an occasional beaver.  Yet, sometimes the occasional slain ruminant isn't enough to prove to your guests that you're a real man.  You need something a little more exotic; something that says "I kill closely related apes".  Well, here it is: a stuffed baboon.  Tell your friends you went on a weekend safari and killed the world's least dangerous ape.  You know they'll respect you more for it.

The Pegasus and the Babe

Looking for the right accent piece to hang above your drawing-room mantle or 1970s coffee table that you place Dungeon and Dragons on in your mom's basement?  Well, here it is!  This stunning oil on velvet is hung taut across a chic neo-gothic frame that will match any furniture your parents bought in the 1970s or you dug out of the trash of your local Salvation Army.

There are few creatures more majestic than the horse: a symbol of freedom that men and women both swoon over.  Yet, a WINGED horse is indeed even more majestic than the relatively commonplace and mundane flightless horse.  Rearing up and preparing for flight, this Pegasus screams to your house guests "I LOVE FREEDOM!" and "FLYING RULES!" and "I SHOP AT FLEA MARKETS!".

Is there anything more beautiful than a winged horse?  Well, yes, a hot babe.  Is there anything more beautiful than a hot babe? Well, yes, a NAKED hot babe!  A lesser artist would be unable to create a balance in a painting of a Pegasus, as there is hardly a more beautiful sight.  But by counterbalancing the majestic winged-pony with a radiant and totally nude babe, the viewers eye is forced to take in the entirety of the beauty, rather than to focus on a single beautiful object.

Yet, the painting is far more than a stunning and beautiful piece of fine art; it is also contains a deep symbolic meaning as the beauty offers up her flower to the Olympian steed: a meaning so clear that it needs no explanation.

Can you put a price on this one of a kind masterpiece?  Yes, $58.

He-Man Puzzle

Puzzles are fun! Here is a vintage 1980s He-Man puzzle.  Let's start by admitting to ourselves that He-Man is a unique cartoon riddled with uber-macho homo-eroticism and bizarre monsters.  So, perhaps this amazing puzzle is merely a reflection of a strange show and not strange unto itself.  Nevertheless, I can't help but be cracked up by Beast Man in the doorway raising his hands in a classic "ooga-booga" attack.

"Sanchez el Sucio"

 

What is better than a one-eyed smoking Mexican bandit painting?  A one-eyed smoking Mexican bandit painting....on velvet!  There is so much to say, but in reality I think this one speaks for itself.

By the way, I don't know the title of this painting, but I assume it is "Sanchez el Sucio".

"The Presidents of the United States" magnet

So this wasn't really found at an antique store...yet.  I saw and bought this from the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester.  It is a charming fridge magnet that is entitled "The Presidents of the United States".  The title says it all. These are THE presidents of the United States: every single one of them!  Well, except they aren't all here.  Are the newest ones missing? Well, no.  There is Barack Obama right there and he is our current president.  Well, it definitely looks like some are missing.  Is it missing the Republicans? Nope, there is Lincoln!  Well, maybe it just has the major ones.  That must be why they included the prestigious Millard Fillmore, best known for....supporting the Compromise of 1850 and hence the expansion of slavery....or his opposition to Lincoln....or support for Andrew Johnson....ok he is one of the worst presidents ever.  So what do these random 17 presidents have in common? Beats me!  I tried asking the cashier who said she's had many similar conversations, and she said she had no idea.  The good news is that unlike most antique store finds, this one is still made and sold and you can buy your very old brand new magnet of "Random Presidents That Have Nothing In Common".