[The auction for this object, with story by Dara Horn, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $47.20. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] Among Franz Kafka’s possessions upon his death from tuberculosis … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Stacey D’Erasmo, has ended. Original price: 69 cents. Final price: $19.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] In the sugar house, near the celluloid sea, … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Dan Chaon, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $26.01. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] When you are a widower, you’re supposed to … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Dan Piepenbring, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] —Step right up ladies and germs I said step … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Kirsten Miller, has ended. Original price: $1.49. Final price: $35.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] This dome doll was purchased three years ago for … Continue reading
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A request came in to make this available in one easy-to-access post/link. Here it is. This is our unprecedented four-part, four-object, four-auction story. This is an incredibly difficult task to pull off, but we got the four members of Kasper … Continue reading
Miniature cities on household objects: http://bit.ly/bBWWXW # Theory: “a lot of the significance … comes from the fact that [these objects] are featured on the website.” Perhaps! http://bit.ly/b2qSFg # If you haven’t seen, don’t miss Ben Greeman’s invention of 3-D … Continue reading
Dear discriminating readers: What are your thoughts about these attempts to tell fictional stories via unusual online means: 1. Sumedicina: “Data fiction project. Story telling with information graphics.” (Via Listenerd.) 2. Mr. Plimpton’s Revenge: “A Google Maps Essay, in Which … Continue reading
[This is the first installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. The auction for this object, with story by John Reichmuth, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $15.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of … Continue reading
Obsessive Consumption: What Did you Buy Today? (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010), by Kate Bingaman-Burt, represents a selection of three years’ worth of the author’s annotated drawings of her purchases — including wedding bands, beer, a dog, and, of course, drawing … Continue reading
[This is the third installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. The auction for this object, with story by Dan Klein, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $38.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds … Continue reading
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[This is the second installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. The auction for this object, with story by James Reichmuth, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $10.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of … Continue reading
[This is the first installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. The auction for this object, with story by Rob Baedeker, has ended. Original price: $2.00. Final price: $15.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of … Continue reading
Readers, we try to keep things interesting and surprising for you here at Significant Objects, not merely publishing great stories all the time, but throwing a curveball every now and again. We’ve done so by offering stories in comix form, … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Scott Jacobson, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $22.72. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.] Donald “Dax” Florin stood behind the bar, balancing … Continue reading
Book spines as wallpaper? That could happen, don’t you think? http://bit.ly/9zVwf3 # “It would seem that even attaching a known fictitious story to an object added enough meaning to warrant the price.” http://bit.ly/cWRmhw # “This anxiety has lead to the … Continue reading
