William Bunch Auctions “ODDITORIUM” Día de los Muertos
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 10 am
PREVIEW: Monday, October 22, 9 am to 5 pm
One Hillman Drive, Chadds Ford, PA
A Unique 411 Lot Offering Of Mortuary and
Post-Mortem Related Artifacts, Both Natural and
Unnatural, & Other Rarities & Oddities
From the Lifetime Collection and Inventory of
TearDrop Memories – NorthFork Pet Antiques, New Hope, PA

Greg Cristiano has retired and closed his business. The entire stock has been moved for convenience of sale to William Bunch Auctions in Chadds Ford, PA for sale at auction to the highest bidder! The staff has categorized and condensed the collection into 411 lots, grouped by categories that include undertaking and mortuary related items including caskets, carts, undertaking tools, and paraphernalia, paper ephemera, advertising, tins, bottles, signs, and more!! Medical related material includes 7 real human skulls, partial skeletons and other bones, 19th/early-mid 20th c medical & dental tools, implements, apparatus, photographs, advertising, bottles, etc; photography including post-mortem, tintypes, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, cdv’s, Victorian photo albums, pet incl cats, dogs, frogs, birds, & other creatures, vaudeville, entertainment world, jewelry, hats, vintage clothing, almost 200 framed prints, photos, other artwork, some sold singly, much in related lots, 126 bird cages and stands, many in groups, some single lots, a great group of circus related photos & cdv’s, group of taxidermy mounts incl baboon, wolf, bobcat, fox, deer, coyote, monkey paw, Egyptian cat mummy, zebra, bear, dog skulls, other strange, curious, and perfectly weird STUFF!!!!!
“The core belief of the [Day of the Dead] is so poetic and simple:
as long as we remember those who have passed away, as long as we tell their stories, sing their songs, tell their jokes, cook their favorite meals, THEN they are with us, around us, and in our hearts. The moment we forget them, then they are truly gone.
(The Art of the Book of Life, Introduction)” – Jorge R. Gutierrez
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PA AU-002314-L
Cardboard Litho Bickmore’s Salve Sign, 21”H x 34”W
16 pc Pet / Vet / Farm / Medicinal Tin Lot
Victorian Post Mortem Child in Casket Tinted Photo
Rare Triple Memorial Framed Cross Stitched Needlework, 1870, 21”H x 25”W
Woven Blonde Hair Memorial Litho, March 2, 1877
Hand-colored & printed 1856 Lebanon Co Taufschein
American Bobcat Full Body Mount
Porcelain Toilet w/Claw Foot Base, c1890
Woven Blonde Hair Memorial Litho, March 2, 1877
40 pc Mortuary / Medical Lot Tools, Accessories
Victorian Cast Iron Child’s Coffin w/Glass Windows, c1870
Child’s Casket w/ Ornate Carry Rails, c1950
5 Coffin Plaques along with 1 Offering Plate, Late 1800s / Early 1900s
Bavarian Wooden Bird Cage w/Minarets, c1920
Gothic Victorian Wooden Bird Cage c1870
Victorian Hammered Brass Bird Cage
184 pc Funeral Photo Lot: Cemeteries, Grave Sites, Funeral & Mourning Mixed Photos
31 pc photo lot: Antique Automobiles, Vintage Mug Shot Collection, Criminal photos, 1930’s Mob snapshots, 1925 A.C. Co Lincoln Stereotype
(2) Tattooed Lady Photos: Lady La Bella Angora, German ink model; Lady Betty Broadbent, c 1920-30
From over 120 Victorian & later birdcages
17’ Wood Trade Sign “F. A. Wurtz Furniture & Undertaking” Buffalo, NY, 1899
RARE Triple Memorial Needlework Embroidery, 1870
Genuine Partial Human Skeleton (may not be Transported across the NY, GA, TN state borders)
Real Human Skull w/ Fully Articulated Jaw (may not be transported across the NY, GA, TN state borders)