Big Red Paperclip

Kyle MacDonald’s Trading Timeline

• On July 14, 2005, he went to Vancouver and traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen.
• He then traded the pen the same day for a hand-sculpted doorknob from Seattle, Washington.
• On July 25, 2005, he traveled to Massachusetts, with a friend to trade the doorknob for a Coleman camp stove.
• On September 24, 2005, he went to California, and traded the camp stove for a Honda generator, from a U.S. Marine.
• On November 16, 2005, he made a second (and successful) attempt (after having the generator confiscated by the New York City Fire Department) in Queens, to trade the generator for an "instant party": an empty keg, an IOU for filling the keg with the beer of the holder's choice, and a neon Budweiser sign.
• On December 8, 2005, he traded the "instant party" to a Quebec comedian and radio personality for a Ski-doo snowmobile.
• Within a week of that, he traded the snowmobile for a two-person trip to British Columbia, in February 2006.
• About January 7, 2006, the second person on the trip traded Kyle a cube van for the privilege.
• About February 22, 2006, he traded the cube van for a recording contract with Metal Works in Toronto, Canada.
• About April 11, 2006, he traded the recording contract for a year's rent in Phoenix, Arizona.
• About April 26, 2006, he traded the one year's rent in Phoenix, Arizona, for one afternoon with Alice Cooper
• About May 26, 2006, he traded the one afternoon with Alice Cooper for a KISS motorized snow globe
• About June 2, 2006, he traded the KISS motorized snow globe to for a role in the film Donna on Demand.
• About July 5, 2006, he traded the movie role for a two-story farmhouse in Kipling, Saskatchewan.