Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $90.97 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $2,141.62 Coming up this week: I’m already a day late with this Weekly Update, so I’ll skip the other formalities and say that this Friday there should be a … Continue reading →

Forgot to mention that we passed $2,000 in sales with the auction of the Cigarette Case + Margot Livesey story. That went for $33.77, putting our grand total at the end of Tuesday at $2,023.96 (for 64 items we purchased … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $82.39 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,968.69. Coming up this week: Object Nos. 68 through 72 (of 100), with Significance added by Stephanie Reents, William Gibson, and others. Posting soon: Ben Katchor. Still on auction: … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $77.07 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,851.45 Coming up this week: Object Nos. 63 through 67 (of 100), with Significance added by Margot Livesey, Matthew Klam, and others. Posting soon: J. Robert Lennon Still on … Continue reading →

Yesterday we published our 62nd story, and closed our 57th auction. I mention this because maybe you’ve been thinking the number of Significant Objects will be infinite, that this experiment will continue indefinitely. Neither of these is the case. There … Continue reading →

In the course of inventing Significance for this object, Dean Haspiel’s story describes said dish being shattered. This might lead some to believe that we are selling the broken shards of a dish. We are not. We are selling the … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $78.82 $72.82 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,781.70 Coming up this week: Objects with Significance added by Jen Collins, David Shields, and more. Posting soon: Tim Carvell. Still on auction: Objects with Significance added by … Continue reading →

–> Most important fact: We are taking today off. New story tomorrow. Meanwhile, read through old ones, or, even better, see what’s still on auction in our eBay shop. Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $64.83. Aggregate sales, post-Significance: … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $55.50. Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,176.54. Coming up this week: Objects with Significance added by Rosecrans Baldwin, Matthew Klam, and others. Posting later today: Sung J. Woo. Still on auction: Time is running out … Continue reading →

If you’ve read the Significance that Colson Whitehead added to his wooden-mallet Object, you must have wondered: What are the Labors of Worthiness? Turns out that he is revealing them, in his Twitter stream. Check it out: @colsonwhitehead.com. The Second … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $50.25 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $1,092.16 Coming up this week: Objects with Significance added by Doug Dorst, Colson Whitehead, and others. Posting later today: Toni Schlesinger. Still on auction: The batch from our collaboration … Continue reading →

With the conclusion of the auction for the PBR Bottle Opener + Sean Howe story yesterday, this project passed an astonishing milestone: Total sales have surpassed $1,000. Specifically, we’ve sold 35 objects, purchased from thrift stores and yard sales and … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $46.50 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $937.15 Coming up this week: Oh, it’s a big week on Significant Objects, folks: An extra-special week-long collaboration with Design Observer! Five regular contributors to that popular site, including … Continue reading →

One of the early supporters of this project was (and is) Susan Clements, one of the few who have actually bought multiple Significant Objects. So we are very excited that she’s sent along a few pictures of those Objects in … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $40 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $675.65 Coming up this week: Objects with stories by Nathaniel Rich, Sarah Weinman, Kevin Brockmeier, and more. Still on auction: Time is running out on Meat Thermometer with story … Continue reading →

We’ve asked some Significant Object buyers if they would care to pass along photos of their outstanding purchases, shown in their natural surroundings. These images have begun to arrive; we’ll be sharing more in the days and weeks ahead. Today, … Continue reading →

Aggregate cost of objects, sold so far: $29.01 Aggregate sales, post-Significance: $462.33 Coming up this week: Objects with stories by Glen David Gold, Sarah Rainone, Ed Park, and more. Still on auction: Time is running out on Popsicle Stick Construction … Continue reading →