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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Crime Christmas Is Going to Be Here Sooner Than You Might Realize, Is All I'm Saying, and I Could Probably Make Pretty Good Use of This, Is All.
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:55 PM
NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI: A complete and authentic vampire killing kit--made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a American walnut case with a carved cross on top--attained $14,850 in the Jimmy Pippen estate sale by Stevens October 3-4 in the new Natchez Convention Center.
From Antiques and the Arts Online, via io9.
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How can those garlic cloves look so fresh? I know little about 208 year old garlic, but shouldn't they have turned to dust by now?
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on November 19, 2008 at 9:43 AM
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