as a monument to the series of trades made by MacDonald. At the time, it was the world's largest paper clip. MacDonald made his first trade, a red paper clip for a fish-shaped pen, on July 14, 2005. He reached his goal of trading up to a house with the fourteenth transaction, trading a movie role for a house. This is the list of all transactions MacDonald made: • 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 travelled to
Amherst, Massachusetts, with a friend to trade the doorknob for a
Coleman camp stove with fuel. • On September 24, 2005, he went to
California, and traded the camp stove for a
Honda generator. • On November 16, 2005, he travelled to
Maspeth, Queens, and traded the generator for an "instant party": an empty
keg, an
IOU for filling the keg with the
beer of the bearer's choice, and a neon
Budweiser sign. This was his second attempt to make the trade: his first had resulted in the generator being temporarily confiscated by the
New York City Fire Department. • On December 8, 2005, he traded the "instant party" to
Quebec comedian and
radio personality
Michel Barrette for a
Ski-Doo snowmobile. • Within a week of that, he traded the snowmobile for a two-person trip to
Yahk, British Columbia, scheduled for February 2006. • On or about January 7, 2006, he traded the second spot on the Yahk trip for a
box truck. • On or about February 22, 2006, he traded the box truck for a
recording contract with
Metalworks in
Mississauga, Ontario. • On or about April 11, 2006, he traded the contract to
Jody Gnant for a year's rent in
Phoenix, Arizona. • On or about April 26, 2006, he traded the year's rent in Phoenix for one afternoon with
Alice Cooper. • On or about May 26, 2006, he traded the afternoon with Cooper for a
Kiss motorized
snow globe. • On or about June 2, 2006, he traded the snow globe to
Corbin Bernsen for a
role in the film
Donna on Demand. • On July 12, 2006, he traded the movie role for a two-story house located at 503 Main Street in
Kipling, Saskatchewan. After remaining vacant for a few years, the house was sold to Billie and Ellen Johnson in 2010, who turned the house into a
café known as the Red Paperclip Cottage which is still operating as of 2025. In 2015, MacDonald spoke about his experience in a
TED talk in
Vienna, Austria. == See also ==