Significant Objects

Jar of Marbles

2. November 2009

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Ben Ehrenreich, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $50.] I pull a marble from your skull each time we kiss. “Give it back,” you say, each time. “Darling,” I say. “Baby,” I say. “No.” I put the marble in my pocket. Later, I will hide it with the [...]

BBQ Sauce Jar

27. October 2009

7 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by (Slate contest winner) Matthew J. Wells, has ended. Original price: 75 cents. Final price: $54.] Booth 106 was the regular table of Evelyn Nesbit — it’s where she was introduced to Charles Dana Gibson, who used her as the model for his famous Gibson Girl drawings; it’s [...]

Wooden Animal

26. October 2009

15 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Meg Cabot, has ended. Original price: 75 cents. Final price: $108.50.] So Brandon was going to Cabo for spring break and I saved up all my tip money for a year to chip in for the rental car to go with him. But then at my last cleaning [...]

Fake Banana

19. October 2009

2 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Josh Kramer, has ended. Original price: 25 cents. Final price: $76. This story is the first in a three-part series produced in collaboration with The Center for Cartoon Studies. ]

Thai Hooks

16. October 2009

0 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Bruno Maddox, has ended. Original price: $3. Final price: $19.50.] Did she love me? Nah. Did I love her? Yeah. So I got her this wooden map of Thailand with four hooks sticking out. Figured she could use it to hang items on — you know, in [...]

Fish Spoons

15. October 2009

1 Comment

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Mark Doty, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $76.] As a young man I read a poem I’ve never run across again since. I found it in the school library. If you already knew what you wanted in this haphazard collection, you were sunk, but if [...]

Windsurfing Trophy/Statue

14. October 2009

2 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Naomi Novik, has ended. Original price: $3. Final price: $31. ] Found at the base of a street lamp near Madison Square Park, beneath a rain-bleached photocopy with a picture of the same object, in black and white halftones but recognizable. Beneath the picture it said IF [...]

Toothbrush Holder

8. October 2009

1 Comment

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Terese Svoboda, has ended. Original price: 75 cents. Final price: $15.50.] You are fitting it in between the toilet paper and the shaver accessories, on top of the wart remover and the nose hair clippers. You say, tentacles for moon-people — this is where they store them. Prehensile [...]

Mr. Pickwick Coat Hook

5. October 2009

0 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Christopher Sorrentino, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $38.] My parka (Coat, Cold Weather, Men’s, Field, OG-107) hangs from a hook whose shape is in the likeness of Pickwick, of Dickens’ classic and eponymous book. The hook is mounted on the back of my door. Above [...]

Crumb Sweeper

1. October 2009

1 Comment

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Shelley Jackson, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $30.99.] When I first met him, the moon — a chip of bone in the pale blue of morning — was just past full. I can be sure of that, though it was only later that the phases [...]

Ocean Scene Globe

29. September 2009

3 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Stephanie Reents, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $33.00. ] 1. The transparency of glass is cruel. 2. When the beige palm of the sky descends, there is no warning, no chicken calling, “The sky is falling. The sky is falling.” 3. A sphere has no beginning or end, and [...]

Basketball Trophy

24. September 2009

2 Comments

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Cintra Wilson, has ended. Original price: $2. Final price: $14.90.] Dearest Friend in Christ, As only you know, this is the trophy treasure I have won in great personal championship at ladies intramural sport. I am in daily prayer that in Christian spirit only you will see this [...]

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Jar of Marbles

BBQ Sauce Jar

Wooden Animal

Fake Banana

Thai Hooks

Fish Spoons

Windsurfing Trophy/Statue

Toothbrush Holder

Mr. Pickwick Coat Hook

Crumb Sweeper

Ocean Scene Globe

Basketball Trophy

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