Reading glasses My first pair of reading glasses, black plastic frame and lenses. No brand logo. No size info. Slightly worn, scratched…
Basso Scout 1990's Italian steel bicycle frame, lugged An Italian steel touring frame by Basso which I bought about 26 years ago to cycle all over Europe and…
Pom pom bag This is a 'quirky' bag, made of raffia, with a python skin strap and it is covered with brightly coloured…
Foam Blanket for the Etching Press This is a foam blanket, bought from Langans on Fore Street. You can see the date when it was purchased…
The United Kingdom Census https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011 for details Further information at ons.gov.uk and search for Census
Museum of Contemporary Commodities MoCC is neither a building nor a permanent collection of stuff – it’s an invitation. To consider every shop, online…
Shell Button Necklaces Handmade Paua Shell Buttons on cotton thread with a silver tag made in Australia exclusivly for Bunyip
Pink Children's Bicycle A small Pink 'Sweetie' Bicycle complete with pink fluffy sadle cover, soft purple handle bar grips and shiny break cables.
Lego Lost at Sea Dragon Not just any old Lego dragon, but a real beachcombed Lego Lost at Sea one! This little fellow was one…
Rezel Pomade Hair Grease A round Metal tin of Oil Based Pomade Hair grease sold By The Sandy Man Chop Shop.
Gus Honeybun Gus Honeybun was a very popular bunny who used to read out children's birthdays on TV and was a celebrity…
Betting shop receipt It's a scan of a betting slip for a £2 bet on a horse called Reach High in the 1.55…
Unicorn Hot Pants Size 12 Adult Metallic Lycra Hot Pants with Rainbow and Unicorn design. Availiable at 'Skates' Cowick Street Exeter
NHS originally a national public service to provide healthcare for the whole population of the UK, now being increasingly privatised by…
An empty Bryant and May match box Another collectable item related to smoking was an empty matchbox. This had the manufacturer’s logo on the front, for example,…
Kokopelli Kokopelli is a prehistoric deity depicted hundreds of times in rock art in the south-western United States.
Pencil Sharpener collection These objects are antique finish, die-cast miniatures with pencil sharpeners hidden underneath. They represent items from a bygone era. Their…
hand made leather sandals/boots I had these made by a friend according to my specifications about 20 years ago. The design is based on…
Orient wristwatch Japanese wristwratch (Orient) 60-70s retro sports design, hardened glass, waterproof 50m
polystyrene cup and bowl with plastic spoon white patterned dish with a small cup and a plastic spoon
Exeter Radio Exchange, which later became Rediffusion Company It was a pioneering cable radio service formed by a Mr FD Newcombe. No outdoor ariel was required, it worked…
The Sardina Camera A retro looking 35mm camera made by an Austrian company dedicated to experimental and 'off the cuff' photography. It shoots…
Gay Pride Souvenir T-shirts T-shirt from 1994 celebrating 25 years of the Gay Rights movement. Vest from 6th July 1996 Both printed with full…
Chicken drumsticks (pack of 7, reduced price) British Chicken drumsticks. Pack of 7. Sold by the Co-Op. Reduced in price from £2.49 to £1.49 as approaching sell…
Tools for setting up Hi-Fi cassette decks Allsopp head cleaner plus bottle of Allsopp3 cleaning fluid Audio alignment cassette Electronic demagnetiser
floppy disk drive and disks Internal drive plus disks for MS Office 4.3, Windows3.1 and Xerox DTP software.
British Movie Prop Coin from 1930s It's possibly made of tin. It's approximately 1mm thick but otherwise the size of a 2p coin. It's greyish gold…
BIG orange lighter I got this lighter from a friend in Berlin and brought this here to Exeter in my bag. Its a…
Silicon rubber cartoon cow with popping, bulging eyes Silicon rubber cartoon cow with popping, bulging eyes. 3 inches tall. Soft and squeezy, when you squeeze it the eyes…
Sophie the Giraffe A baby teething toy, it is squeezie, squeekie, smellie, chewy must have for all babies (apparently). It looks like something…
Broken music stand A broken music stand, recently bought from a charity shop (Kidney Research on Sidwell St.) I only realised it was…
Fisher price phone A brightly coloured Plastic toy phone with a happy smiling face and real telephone features. You can pull it along…
Tampon Soft cotton material designed to be inserted into the vagina during menstruation to absorb blood.
Stove-top Espresso Maker The coffee maker is approx 8" high. Its body is aluminium and in 3 sections. It has a white rubber…
"Curvy Barbie" A Barbie Doll with normal proportions. Fuller hips, fuller thighs, normal sized waist - all sold with a notice dipicting…
Suma-man A smart brass lapel badge depicting Suma-man. He was a fun character created in the late 80s to add some…
Celotex A foam based, rigid insulation board that comes in various thicknesses. It is very light-weight for its volume and has…
Pebble Watch The Pebble Watch is a digital watch that can be connected via bluetooth to a mobile phone. As well as…
Facebook account data The data that a given user has generated and is then able/allowed to extract from Facebook using the "Download my…
pair of leather objects with tassles About 30 cm long. double loops cut out of each end with buckles the other end.
Mobile phone interface This is the visual interface to my phone. This sits under the physical screen (which is currently smashed)
'Perfectly crafted' cigarette papers A pack of 50 rolling papers I found on the pavement. It is not clear who the manufacturer is or…
Hand cream (Norwegian) Norwegian formula Hand Cream Concentrated Instant relief of dry, chapped hands just a dab needed Neutrogena Dermatologist tested
Contradictionary A 320 pg book. "A compendium of conundrums, aphorisms and aperçus. A glossary of capitalist cant and anarchist argot. A…
Bendy "Macho Man" Randy Savage A very good likeness of the wrestler depicted in bendy rubber painted with a fetching wrestling ensemble and standing nearly…
Star Wars Tales Graphic Novel A graphic novel I have had since childhood which contains a collection of various different Star Wars short stories and…
Scented Candle I don't know why I fell for this ridiculously overpriced candle complete with glass cover. It smells like an old…
red snips Ingenious lever-action mechanism ensuring an extremely favourable lever ratio with very little friction. The cutting force is about 20 times…
Man on Facebook Ad I am unsure who is the commodity here, the man in the ad (is he really a single man on…
Yoga mat I think it is made from some type of modified rubber. I've not really though about it before. Except that…
Super Daz An antique box of Daz washing powder which I bought at a flea market in a remote Luxembourg village
Collection of early 1980s sickbags One red plastic folder with individual sleeves containing 13 wax paper airline and ferry sickbags. Four examples photographed for MoCC.…
Set of wooden acrobat toys Batman, Popeye and Superman handmade wooden 'acrobat' toys - bought on a market stall in Spain last year.
Pentel P209 Propelling pencil: Perpetually purloined prize possession. Pentel P209 0.9mm (with 2B lead).
Dartmoor Pony Skin Rucksack Practical, stylish, comfortable, free range pony skin rucksack raised organically on Devon’s wild moorland. An ideal accessory for the environmentally…
galos de barcelos A small cheap plastic rooster that my wife brought back from a holiday to Portugal that I was unable to…
Captain Haddock Doll 11 inch tall Ty Beanie Captain Haddock Doll. From' The Adventures of Tintin' Label says 'Paramount Pictures, All Rights Reserved,…
Knited Kitty bottle cover This item is a new, hand knitted cover for a bottle (eg wine or cordial bottle) It has been knitted…
Guinea Pig Salt and Pepper Set Souvenir salt and pepper set bought in Scotland by a friend and given to me as I have a publicly…
Shopping Receipt A thin strip of heat sensitive paper coated with a fluoran leuco dye and the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). Characters…
A thermos flask This flask has been with me for pretty much my whole adult life. I bought it about 23 years ago.…
Small Model Cow A small green decorative cow with orange and yellow butterflies. Given to me by a friend from Austria as part…
Fender guitar I have wanted to learn to play for years.. My brother was always playing his guitar when we were little…
Harris tweed wallet This wallet is covered in Harris tweed and features the Harris tweed mark of authenticity on the front. Inside it…
A Medal as a Party Bag Filler Awful plastic medals on scratchy multi-coloured ribbon, which also represent the many sorts of pointless tat that end up in…
chair .03 Designed by Martin van Severen and manufactured by Vitra this chair is the 2013 limited edition all black version of…
Hultafors craftsman's-knife Mass produced Swedish utility knife with plastic handle, plastic sheath and carbon steel blade
One-A-Day Contact Lenses Corrective technology that enhance my deteriorating vision. Soft, thin pieces of plastic that I push into and pinch out of…
