Next week, we close out Significant Objects Volume 2, our cycle of 50 stories and auctions, with proceeds going to 826 National. And to go out with a bang, we have an extraordinary team-up to announce: We’ve joined forces with … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Mark Jude Poirier, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $66.07. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] We drove to Wildwood Aquarium, left Alice at her … Continue reading
Our experiment has answered the question of whether narrative adds measurable value to near-worthless tchotchkes with an emphatic YES. But how does narrative do so? Is every form of narrative exposition, for example, equally effective in encouraging the reader to … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Robin Sloan, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $13.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] So there was a banshee on our property. We heard … Continue reading
We always love it when our buyers send us pictures of their Significant Objects in their new homes, or add such pictures to our Owners’ Flickr Pool. Here’s a recent, and distinctly awesome, example: Jeannie and Trifin Roule have acquired … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Willy Vlautin, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] When he woke up in the middle of the night … Continue reading
[The auction for this item, with story by Carl Wilson, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.] Wetnet Constitutional Group: Auratic Object Background Report 1 Archive fragment: … Continue reading
