For the 2015 edition of Frieze NY, Bidoun dug through the art world’s trash to present a booth of motley memorabilia: insignificant objects touched by the most significant hands of our time.

Inspired by the celebrity collectibles market, where a Justin Bieber hairball sold at auction for $40,668, Bidoun extended this covetous logic to the rarified realm of art, proffering such miscellanies as Jeremy Deller’s iPod Mini, Lawrence Weiner’s gold tooth, Hans Ulrich Obrist’s abused passport, and a 1638 edition of Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy defaced by Orhan Pamuk.

Other items included Tony Shafrazi’s prescription drugs, a rock signed by Robert Smithson, Douglas Gordon’s house keys, Yto Barrada’s third grade report card, Hal Foster's breath mints, Cindy Sherman’s eyeliner, Tala Madani’s body lotion, Wade Guyton’s Nikes, Anicka Yi’s brain, Julie Mehretu’s golf ball, Bjarne Melgaard’s Christmas card from a serial killer, Laura Owens’ bus pass, Shirin Neshat’s kohl, a stuffed animal once owned by the great Iranian modernist Bahman Mohasses, and Darren Bader’s junk mail.

Objects were auctioned via www.paddle8.com/auction/bidoun.

All proceeds supported Bidoun’s not-for-profit activities.

Frieze New York: May 13-17, 2015

![BJARNE.jpg](Image:6134 "Bjarne Melgaard's Christmas Card from a Serial Killer, 2015. This Christmas card was purchased by the artist Bjarne Melgaard and was written by the serial killer Doug Clark. Clark and his wife, Carol Bundy, were known as the renown "Sunset Strip Killers." The Christmas card is recycled, with Clark having crossed out its contents to write a fresh note to an acquaintance in which he requests money for postage stamps. It was sent from San Quentin Prison in California. Clark died in 2003, in prison, of heart failure. Courtesy the artist and Bidoun Projects")

![ORHAN_8.jpg](Image:6238 "Orhan Pamuk's Annotated Copy of The Anatomy of Melancholy, 2015. Robert Burton's "The Anatomy of Melancholy," first published in 1621, went through eight untidy revisions during the author's lifetime. Each edition published in the 17th century responded to popular demand for more copies of the book. However, following the eight edition in 1676, the book went out of print and fashion for nearly 150 years, not to be revived until 1800 as a historical curiosity. This copy of the fifth edition from 1638 has been rebound and re-margined and bears a number of inconclusive ex-libris stamps. As with most copies of the Anatomy, historical and contemporary, the book shows the evidence of wear and tear associated with the anxious browsing of previous readers, insomniacs and nervous self diagnosticians. This copy has been drawn in, painted in, and annotated in by the Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. The book and drawings by Pamuk are housed in a white clamshell box, custom built for the occasion, with title stamped to spine, "Anatomy of Melancholy" and full text, "Anatomy of Melancholy / Robert Burton / 1638 / Orhan Pamuk / 2015" stamped to front in brown. Courtesy the artist and Bidoun Projects")