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    • Catalog 20: October 20, 2017
      • Catalog 20 audio: October 20, 2017
    • Catalog 19: May 21, 2017
      • Catalog 19 audio: May 21, 2017
    • Catalog 18: April 12, 2017
      • Catalog 18 audio: April 12, 2017
    • Catalog 17: January 11, 2017
      • Catalog 17 audio: January 11, 2017
    • Catalog 16: September 7, 2016
    • Catalog 15: June 22, 2016
      • Catalog 15 audio: June 22, 2016
    • Catalog 14: March 9, 2016
      • Catalog 14 audio: March 9, 2016
    • Catalog 13: December 11, 2015
      • Catalog 13 audio: December 11, 2015
    • Catalog 12: October 7, 2015
      • Catalog 12 audio: October 7, 2015
    • Catalog 11: August 19, 2015
    • Catalog 10: June 10, 2015
    • Catalog 9: April 9, 2015
    • Catalog 8: February 19, 2015 (DeKalb, IL)
    • Catalog 7: February 11, 2015
    • Catalog 6: December 10, 2014
      • Bartender’s tool
      • 3 coins
      • Movie star postcard photo
      • Bullet wine set
      • Fistfulls of memorable vacations
      • Cutting board and cup
      • Shoe stretcher
      • Ahoha, Geneva
      • “C” is for Harry Crews
      • Board game, Chug-A-Lug
      • Cereal box record albums
      • Audobon print, small-headed flycatcher
      • Poking around old cabinets, found winnings
      • Piece of Berlin Wall
      • Dart gun
      • Alto sax
      • Objects from puppet theater
      • Framed family photos
      • “J.K.” glass
      • Wooden paving block
    • Catalog 5: October 1, 2014
      • 80 years old
      • Wired remote for VCR
      • Pullman brick
      • Postcard: September 4, 1918
      • CD of obscure band
      • Tap shoes
      • The Assignment
      • Geiger counter
      • “Commodified Appreciation”
      • Cigarette bowling game
      • Pookie puppet
      • Intermission: Renulife violet ray generator
      • School clock
      • Smiley face mug
      • Drafting kit & engineer/architect scales
      • Brothel tokens
      • The 1st time my grandmother got drunk
      • Mystery appliance
      • Remnant of the Berlin Wall
      • Wooden bear toy
    • Catalog 4: August 6, 2014
      • Paper bag labels
      • Color, 3 items
      • An authentic yearbook photo of a major star
      • Spider-Man art
      • Collection of old CTA monthly passes
      • Letter
      • My father’s slide rule
      • The Super Armatron by TONY, c. 1980
      • Relics of America’s disgusting past
      • Shoes
      • Folly
      • Hi-Bounce Pinky ball
      • Chilean Socialist comic book propaganda
      • Picture of naked grandfather while at war
      • Barbra’s Doll
    • Catalog 3: June 11, 2014
      • Comedy/tragedy masks
      • Union cards
      • Necklace
      • Soviet children’s book
      • Kodachrome
      • Armani glasses
      • Thread spool & tape measure
      • Dog tags
      • Stereo viewer with stereo cards
      • Helper dragon
      • Cedar
      • Two baby bonnets
      • “Kuri Youkan” chestnut jelly
      • Hobo box
      • Headlamp
      • Siren
      • Red poncho
      • Propaganda poster
      • Remnants of Riverview
      • Happy birthday, Mr. President
    • Catalog 2: April 2, 2014
      • Greek Lexicon
      • Badass 1938 reset edition of “Lore of the Lyrebird”
      • Dog bust bookend
      • 1980s girl’s Sanrio hairbrush with faux gem
      • Cassette tape
      • Denim jacket and pants
      • Autographed postcard
      • The ancient glacier wisdom stone
      • Mysterious matchbook
      • Double sand dollar necklace
      • Old timey camera
      • El Atravesado: a cardboard book
      • Communist Chinese scrapbook
      • 3D printed relief map of Chicago
      • Paisley Belle’s vaccination tags
      • Book from my youth
      • Book of Facts: 1903
      • Carrier shell
    • Catalog 1: February 5, 2014
      • Objects without a story
      • Itokawa asteriod
      • Slater Bros. screwdriver
      • CD player and leather jacket
      • Rock from Donald Judd’s driveway
      • Lost scarf (found)
      • Ashtrays
      • Platypus
      • Kennedy charm bracelet
      • Pair of shoes
      • Stucco head of Buddha
      • Bow tie
      • Photograph signed by Fred Olivi
      • Chicago public housing poster
      • Beaver tooth
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Catalog 16: September 7, 2016

Nokia cell phone
Presented by Laurence
Presented by Laurence
Presented by Liz
Presented by Liz
Presented by Susan
Presented by Susan
Presented by Joe Mason This belongs in the Nostalgia Museum in Keszthely, Hungary
Presented by Joe Mason This belongs in the Nostalgia Museum in Keszthely, Hungary
Presented by Andrew Crago
Presented by Andrew Crago
Necklace
Presented by Eric Bartholomew
Presented by Eric Bartholomew
Presented by Leah B.
Presented by Leah B.
Presented by Britta Keller Arendt
Presented by Britta Keller Arendt
Presented by Patrick Pryor
Presented by Patrick Pryor
Presented by Moshe Tamssot
Presented by Moshe Tamssot

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