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A Hand, Please

Mike and Evan come across a unique and unusual prop that might come in handy for a client's film: a mummified hand. Is it the real deal, or a great piece of work?

Playlists

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  • Play Oddities Season 3: The Arsenic Avenger
    2 Clips Playlist Oddities: The Arsenic Avenger

    Oddities (03:42)

    Mike and Evan lend a hand to legendary Toxic Avenger director, Lloyd Kaufman. Later, a chainsaw wielding performer flips out on the team, and a customer reveals a taboo piercing kit that isn’t used to put holes in ears.
  • Play Oddities Season 3: Seeing Scars
    3 Clips Playlist Oddities: Seeing Scars

    Oddities (06:37)

    A burlesque performer has Mike and Evan seeing scars; Mike & Evan check out a vintage 1960s lie detector; and Ryan connects a human skull drum with the ideal customer.
  • Play Oddities Season 3: Shot Through the Heart
    4 Clips Playlist Oddities: Shot Through the...

    Oddities (07:03)

    A patron tries selling a pickled heart which may have a sinister past; Evan's friend Jonathan tries to hypnotize her so he can get a good deal.
  • Play Oddities Season 3: Fingernails and Just for Males
    4 Clips Playlist Oddities: Fingernails and Just...

    Oddities (07:19)

    A horned patron looks to rid himself of a possessed dummy; a woman with 18-inch fingernails bonds with Evan over the prostate.

The Science Channel Clips

  • Play Oddities: Tibetan Damaru
    Tibetan Damaru

    Oddities (01:52)

    A customer who collects rare Tibetan items is enthralled with a damaru: a ritual drum made of two human skull caps - plus some goat skin.
  • Play Oddities: A Hand, Please
    A Hand, Please

    Oddities (01:59)

    Mike and Evan come across a unique and unusual prop that might come in handy for a client's film: a mummified hand. Is it the real deal, or a great piece of work?
  • Play Oddities: Alligator Boy
    Alligator Boy

    Oddities (01:45)

    An Obscura customer brings in a curious object: a conjoined alligator boy. But is it the real deal?
  • Play Oddities: Is It Old and Weird?
    Is It Old and Weird?

    Oddities (01:43)

    A seller wants to offload a body piercing kit that lacks the precision of modern medical tools, but makes up for it in charm and history. But is actually old? Only Evan can make the call.
  • Play Oddities: Giraffe Lamp
    Giraffe Lamp

    Oddities (01:25)

    Obscura customer Eric, brings in a lamp made from a giraffe's leg. Mike is impressed, and wants to buy it, but can they make a deal on this long-legged light fixture?
  • Play Oddities: IV Kit
    IV Kit

    Oddities (01:32)

    A customer who bought a vintage drafting kit at a flea market found that his purchase actually contained an antique IV medical kit. Can he convince Mike and Evan to take it off his hands?
  • Play Oddities: Seeing Scars
    Seeing Scars

    Oddities (02:38)

    A burlesque performer comes into Obscura looking for an item she can use in her act that will represent her triumph over a traumatic past experience. She tells her story - and shows off some impressive scars.
  • Play Oddities: A Little Puff'll Do Ya
    A Little Puff'll Do Ya

    Oddities (01:54)

    One of Obscura's favorite customers is back in the shop, looking for an alternative cure for her nasal problems.
  • Play Oddities: Model 7 Polygraph
    Model 7 Polygraph

    Oddities (02:07)

    Mike and Evan visit the Brimfield Antique Fair in Massachusetts in search of some new and unique items for the shop. Will a massive "Model 7 Polygraph" machine make the cut?
  • Play Oddities: Monkey Racer
    Monkey Racer

    Oddities (01:38)

    Ryan has been hard at work on a custom project for a special customer. Will she be impressed by his creation, or under-whelmed?
  • Play Oddities: Shot Through The Heart
    Shot Through The Heart

    Oddities (02:18)

    Mike and Ryan bring a preserved heart to a cardiologist for analysis. What creature could it possibly have come from?
  • Play Oddities: Articulated Rooster
    Articulated Rooster

    Oddities (02:24)

    Obsura customer Monique brings a handmade articulated rooster skeleton. Ryan is quite impressed with her work, and even gets up the courage to ask her out on a date. Will 30 bucks, and a date for a drink, make the sale?
 

ODDITIES dives into the weird world of strange and extraordinary science artifacts through the eyes of the proprietors of Manhattan's Obscura Antiques & Oddities.

 
 

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