Collector’s Forum
The Outsider
Hall
For the first time in 2026, the Collector’s forum will open a public exhibition in Helsinki through the Outsider Hall, a special curated section featuring selected submissions from artists, agencies, studios and individual collectors around the world.
Objects may be real or imagined, inherited or newly created, photographed or AI-generated. They may be treasured possessions, fictional artifacts, or personal works that carry significance, history or desire.
Selected submissions will be catalogued in the STChM Archive and presented as part of the 2026 Collector’s Forum in Helsinki, Finland.
Upload a single object or an entire collection. Include a title, a brief description and one or more images. Submissions are open to artists, designers, agencies, collectors and anyone with an object they believe deserves preservation.
The Outsider Hall Submissions
STChM is pleased to present the outsider submissions for the 2026 Helsinki Collectors Forum. This section serves as a live catalogue of objects submitted by artists, collectors, agencies, studios and private individuals from around the world. Each entry is assigned a forum lot number and catalogued in the standard auction format, including the object title, description, contributor and organisation. Together, these submissions form an expanding archive of rare, unusual and speculative objects that will be considered for inclusion in this year’s exhibition and exchange.
CF26-OS/LOT 001
‘Jesus Satan Daybed’
Description
Hand-carved wooden Jesus Satan Daybed, Rhodesian Teak, Babylon. 800 AD
STChM
Private Collection
CF26-OS/LOT 002
‘The Silent Witness’
Description
Hand-carved wooden figure with tail, Cape Town, 2025.
Michael Michaels
Private
CF26-OS/LOT 003
‘Viper Cane’
Description
Walking stick with carved serpent handle, Central Europe, c. 1890.
Petra Heming
SITE FOUNDATION
CF26-OS/LOT 004
‘Standing Cat’
Description
Patinated bronze feline figure, unknown origin, c. 20th century.
Daniel Loren
Private
CF26-OS/LOT 005
‘The Watcher Mask’
Description
Painted ceremonial mask with gold detailing, Norway, 800AD
Sara Boetker
Private
CF26-OS/LOT 006
‘Pilgrim Sandals’
Description
Carved wooden platform sandals with leather straps, Japan, c. 1920.
Father Luigi
Vatican City
CF26-OS/LOT 007
‘Index Reliquary’
Description
Preserved human finger mounted on wooden staff, unknown origin, date unknown.
Modanna
BUCHAREST CIRCUS
CF26-OS/LOT 008
‘The Burden of Office’
Description
Articulated carved figure with multiple legs, mixed media sculpture, contemporary.
Ivan Kobe
Private
CF26-OS/LOT 009
‘Han Mo’
Description
A small hand-painted wooden kokeshi figure wearing a broad ceremonial hat, Northern Japan, Edo period
Neira Zahirovic
Private
CF26-OS/LOT 010
‘Kenneth’
David’s Real face. Given from the black God Marduk, Babylonia circa 1800 BC.
David Schild
THIS
CF26-OS/LOT 011
‘Fruit Bowl’
A large fruit bowl, resembling the shape of an oyster shell. From 'Chic Antique' Denmark
Hannah Thorp
ELEANOR
CF26-OS/LOT 012
‘My father Leopold’
Carved wooden Artist figurine.
Joseph Leopold
LEOPOLD FOUNDATION
CF26-OS/LOT 013
‘Elizabeth Taylor’
Porcelain bust of Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, USA, 1965.
Margot Renoir
RENOIR ANTIQUES
CF26-OS/LOT 014
‘Devil Specimen No. 03’
Recovered in the Carpathian Mountains, 1897. Preserved by an unidentified taxidermist
Gifted by Swiss Taxidermy Society.
CF26-OS/LOT 015
‘Lady of Snakes’
Early twentieth-century porcelain figure attributed to Lina Vogel, depicting a woman entwined with protective serpents.
Eleanor Hartmann
Basel
CF26-OS/LOT 016
‘Plague Sentinel’
Seventeenth-century iron ceremonial mask used in apotropaic processions during outbreaks of pestilence in northern Italy.
Matteo Bernasconi
Archivio delle Curiosità
CF26-OS/LOT 017
‘Madonna of Cockatoos’
Edwardian porcelain figure depicting a woman surrounded by white cockatoos, symbolizing harmony, devotion, and the theatrical excess of domestic life.
Isabelle Fournier
Maison des Oiseaux
CF26-OS/LOT 018
‘Scotch Tape’
Description
1x Scotch Tape, unnamed office supplier. Origin - Canada
Nathan Edwards
Skin and Bones Film
CF26-OS/LOT 019
'The Fitzwilliams Touring Helmet'
Description
Woven horsehair and fibre touring helmet.
Victoria Fitzwilliams
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