The splendor of the Boing Boing Bazaar!

At great hazard to life and limb, the editors of Boing Boing have scoured the most exotic corners of our vast and wondrous planet -- from her inky ocean floors to her highest peaks -- bringing back to you a most extraordinary collection of astounding oddities, curious novelties, and sensational artifacts, available at prices that confound our competitors and incite jealousy amongst the most intrepid collectors of natural and manmade marvels. Behold the splendor of the Boing Boing Bazaar!

The items for sale in the Bazaar have been personally curated by the editors of Boing Boing. We will add new items when we come across ones wonderful enough to include in our display case, so check back often. Here's more information about the Boing Boing Bazaar (which is part of the new Makers Market) from Dan Woods, general manger of Maker Retail:

After almost a year of development, we're proud to take the wraps off of our newest ecommerce offering -- Makers Market, a curated marketplace of wonderful science, tech, and artistic creations created and sold directly by some of our favorite Makers from around the World.
A collaboration between MAKE and Boing Boing, Makers Market brings together our favorite entrepreneurial makers and artists selling products and services directly to DIY enthusiasts - people with a thirst for life-enriching exploration through hands-on science and tech projects, risk-taking, art, sustainability, self-reliance, and hands-on learning. And true to our character, we'll toss in a pinch of mischief-making from time to time for good measure.
Most of the sellers you'll discover in Makers Market are makers whom we've come to know through the course of our work producing MAKE, Boing Boing.net, Make: Online, CRAFT, Maker Faire and Make: television. Each was selected by the staff at MAKE or by the Boing Boing crew and personally invited to open a storefront in the market. The products you'll find here were either made by, rebuilt by, or substantially produced by the maker selling them. We call this "Maker-Made."
Each participating maker has their own store front where they showcase their work and sell their products, host their own blog, post pictures and videos, and communicate with their customers and the DIY community at large. MAKE provides the web service, the tools and the community. Sellers are responsible for doing their own product fulfillment and for bringing their unique character, energy and DIY spirit to the marketplace.
We invite you to stop by MakersMarket.com and check it out. If you're an indie maker and you have a product or service you think you'd like to sell in Makers Market, visit the Seller FAQs. Nominating yourself as a seller is easy and takes just a few minutes. We'll review your information and generally get back to you in a day or two.

Boing Boing Bazaar

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Anonymous

Wow – I am so getting a couple of these:
http://makersmarket.com/products/68-micronickel-hollow-spy-coin
Anonymous

Interesting selection. Painfully slow server response, alas…
SamSam

Cool!

But I’m confused. I expected to see 27 versions of almost identical leather steam punk fetish masks in the bazaar. Maybe Cory has already bought them all up?
AirPillo

It says a lot that I clicked through expecting things to be overpriced and was still shocked.
- David Pescovitz
  
  We’re in early beta so please forgive any bugs you may find.
  
  And @AirPillo, the vendors set their own prices. Also, when considering the prices, please keep in mind that most of what you see is hand-made, one-of-a-kind, or produced in very limited quantities by individuals or small, independent companies. We’re hoping that as more people set up shop, there will be stuff at a wide range of prices. If you make something you think would be a good fit in the Bazaar, please do let us know!
- mdh
  
  Cool project, but it’s missing something…
  
  I know! a fainting couch, for the Airpillo’s among us.
Cruxx

I just placed an order, I’m psyched! I love the idea of a Boing Boing bazaar. I did experience some sticker shock here and there, though. The Transmission Atelier stuff is nice but holy moly, if people will pay that much I might get into the digital print business, and I”m not joking.
technogeek

I don’t think I saw anything that was shockingly overpriced, when you remember that you’re buying it as art rather than for practicality.

The signed/numbered prints seem to be running higher than they would be likely to at (for example) an SF convention’s art show — I’ve sometimes gotten originals by “name” artists for those prices — but if the piece really speaks to you and you value the limited-edition-from-particular-artist aspect (not everyone does), a really high-quality print of significant size can indeed run into that range.

Market forces will deal. There may be some wiggle room between what they’re currently asking and what they’d accept, or there may not be. Either people will pay what the artist needs in order to continue making art, or they’ll stop selling art.
David Pescovitz

Thanks for your support, Cruxx!
Anonymous

Did I see the same page you did? I saw a cute little spark plug dog for $25 and a really interesting one-string instrument for the low (to me) price of $45. Not to mention the tinysaurus which, although more expensive than on etsy, is still a great deal.
dolo54

Really cool. The site is running a bit slow, but that can be resolved. It looks great and I like how each vendor has their own store. Nice fx pedal: http://makersmarket.com/sellers/31-getloficom
But paypal redirect? It’s not hard to set up with their APIs so you can do the transactions on your site and well worth the $30 a month. You also might want to check out authorize.net. I like them a lot better than paypal in terms of service. paypal is terrible when it comes to customer service.
Talia

As cool as the robotic mouse is, $300? If its that labor intensive, may not be worth the effort.. but that is obviously not my call to make. :)

Although I guess if you consider it purely as an art item, that’s a lot more reasonable. Heh. That’s a hard mindset to attain when considering items like mouses. :)

Still the other assortment of stuff is intriguing and even quasi-affordable. This is a neat idea; thanks for it. At the very least I can look and marvel. :)
David Pescovitz

Thanks all! This is really just the very beginning. We hope many more happy mutants give us the chance to feature their wares!