Today the Journal News paid us a visit. To read the story and get a sneak peek at our collection go to… “Wonders from the past gain a new life”… “Steve Erenberg’s Steampunk collection featured at the NYC Antiques Pier show”.
We were in Vienna this summer and stopped into one of our favorite shops. Simon Weber-Unger’s “Wissenschaftiches Kabinett“. It can be found directly across the street from the Dorotheum Auction House… also a must to visit. This impressive animated life size devil and ornate cabinet dates to the 1700’s. I would love to own it but was afraid to even ask the price.
Our recent buying trip to Paris rewarded us with some interesting and bazaar finds. This early life size copper gargoyle was at the top of the list. It looks to have come off a Masonic Temple. Note how the eyes float in their sockets on wire. Originally there may have been a light behind them. This is truly one-of-a-kind…. $1200
We are always hunting for the very best examples for our museum. Pictured here are 8 very rare experimental military visor helmets. They were produced in limited quantities between WWI and WWII. Military equipment is not what we normally collect but these have just the right look. • Pictured above are all French helmets. The center helmet is a French Adrian style from 1918. • The helmets below are American and English. Top row-left is a celebrated Model 8 Steel Helmet This experimental helmet features a visor to protect the wearer’s face almost completely. The manufacture of this helmet, was undertaken by Ford Motor Company in November 1918. About 1,300 helmets of this model were produced.
Darth Vader and 3-CPO first hit the big screen in 1977. Almost a 100 years before Star Wars these two made their first appearance. This pair of early smoke rescue apparatus date from the mid to late 1800’s and do look a bit familiar. The buzz among collectors is that the Lucas designers found their inspiration here. Tell us what you think! To see the worlds largest collection of rare and odd head gear visit our on line museum at Radio-guy.com
This is a sampling of prosthetics from the 1800 to the mid 1930s. It’s just a few of the many artifacts that can be found in our collection. Pictured above is a rare aluminum leg with flush aircraft rivets… A pair of early legs in the original box with label… an assortment of articulated hands… but most interesting are the original plaster, wax and wood hand models. All these look beautiful with any decor.
Look just below the skin of most Animatronics and you’ll find gold. Some of the most striking sculptural objects are hidden there. Pictured above are 4 examples you can find on the Radio-guy.com website. The example up front is the original headpiece worn by Robin Williams in the 1999 film “Bicentennial Man”The helmet is displayed on the original Robin Williams foam makeup mannequin. Just behind on the left is the highly completed animatronic workings used in a TV Mini series Rose Red by Stephen King. Above is sturdy head of “The Big Bad Wolf”. It was used for many years as part of an attraction in an amusement park. The hand came from a Penny Arcade machine. • Bicentennial Man… $1400 • Rose Red… $2100 • Wolf… $750 • Hand… $1800
Horse gas masks were first used during World War I to protect horses from harmful chemical agents. Horses were the primary mode of transporting men and material to war zones and needed protection from irritating chemicals like chlorine and phosgene, used during that time. The mask on the right is a post war Soviet mask accompanied by a pair of gas proof goggles. Like most horse respirators, this mask was probably used in conjunction with a gas proof cape and leggings. The full head example is Serbian and used for protecting horses against biological and chemical warfare. The masks are mounted to a display head and are $1200 each
This is one of the many interesting objects you will find at the Radio-Guy Museum… These instruments are extremely rare and examples are almost never found outside museums. Crainiometers are highly specialized devices and were used for recording and comparative studies of different size skulls. The underside of the base is signed on it’s original tag. The label reads… “C.F.H. Heinemann… Inspector am Herzogl. Anat. Museum and Verfertiger von anat., Braumschweig”.
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I spent 4 days hunting through the Brimfield MA. Antique show and came back with some incredible objects. Pictured above is one of my favorite finds. After a bit of research I discovered that they were props from the animated cult movie “The Secret Sex Life of Robots”. The artist and filmmaker Michael Sullivan was the creator of these 2 evil Barbie dolls. The workmanship, creativity and detail are amazing… Michael signed and dated both robots. U-Tube pulled the film off their site for obvious reasons but I was lucky enough to find an on camera interview with him.
• The robots are $1200 each.
