Update September 17, 2006: This item is not available from the links below anymore. There are alternatives, but I have not found an identical one available online. Search for "Egyptian CD Sarcophagus" on Google and you'll find plenty of items in varying sizes.
It's not like there are millions of CD shelves and cabinets out there to be found, so it doesn't really take all that long until you find the more peculiar or downright queer objects available. Oddly enough, there are many different ones available on the market and if you enter "Egyptian" and "CD shelf" or something similar into Google, you actually get quite an astonishing list of results.
To be quite honest, I wouldn't be caught dead with one of these standing in the corner of my place, but you know how the saying goes, different strokes ... and all of that. I actually came across it by accident one day when looking for a CD which had a song with the word "Egyptian" in the title (no, not THAT one) and found it amusing enough to bookmark the results page. So, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you a somewhat more macabre way of storing your CDs and DVDs, "The Egyptian CD/DVD Sarcophagus."
I thought this introduction, taken from http://www.boysstuff.co.uk/, at least set the right tone for this piece of furniture:
How often have you stacked your CDs in a boring rack and thought 'if only I had a CD cabinet that looked like a mummy's coffin'? Okay, you've probably never thought that, but if your taste in furniture is for the bold and unusual, or just plain bonkers, you're sure to be fascinated by this.
Yep, bonkers is what came to mind first.
The Egyptian CD/DVD Sarcophagus doesn't only come with an imposing price tag of around 500 British Pound, no, it also looks the part. At 192 centimeters height it is actually exactly as tall as I am, but its width (53 cm), depth (53 cm) and especially its weight of "only" 57 kilograms does not really fit my profile. It has 16 shelves and can store up to 300 CDs - but you can also fill it up with DVDs, videos, books or, if you like, smaller busts of King Tut or other such wonderful memorabilia.
If you're into minimalism, the Sarcophagus CD cabinet probably isn't for you. But if you're looking for something interesting that will stand out, and that you won't see in your mate's house a week later, this could be perfect. Minimalism's just another word for dull anyway...
I certainly have to agree with that although I could imagine that a cabinet like this one can add quite a bit to an apartment otherwise furnished in a more minimalistic way, thereby adding one single eye-catching element to highlight it, but I don't think you should put this one into a cluttered room with a furniture mix of different styles.
I just have no idea how much the delivery of this thing is going to cost you - it really depends where you live and if you can find a dealer who has these in storage. But then again, if you go for the Egyptian CD/DVD Sarcophagus, money is probably not your biggest concern.
External link:
Egyptian CD/DVD Sarcophagus on boysstuff.uk
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Hehe, that’s kind of cool. Not that I would actually buy it. Unless I happened to be doing an Egyptian themed guest room or something. Even then, it seems quite a massive thing to have standing around.
Did you hear about the stolen Strad cello that someone was thinking about turning into a CD cabinet (unaware that it was a Strad)?
I really should activate a “Good Grief!” smiley on my site. It’s unbelievable how many cultural illiterates are out there.
But then again, it wouldn’t have been able to hold many CDs, so the thief was definitely NOT a collector - which clears our reputation ... somewhat. ;)
I used to work for an American arts and crafts store, which also sold a ton of home decor/furniture items. I’ve seen a lot of tacky merchandise in my life, but this one is the cake-topper. What happens when you fill up your mummy-coffin with CDs? Buy another one? I’d like to see that: about a dozen fake King Tuts ringing a room. Ha!
Yeah, I would need more than 10 of these. As a result, I would have a weird copy of Emperor Qin’s terra-cotta army in my living room. No thanks!
Do people actually buy this sort of thing?
Actually I bought the King and matching queen. Again different stokes for different folks. Hey some people think “good china” should only be used once or twice a year, go figure.
Lexx,
I have a music collectors group on Flickr. I’d love to have a pic of your setup if you could provide one? Sounds decidedly cool.
does anyone actually know where to buy these from ?
Hi “you”,
I lost track of these. It isn’t that long ago that I was looking all over the Net to see if I could find someone who sells these so I could update the link, but ... no luck. If you do find a place, could you let us know here?
Thanks!