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Gaucho Tray + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 2

10. March 2010

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[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by James Reichmuth, here. This is the second installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] One thing I won’t need if I open my own zoo is a lot of crap holding me back. Or sentimental/highly-valuable [...]

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Pencil Case + Kasper Hauser Story, Part 1

9. March 2010

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[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Rob Baedeker, here. This is the first installment in a four-part story by the members of Kasper Hauser. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] One night I looked at my saggy old beanbag, a sad black lump just lying on my living room floor like [...]

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Ceramic Shell + Charles Baxter Story

25. February 2010

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[The auction for this item, with story by Charles Baxter, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $23.50. 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 [...]

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Mickey Mouse Patch + Padgett Powell Story

23. February 2010

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[The auction for this object, with story by Padgett Powell, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $23.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now..] It is little known that the singer Marcia Ball worked briefly as a teenager at Disney. One day at the close of the shift she was [...]

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Needlepoint Ornaments + Jennifer Weiner Story

22. February 2010

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jennifer Weiner, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $62. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.] We were married for sixteen years. When Christina was in Girl Scouts, she wanted to earn her sewing badge. I don’t sew: no time, [...]

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Fancy Piggy Bank

28. January 2010

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[The auction for this item, with story by Martha McPhee, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] My grandmother gave me the piggy bank when I was four, for Christmas, wrapped in a box with bows.  She said, “A penny saved is a [...]

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Mystery Object

22. January 2010

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[The auction for this MYSTERY Significant Object, with story by Ben Greenman, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $103.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] This object was the first artifact found at the Hasegawa house in Osaka, Japan, in 2006, immediately following the death of Nobuhiko Hasegawa. [...]

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Cat Napkin Ring

15. January 2010

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Julie Klausner, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $31.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] On the bus in the morning, Judith Zinn-Lasser squints to read the small classifieds in The New Yorker, in hopes of finding something really [...]

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Pepper Shaker

14. January 2010

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Philip Graham, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $28.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] Lily hesitates before the open door of the empty pantry. Alone on one of the shelves sits a silvery white saltshaker, seemingly the only [...]

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Smoking Man Figurine

7. January 2010

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Vicente Lozano, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $37.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] This little smoking man did not appear in Inglourious Basterds. But he came close. Back in 2007, during  development, Quentin Tarantino was visiting the Santa Monica [...]

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Dolphins Box

4. January 2010

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jenny Hayes, has ended. Original price: $1.49. Final price: $10.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] I reach into my jacket pocket, rolling the dolphins around in my hand, the way I used to when I was little. My fingers remember [...]

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Lighter Shaped Like Small Pool Ball

11. November 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by (Six-Word Story Contest winner) Rob Agredo, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $27.] “You lose,” she puffed.

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