Comments on: Sanka Ashtray

By: Significant Ads: The Sanka Ashtray | Significant Objects

Significant Ads: The Sanka Ashtray | Significant Objects — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:11:27 +0000

[...] get in front of you today. Two happen to involve one of our very first Significant Objects — Sanka Ashtray + Story By Luc Sante. Diana Hernandez made a very cool print ad that struck me as being really “classic” in [...]

By: Checking in with Significant Objects - Fictionaut Blog

Checking in with Significant Objects - Fictionaut Blog — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:59:34 +0000

[...] the first phase of the project, we had 100 writers (William Gibson, Luc Sante, Bruce Sterling, Myla Goldberg, Meg Cabot, many others) create fictions based upon bric-a-brac [...]

By: Insignificant Object | Significant Objects

Insignificant Object | Significant Objects — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:43:19 +0000

[...] single object shown in the photo above flouts one of our guidelines. The Sanka Ashtray (the very first story we published) is a promotional item. The Pen Stand is an example of [...]

By: gameplaywright.net // story, games, together

gameplaywright.net // story, games, together — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:42:08 +0000

[...] this way, a $1.00 ashtray is sold for $17.79, a $1.00 creamer-pouring porcelain cow is sold for $26.00, and a $0.75 jar and brush for basting [...]

By: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE » Blog Archive » Object Economies: Beyond a Great Depression

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:23:48 +0000

[...] participated or plan to participate, including speculative fiction writer Bruce Sterling, critic Luc Sante, and our own Open Space columnist Michelle [...]

By: The Stuff of Fiction: Significant Objects Project | HarperStudio

The Stuff of Fiction: Significant Objects Project | HarperStudio — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:28:40 +0000

[...] a rhino figurine all have in common? They are all the subjects of stories by writers like Ed Park, Luc Sante, Curtis Sittenfeld and Lydia Millet – stories featured in the Significant Objects [...]

By: Project update: The first Significant Objects auctions have ended (much more to come) | Significant Objects

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:36:37 +0000

[...] the opening price is the amount we paid for the object at a thrift store, yard sale, or whatever. The Sanka ashtray with story by Luc Sante was priced at $1, ultimately sold for $17.79. Matthew Battles wrote about a Candyland labyrinth [...]

By: Josh Glenn

Josh Glenn — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:47:01 +0000

Only a few hours left to bid on the Sanka Ashtray!

By: Significant Objects: The first stories (and bids)

Significant Objects: The first stories (and bids) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:13:13 +0000

[...] Sante writes about a Sanka ashtray, for sale [...]

By: Josh Glenn

Josh Glenn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:16:33 +0000

With just under 3 days left to go, this item is now selling for $10.50 — starting price $1. So Luc Sante’s narrative has multiplied the item’s value ten-fold, so far. Pretty cool! Get your bids in…