Thread: Greatest find of the year!!!!!!!!!!!

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I was at an estate sale a couple weeks ago and bought these three items,this is a mid 1800s coffin pic 1, http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCN2631.jpg pic 2 http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCN2625.jpg this is a pic of a woman that lived at the estate in that period, http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCN2633.jpg this is a pic of her husband, http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCN2634.jpg the way the story was told to us was like this,the coffin was made for the woman in the pic but was never used,it stayed in the basement of the mansion all this time,the woman was very short ,the coffin is only 5 1/2 inches tall, I could not help myself I had to have them..............

Originally Posted by the morbituary

I was at an estate sale a couple weeks ago and bought these tree items,this is a mid 1800s coffin pic 1, http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCN2631.jpg pic 2 http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCN2625.jpg

That's nice. Is it used?

i would take it used or not!! in fact if any dried (real) blood or hair or mummied skin is on it..thats a real Gem!!( I KNOW...i really am normal)..Lol

what a lucky find! how much was the coffin?

I paid 350$ for the three items......

That is definately a late 1800s coffin. I would say it was made for a child, tho, but the story you got sounds reasonable (the woman pre-ordering it and being short).



This is from the national funeral museum in Houston. It was labeled "infant coffin 1900" and roughly 4 feet tall. The windows were typical for the middle/upper class of that time period.

Awesome find! LOVE the portrait too... totally jealous as well!

Thank you Frankies girl.......at least now I know its from the mid 1800s like we were told.

That is so cool!! Congrats on the find.

That's a pretty cool coffin. I guess that woman was small if the coffin is only 51/2 inches tall.lol

Those are completely terrible finds, not even worthy of being in you haunt. I will get rid of them for you! HEHEHEHE I never find anything that cool!