Woolly Mammoth Chicago Antiques & Oddities

01/13/2023

Here’s a nice creepy one for Friday the 13th…it’s almost a hidden mother, and I’m not even sure I’ve seen a hidden mother post-mortem before, but I think it might just be a shrouded chair, not her mom.

01/12/2023

01/10/2023

This here is a real live (it’s dead) 2-headed cow skull from Rosebud, one of our doubled-headed cows. This baby is staying with the collection for now.

01/09/2023

01/07/2023

The Atomic Fish!…made by world famous sideshow gaff maker Doug Higley!…(the other day I had a full-grown adult man ask me if this was real…smh)

01/05/2023

Turned out to be a fruitful Thursday afternoon!…

01/03/2023

01/01/2023

Happy New Ear….(closed till Monday…)
**tanotheryeargone

12/29/2022

Rock out with macaque out!
-OR-
Macaque and Balls!
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12/28/2022

Another toast from the WGN, just to illustrate what you’re missing!

12/27/2022

Chicago’s very own Larry Potash did a piece on Woolly Mammoth for his Backstory series on WGN. Despite it being filmed close to 2 years ago, it aired again yesterday, and this was the first time we actually saw it! I’ll put the link in the bio on the off chance you literally have nothing else to do.

12/26/2022

…and now the circle is complete.

12/24/2022

Heya! I’m here until about 5pm, then closed until Monday at noon…have a great holiday y’all!

12/23/2022

Holy Carp, it’s cold!…but we are still open…12-5!

12/21/2022

You’ve heard of ‘Elf on a Shelf’, let me introduce ‘Phil on a Sill’!

12/19/2022

Ho Ho Ho-Ly Crap! You can go check out chunks of Santa’s actual bones right here in Chicagoland! The Shrine Of All Saints in Morton Grove houses a couple relics from Nicolas of Myra, AKA- Santa Claus! - My favorite story about Nicolas of Myra is about the time there was a famine, and an evil butcher killed 3 little kids and stuck them in a pickle barrel, and planned to sell them as ham. But St. Nick saw through the evil scheme, and brought the youngsters back to life by making the sign of the cross over the pickle barrel. I’m not sure what became of the evil butcher…anyhoo, I’ve posted about The Shrine Of All Saints before. You can learn more by looking back at our post from June, 10th 2022.

12/17/2022

It’s a beauty! Local pick-up only, first come, first serve!-DM or call the shop: 773-989-3294

12/15/2022

Hot off the presses!…I made this silly little comic book/zine about my favorite ghoul (and fellow Wisconsinite) Ed Gein….just in case you don’t know, Gein is the inspiration for such characters as: Leatherface, Hannibal Lecter, Psycho, and Buffalo Bill….The front and back covers are full color, black and white inside….these bad-boys are now available in the shop, and on our website, link in bio…

12/13/2022

12/11/2022

So this is pretty cool- I’ve posted before how we sold this clown mannequin to Mike Ness from Social Distortion years ago, like probably close to 10 years…the clown-equin appears to be alive and well, because Mr. Ness featured it in his latest Instagram post lol!

12/09/2022

We sold this masterpiece this time last year, and the buyer never picked it up! Can you believe that?! If you’re the rightful owner, please contact us on the same account you initially contacted us with…that would be super…

12/07/2022

The most beautiful girl in the sea…

12/05/2022

Uh-oh…it appears that we have been naughty….

12/03/2022

She got pi**ed cuz I kept yelling at her to stop fidgeting….(the girl, not the giraffe)

12/01/2022

I’m not sure if the doctor was hard of hearing, or if I mumbled, but I told him I wanted a p***s enlargement…he sent me home with this.

11/29/2022

Carl (Coral) Watts was also known as “The Sunday Morning Slasher”. He is believed to possibly be the most prolific serial killer in the history of the United States. This spoon was his. The sliver chain was added later, and presumably worn as a necklace. In 2007, Coral died in prison of cancer while serving back to back life sentences. His number of victims is suspected to have exceeded 100.

11/27/2022

My 2012 MacBook finally took a permanent s**t, so we went to Costco to pick up a new one. While we were making our way to the register, we fell for the sample lady’s tricks, and also bought a chunk of her extraordinarily delicious havarti. It wasn’t until we got to the parking lot that we realized we just spent $1200 bucks on Mac & Cheese.

11/25/2022

Blhegck…I’m never eating again, cold turkey.

11/23/2022

CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING!
Enjoy the holiday, eat all the pie.
See y’all on Friday!

11/21/2022

Arguably the most quintessential “oddity”, The Fiji Mermaid! This one was created by legendary gaff-maker, magician, performer, author, film maker and escape artist, Doug Higley! Doug was so ubiquitous with sideshow and counter culture, that his work even landed him in Ripley’s Believe it or Not!

11/18/2022

My march toward total world domination achieved a major victory today, as I secured an interview on the Spanish travel show Madrileños Por el Mundo. With the Spanish market now firmly in my iron grip, it won’t be long until the world is mine!
The episode is set to air early next month in Spain and South America.

11/16/2022

Skye just returned from a trip to East Africa, where she had a chance to visit the last 2 Northern White Rhinos in existence. Najin is 33 and Fatu is 22, they can live into their 40’s. The pair are both females, and there are current efforts to IVF their embryos created with the deceased last male Sudan into a close rhino species. They live a few hours drive from Nairobi, and are under 24 hour armed protection.

11/14/2022

Look at our new 2-headed cow, Rosebud! Rosebud was a stillborn, and interestingly, was also born without genitals…Nishi of did an absolutely fabulous job on mounting Rosebud. If y’all are looking for a taxidermist, i highly recommend Nishi! She’s awesome!…i mean just look at Rosebud! I said look at it!!

11/12/2022

11/10/2022

I was talking about death with a super cool nurse last week in the shop. She was saying that when someone dies, you/we/she needs to open a window or something for their soul, or spirit or whatever to escape….the problem is, that the windows in her hospital don’t open—-so, she typically flushes the toilet instead. Maybe not the fanciest route to the astral plane, but a very sweet gesture none the less.
So, the next time your dad tells you you’re flushing your life down the toilet, you can tell him you’re not, but someday maybe a nurse will.

11/08/2022

My chiropractor told me that my necklace is the root of my problem. Clearly he’s a Devil worshiper.

11/06/2022

…what a PERFECT day to work in the yard!

11/03/2022

CLOSED TODAY! Sorry y’all, something came up…regular hours tomorrow…I’m really sorry.

11/01/2022

If I laid 100 more gars like this one out on the lawn, I’d have a Garfield.

10/31/2022

Melvin says “boo”!