McKee's coins is the coolest pawn shop in the Mid West. I'll usually try to hit it up every three months to check out their new wares. The place is mostly filled with antlers, taxidermy, old hunting traps, books, Native American Artifacts, coins a plenty, fossils...McKee's Coins is not your normal pawn shop. It seems to cater to the eccentrics as well as those interested in a good ol' coin auction. We went there on Saturday to pick up some display boxes for my plethora of fossils (photos of that soon, so exciting) and I managed to haggle my way into a deal (photos of that to come as well) which was good for my ego and self esteem. All in all, a good time.
A view of the shop from the back. Notice all the eclectic clutter.
Yeah, that's beaver taxidermy and that's woodchuck taxidermy. Behind? A huge python skin (15 feet long!)
Just a cool shot of all of their front window display taxidermy. The goose looks alive.
I've visited this shop for three, going on four years. These fossils have never moved. I'm gonna make a deal for these on my next visit. I'll be the proud owner of a bucket full of Blastoiden. I'm not sure what the next step will be.
Bear Skull!
It looks like the beaver and woodchuck got in a fight and aren't speaking anymore! Everyone loves a good storm off! How many shoes could be made from that one python skin? The goose is creepy and looks like it is trying to fly off with it's duffel bag but it's too heavy to carry. The blastoiden look like pistachios. But they look like they are in pretty good shape. I love pistachios. Skulls and bones creep me out!
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of partial to the bear skulls. It's kind of crazy how much big grizzly bears are compared to black bears.
DeleteNeat shop, Jane! I can totally see you losing your paycheck there. ( :
ReplyDeleteI have so many more photos of the place. I didn't wanna photo-bomb the blog. I think you'd like parts of the shop, they have some interesting crystal geode type stuff.
DeleteNice. You and David Sedaris would have so much to talk about!
ReplyDeleteDavid and I...sigh. I love that clever man.
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