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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 07:35 AM Nov 2013

shrunken head? ripley's NY to shoppers: believe it.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/APFN_US_ODD_BLACK_FRIDAY_RIPLEYS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-29-14-54-02


This undated image released by Ripley's Times Square Odditorium shows a vampire killing kit from India at Ripley's Times Square Odditorium in New York. The item is one of many from a featured collection up for sale until Dec. 24. (AP Photo/Ripley's Times Square Odditorium)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Where's a Black Friday shopper to turn for a 19th century vampire-killing kit?

Believe it or not, the item is part of the Black Friday madness at the Ripley's Times Square Odditorium. It will set you back about $25,000.

At a little more than $19,000 a shrunken head is a comparative bargain.

Or the thoughtful gift-giver might prefer a taxidermy Albino giraffe. The price tag is about $1.7 million. Gift-wrapping is not included.
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shrunken head? ripley's NY to shoppers: believe it. (Original Post) xchrom Nov 2013 OP
The original Ripley collection pipoman Nov 2013 #1
there's a lot of those kits, actually MisterP Dec 2013 #2
 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
1. The original Ripley collection
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 08:00 AM
Nov 2013

had more shrunken heads than any other collection on the planet IIRC. Most displayed in their odditoriums around the country are fakes.

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