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February 28, 2010
UNY X S.O. objects in their new home
These just came in today — and they're too amazing to keep to ourselves! Above: Toy Airplane + Robert Lopez Story; below, Mermaid Figurine + Tom McCarthy Story. And check out the amazing story-in-a-found-bottle presentation, courtesy of Underwater New York. Fantastic!
As it happens, both of these Significant Objects were purchased by Susan Clements, who shared these images with us. Thank you, Susan!
More Significant Objects in their new homes can be found here. Are you an S.O. owner? Please...
February 27, 2010
Top 25 sales, Vols 1 & 2
Our data analysis to date has focused largely on Volume 1. But for fun, here's an integrated top 25: The highest prices from the 150 (!) Significant Objects auctions that have closed to date.
Questions? Comments? Let us know.
RankVolumeObjectAuthorMarket priceS.O
2v1Russian figureDoug Dorst$3.00 4v1Indian FigurineR.K. Scher$0.99 5v2Music BoxNicholas Rombes
February 26, 2010
Wire Basket + Jim Hanas Story
Object No. 5 of 50 -- Signficant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Jim Hanas, here. Previous installments in Hanas' series "Why They Cried" are here. Proceeds from this auction... ]
Why They Cried: Jacqueline
Cause: Sharp, icy wind
The air was cold and the wind was sharp, causing Jacqueline's eyes to water in a manner resembling weep-based tear production—a fact she tried to explain to Rex, the bastard, when (of all the luck) she ran into him as she emerged from the food...
Wire Basket
Object No. 5 of 50 -- Signficant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Jim Hanas, here. Previous installments in Hanas' series "Why They Cried" are here. Proceeds from this auction... ]
Why They Cried: Jacqueline
Cause: Sharp, icy wind
The air was cold and the wind was sharp, causing Jacqueline's eyes to water in a manner resembling weep-based tear production—a fact she tried to explain to Rex, the bastard, when (of all the luck) she ran into him as she emerged from the food...
February 25, 2010
Ceramic Shell + Charles Baxter Story
Object No. 4 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Charles Baxter, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.]
This beautiful object was discovered in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a high school student, Emily Traumer, on the corner of North First Street and Third Avenue. Emily was waiting for the morning bus and was bored, as adolescents usually are. Looking down to see if her Doc Martens were tied, she ...
Ceramic Shell
Object No. 4 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Charles Baxter, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.]
This beautiful object was discovered in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a high school student, Emily Traumer, on the corner of North First Street and Third Avenue. Emily was waiting for the morning bus and was bored, as adolescents usually are. Looking down to see if her Doc Martens were tied, she ...
Why They Cried
Have you been reading Jim Hanas' series, Why They Cried? You should! And not just because it culminates tomorrow with a story right here on Significant Objects.
Since Monday, he's been posting stories in this five-story cycle on Fictionaut; it's great stuff, a cool idea nicely executed. And while the series title sounds like a downer, the truth is these character vignettes have been clever and amusing. Check 'em out:
The giant check we wish we'd had
If you missed this comment, the above courtesy of S.O. v1 contributor, Sung J. Woo. How do you know the check is a giant one? Simple: The penny at lower right reveals the scale.
"You can enjoy this. I left it outside. I am on a walking tour of the Arctic, a dark figure against a white landscape. But I've got a roomful of color inside me — translucent colored plastic rayguns, marbles of bakelite and amber, hanging by strings from the ceiling, diffusing light through their...
