Shout-out from 826 National
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This nice note appears in the current 826 National newsletter:
Today: Our first multi-part story — from Kasper Hauser!
Readers, we try to keep things interesting and surprising for you here at Significant Objects, not merely publishing great stories all the time, but throwing a curveball every now and again. We’ve done so by offering stories in comix form, … Continue reading
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-03-07
Book spines as wallpaper? That could happen, don’t you think? http://bit.ly/9zVwf3 # “It would seem that even attaching a known fictitious story to an object added enough meaning to warrant the price.” http://bit.ly/cWRmhw # “This anxiety has lead to the … Continue reading
Top 25 sales, Vols 1 & 2
Our data analysis to date has focused largely on Volume 1. But for fun, here’s an integrated top 25: The highest prices from the 150 (!) Significant Objects auctions that have closed to date. Questions? Comments? Let us know.
The giant check we wish we’d had
If you missed this comment, the above courtesy of S.O. v1 contributor, Sung J. Woo. How do you know the check is a giant one? Simple:
It’s not as exciting as a giant check but…
Here comes v3!
Significant Objects v3 gets underway in a matter of hours, and we’re really excited. Proceeds from this cycle of 50 stories, objects, and auctions will benefit Girls Write Now, which mentors under-served or at-risk high school girls in New York … Continue reading
Gearing up for v3
We’ll start publishing Significant Objects v3 stories on Monday, and we’re excited about the strong lineup of writers and the Significance they’ve invented. Usually we don’t announce in advance which writer will be published on which day, but there’s a … Continue reading
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-02-21
“Thousands of ‘tasteful’ banana items” being auctioned on eBay. http://bit.ly/digU8j (Not by us.) # “Thinking about the role of objects in fiction; how they carry meaning for the story.” http://bit.ly/da3wSS # “Products that have a story to tell.” Compares S.O. … Continue reading
826 National’s Significant haul: $2,244.11!
With the close of the last auction of Significant Objects v2 on Friday, we can now report that this cycle of 50 object/story auctions ended in $74.61 worth of flotsam selling for an impressive $2,244.11! We’ll crunch the numbers later, … Continue reading
The end of SO v2 — and here comes v3!
The final auction from Significant Objects volume 2 ends today, and when it’s all over we’ll have raised over $2,200 for 826 National. How? As always, by pairing great creative writing with otherwise near-worthless thingamajigs. We’ll recap the v2 final … Continue reading
Presidents
We’re off duty today, thinking about our favorite presidents of all time, and watching the action in our shop. Speaking of which, the first auction in our collaboration with Underwater New York, Kangamouse + Chris Adrian Story, finished up at … Continue reading
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-02-14
Literature’s most mind-blowing drugs: http://bit.ly/bGfOeG # Classic literature that should be made into games, according to Wired: http://bit.ly/cjGSII # “The endowment effect is rooted in something deeper: that the object has significance.” http://bit.ly/daCRKr # Interesting objects that have been found … Continue reading
Volume 2: Last story today!
Later today we’ll publish the 50th and final story of Significant Objects, Volume 2 (SO v2), proceeds from which will be donated to 826 National. What comes after Volume 2? Well, you can probably guess, but more on that next … Continue reading
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-02-07
History of science fiction fandom: Useful MeFi links. http://bit.ly/cylDXh # Next week we team up with Underwater New York, some amazing found objects, stories be a great writer team. Details: http://bit.ly/b7Dohs # The Reanimation Library in Brooklyn: “a collection of … Continue reading
Significant Objects X Underwater New York
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
Significant owner meets Significant author
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
Significant Tweets for 2010-01-31
Nice note from the folks at 826 Michigan, with special shout-out to Nicholas Rombes (@NicholasRombes). http://bit.ly/bGInJV # Nice note from cyberscribbles, “It’s good reading, too.” Love hear that. http://bit.ly/aY0yHR # The Mystery Object sold for $103.50. Significant! Object revealed here: … Continue reading
