Significant Objects

Indian Maiden

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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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