Complete with a Salvation Army-inspired shield, Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn’s Significant Objects blog has been widely posted by now, but is notable nonetheless. Do the stories we tell about the things that surround us add value to those things? Of course. So far, Significant Object’s added value seems to be around $231.90 worth of profit, which rightly stays the stories’ authors after an eBay auction is done. Smart idea for a hooky, book-ready blog about penny-pinching in a downturn, chaps—the real mint will surely be the Significant Objects blog itself.