C Clara's Cabinetof Curiosities
Est. 2026 · Atlanta

Clara's Cabinet
of Curiosities

Interesting objects — found, gifted, handmade, and hunted down — each one looking for its next home. If it makes you say “what on earth is that?”, it probably belongs here.

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The Curator

Meet Clara

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“Every object has a story.
Some of them are even true.”

Clara · Collector & Curator, Age 11

Clara is an eleven-year-old collector with an excellent eye and absolutely no interest in boring things. She finds objects at estate sales, in attics, on trails, in the backs of junk drawers — and sometimes she makes them herself.

Her cabinet holds the overflow: pieces too interesting to keep in a box, looking for people who will appreciate them properly. Everything in the cabinet can be bought. Most of it can be traded for. And Clara is always buying — so if you have something strange and wonderful, she would like to see it.

Clara runs the cabinet — choosing, photographing, pricing, and writing about every piece. A grown-up helps with the shipping, the payments, and the driving.

How It Works

Buy · Sell · Trade

Three ways to deal with the Cabinet. All of them start with a message.

Buy

See something in the cabinet that belongs on your shelf? Send a message naming the piece. First claim gets it, and Clara will write you a note about where it came from to go with it.

Sell to the Cabinet

Have an odd, old, or wonderful object you don't need? Clara buys interesting pieces for the cabinet. Send a photo and tell her what you know about it — the story counts.

Trade

Trading is the Cabinet's favorite sport. Offer a swap — your curiosity for one of Clara's. Lopsided trades with great stories are considered with an open mind.

Now Showing

The Cabinet

Here is how the cabinet is organized — and below the drawers, a first peek at the real treasures already on its shelves.

Drawer No. 1

Found

Objects discovered in the wild — trails, shorelines, flea markets, and the occasional very lucky yard sale.

Drawer No. 2

Given

Pieces handed down, passed along, and rescued from attics — inherited treasures looking for a second act.

Drawer No. 3

Made

Things Clara made herself — small creations, assemblages, and experiments that turned out surprisingly well.

A Peek Inside the Cabinet

Real pieces from Clara's shelves, photographed at home just as they sit. Clara is still writing up each one's name, story, and price — for now, have a look around, and if something catches your eye, write to the Cabinet below.

Two glass jellyfish paperweights, one pale blue and one deep turquoise, with a faceted crystal point in front and a round brass compass behind
Jellyfish in Glass Two glass jellyfish — one pale blue, one deep turquoise — with a faceted crystal point in front and a round brass compass behind.
A large conch shell in front of a big round clam shell, a row of white sand dollars, and a polished black stone with a white segmented fossil in front
Shells, Sand Dollars & a Fossil A large conch shell and a row of white sand dollars, with a polished black stone showing a white segmented fossil lying in front.
A painted mechanical bank showing a hunter in a bowler hat aiming at a black bear popping out of a tree stump
The Hunter & the Bear A painted mechanical bank: a hunter in a bowler hat takes aim while a black bear pops out of a tree stump.
Seashells including a whelk and olive shells laid out with polished purple, blue and green stones and a piece of frosted sea glass
Shells, Stones & Sea Glass A whelk, olive shells, and smaller shells laid out with polished purple, blue, and green stones and a piece of frosted sea glass.
Two large grey fossil shells on a wooden shelf, with an engraved piece showing a map standing behind them
Fossil Shells & an Engraving Two large grey fossil shells on the shelf, with an engraved piece showing a map standing behind them.
Four shark teeth, one very large and three small, beside green-and-yellow, pale, and speckled feathers, with an engraved sailing ship behind
Shark Teeth & Feathers Four shark teeth — one very large, three small — beside a bright green-and-yellow feather, a pale feather, and a speckled brown one, with an engraved sailing ship behind.

More treasures are added as Clara finds them. Check back — the cabinet fills up fast.

House Rules

How the Cabinet Behaves

Write to the Cabinet

Claim, Offer, or Propose a Trade

Tell Clara which piece you want, what you'd like to sell, or what you're offering in trade. Messages are read with a parent, and Clara answers the good ones herself.

This opens your email program, addressed to the Cabinet.