Collectors mike zohn and evan michaelson have been gathering an everchanging array of strange and interesting finds since 1991. When all things macabre, ghoulish and peculiar are required from a shopping trip obscura antiques and oddities should top the list of stores to visit in nyc. See 171 photos and 31 tips from 2343 visitors to obscura antiques and oddities. Dec 17, 2011 the series, which enters its third season on dec. Then an aussie buys a gift from six feet down under, and an exterminator tries to unload something from an infested funeral home. Obscura antiques and oddities 207 avenue a, new york ny usa. The crown jewel in the shop now is a yellowhued mummified human head with its eyes closed. Oddities is a halfhour documentaryreality television program which follows the operation of an east village, manhattan shop which trades in antiques and other rarities. Obscura antiques and oddities antique store new york for quirky. Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history. From exploding skulls to embalming equipment to dolls made with. Discover obscura antiques and oddities in new york, new york. Obscura niasiensis, a moth of the micronoctuidae family obscura smallville episode from season 1.
The store s employees search flea markets, personal collections, auctions, and antique shows for unique and unusual artifacts. Interview with oddities vegetarian stars evan michelson. Under the obscura moniker they have a place to display the piles of amazing curiosities that so long ago outgrew their respective living rooms. From circus sideshow props, to shocking natural anomalies, to oddball items dabbling in the occult, along with the assortment of unique patrons that are often even more outlandish than the merchandise.
We love our customers, so feel free to visit during normal business hours. This season, new guests and frequent shoppers will visit owners mike and evan at new york citys foremost destination for bizarre and often shocking artifacts. Obscura antiques and oddities shopping in east village, new. I was raised catholic, so im a sucker for religious icons. No item or story is too peculiar for the shops owners, mike and evan, nor are any lengths too great to get what they are after. Watch oddities online full episodes of season 6 to 1 yidio. The show follows obscura antiques and oddities, a store dealing in the strange and the bizarre. Obscura might be the most fascinatingly bizarre place i have ever been, and oddities takes viewers through the looking glass for an incredibly entertaining look at one of the most unique subcultures anywhere. If youre interested in purchasing these kind of creepy twin puppets.
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Located in downtown phoenix, curious nature is a fine science and natural history emporium for all things fantastic and strange. Evan michelson and mike zohn, coowners of obscura antiques and oddities on east tenth street, talk about the ins and outs of running their east village curiosity shop. From ethically sourced taxidermy, skulls, and bones, to exotic plants, collectibles, and gifts, our store offers an everchanging assortment of. Oddities follows the obscura antiques and oddities shop in new yorks east village which is renowned for having some of the rarest and mosteccentric antique. The premiere of oddities season two is literally lightsout, as the store is visited by a circus performer known for his bizarre. We are moving our shop and will be making new shirts with different designs. Foursquare uses cookies to provide you with an optimal experience, to personalize ads that you may see, and to help advertisers measure the results of their ad campaigns. Before the pandemic, we were in the process of relocating our physical store. Obscura antiques and oddities now closed antique shop in. Obscura antiques and oddities ferme maintenant magasin d. We carry medical, scientific, natural history, fraternal, circussideshow, and all things unusual.
Oddities features shop owners evan michelson and mike zohn, as well as ryan matthew, as they buy and sell various unique curiosities. A seller brings a victorian medical device that sparks fear in cerd, and a pain artist wants obscura s bloodletting kit to use on himself. Later, a huge customer starts ripping things apart in the store. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your. There is nothing else particular of note in the area though, except maybe the evolution store, which is an 11 minutes walk away, and the 90s old school apparel and toys shop mr. This east village staple, which hawks antiques, rare taxidermy and freaky novelties, has moved down the block into a 450squarefoot space.
Until it is safe to open again, we will be operating as an online store only, while working on our new shop so well be ready to reopen as soon as possible. Obscura antiques and oddities now closed antique shop. In particular, the store has an extensive collection of eclectic lamps and clocks you really wont find anywhere else. Interview with oddities vegetarian stars evan michelson and. This east village staple, which hawks antiques, rare taxidermy and freaky novelties, has moved down the block into a. Obscura antiques and oddities is a highend antique shop with quirky.
Looking for that gift for that hard to buy for person. New york, new york elevated to reality show stardom via the discovery channels oddities series 2010, this tiny, narrow shop sells old items or items that just look old that attract the bizarrecraving eyeballs of modern consumers. The very first thing i bought in this east village store was a. Obscura antiques and oddities shopping in east village.
This east village staple, which hawks antiques, rare taxidermy and freaky novelties, has. From exploding skulls to embalming equipment to dolls made with belly button lint, the shop has it. Obscura engravings and paintings, elements in the video game tomb raider. We sell the rarest and craziest oddities from around the world. All of the remaining stock of the shirts on this page are in storage and we are unable to process any orders right now. After selling oddities like animal skulls and medical prints for more than 20 years, the owners of obscura antiques and oddities have learned that to be successful you have to get up early, look. Obscura antiques and oddities antique store new york for. More jewelry sterling silver skull thick band ring. We are the internets biggest oddity shop, and have hundreds of strange and macabre products.
Oddities tv show has been good for its stars, bad for petrified. Oddities follows the obscura antiques and oddities shop in new yorks east village which is renowned for having some of the rarest and mosteccentric antique pieces found anywhere. The very first thing i bought in this east village store was a taxidermied duckling. Obscura antiques and oddities shopping in east village, new york. See all 171 photos taken at obscura antiques and oddities by 2,658 visitors.
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