Umbrella Trinket

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Bruce Holland Rogers, has ended. Original price: 29 cents. Final price: $21.50.] By my third visit to Dr. Peragua, I had decided on what I was going to steal. There were … Continue reading

Fake Banana

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Josh Kramer, has ended. Original price: 25 cents. Final price: $76. This story is the first in a three-part series produced in collaboration with The Center for Cartoon Studies. ]

Ornamental sphere

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Charles Ardai, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $20.50. ] The telegram arrived too late. The morning mail had brought the box, wrapped in a double thickness of brown paper … Continue reading

Ocean Scene Globe

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Stephanie Reents, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $33.00. ] 1. The transparency of glass is cruel. 2. When the beige palm of the sky descends, there is no … Continue reading

4-Tile

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Toni Schlesinger, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $88.] “I have something for you,” she says. “For me?” he asks. “For you!” she says. “Wait, waiter, I’ll have a pale … Continue reading

Porcelain Scooter

[The auction for this Significant Object, with song (MP3, and lyrics, below), by Teddy Blanks, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $2.38. This was part of a special collaboration with Design Observer, where it was co-published here.] CLICK BUTTON … Continue reading

Idol

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Andrew Ervin, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $51.] Several weeks ago I was biking around the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, or what’s left of it, and shooting … Continue reading

Tin Ark

[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Rebecca Wolff, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $19.50.] There was this family, and their eight-year-old son developed a tumor on, or in, his jaw. They had it removed, … Continue reading