Tag Archive | "figurine-human"

Homies Figurines + Ron Currie Jr. Story

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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[The auction for this object, with story by Ron Currie Jr., has ended. Original price: donated. Final price: $41.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now. This object was part of a collection curated for Significant Objects by Paola Antonelli; the story was co-published on Core77.com.] They were a silly [...]

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Wooden Figurine + Katie Hennessey story

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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[The auction for this object, with story by Katie Hennessey, has ended. Original price: $2.00. Final price: $50.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] This little statue stood on the window sill in my favorite aunt’s front hall. Perched between plants of varying shapes and sizes, surrounded by shards [...]

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Smoking Man Figurine

Thursday, January 7, 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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“World’s Best Father” Figurine

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Jason Reich, has ended. Original price: $1.99. Final price: $41.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] It had been gifted ironically, natch. His friend had spotted it at the mall, and wasn’t it awful? The grotesque smile and bizarre skyward eyeroll. [...]

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Painted Lady Figure

Monday, December 21, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Shelagh Power-Chopra, has ended. Original price: $.25. Final price: $24.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] Annie won the doll after a giddy round of skee ball. A stooped man behind the dirty balls handed her the doll and she [...]

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Indian Maiden

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by R.K. Scher, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $157.50.] Visitors never fail to ask about my squaw. It’s what I like to call her, although one of those visitors, an earnest young art critic, did try to impress upon me the incorrectness of the term. [...]

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Clown Figurine

Friday, October 9, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Nick Asbury, has ended. Original price: $2. Final price: $11.61. ] Kenny is a funny clown Kenny is a funny clown. He sees the whole world upside-down. Kenny is my best friend. The day before Kenny was born, he said “I bet I can live life standing on me ’ead!” Kenny is from [...]

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Military Figure

Friday, September 18, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by David Shields, has ended. Original price: 33 cents. Final price: $21.50.] The Mute World War II Airman ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) MEDICAL CHIEF All war pilots will inevitably break down in time if not relieved. BEN SHEPHARD In the Battle of Britain, a stage was reached when it became [...]

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Russian Figure

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Doug Dorst, has ended. Original price: $3. Final price: $193.50.] Figurine of St. Vralkomir (glass cover not included) This is an icon of the fourteenth-century saint Vralkomir of Dnobst, the patron saint of extremely fast dancing. Handcrafted in a snowbound convent by the nimble-footed Sisters of the Vralkomian [...]

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Foppish Figurine

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Rob Baedeker, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $17.82.] Baron Von Blauheimer “Muscle Dove” Statuette This is a porcelain statuette of the Baron Von Blaueheimer holding a “peace dove” on his cocked fist. The statuette dates from the 1980’s, but it is modeled after a real historical [...]

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