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Authors: Edward Carey

Observatory Mansions (39 page)

922. A requiem mass (sheet music).

923. A street sign.

924. A swan’s egg.

925. A fur collar.

926. A box of coloured chalks.

927. A postcard of a Renaissance painting.

928. A rabbit’s foot.

929. A pair of inflatable armbands.

930. A quilted jacket.

931. A remote-control toy car.

932. A schoolgirl’s end of term school report.

933. A blow-up female dummy.

934. A telephone doll.

935. A hospital appointment card.

936. A transvestite’s wig.

937. A writer’s notebook.

938. A quantity of confetti.

939. A tummy-button ring.

940. An ancient coin.

941. A monograph on an artist.

942. A pack of tarot cards.

943. A baseball cap.

944. A train timetable.

945. A phonecard.

946. A videotape.

947. A revolver.

948. The keys to a hotel bedroom.

949. An etcher’s needle.

950. A collection of pornographic magazines.

951. A monk’s habit.

952. A photograph of a man in uniform.

953. A plastic mouse from a computer.

954. A sculpture of a pair of hands clasped (marble).

955. A bank statement.

956. A car’s cigarette lighter.

957. A photograph believed to be of a ghost.

958. An accordion.

959. An old man’s collection of photographs of his life’s female conquests.

960. A number of unused balloons.

961. A reel-to-reel tape recorder.

962. A missing person poster.

963. A toy hand grenade.

964. A mobile telephone.

965. A dictionary of architecture.

966. A collection of dead flies (in a large matchbox).

967. A thermograph.

968. Two identical black and yellow dresses (formerly belonging to twins).

969. A page from a manuscript.

970. A face mask to hide burnt flesh.

971. A Breathalyser.

972. A scented love letter.

973. A photograph of a nudist group’s annual reunion.

974. A visitors’ book (leather bound).

975. A number of paperback romances.

976. Seventeen computer disks.

977. A photograph of two naked women.

978. A white silk negligee.

979. A wooden horse on wheels, with a lead.

980. A tuning fork.

981. A dried newt.

982. A birthday cake.

983. A number of fly-papers.

984. A pill-box (containing numerous pills).

985. A christening gown.

986. A toy Concorde aeroplane.

987. A sable stole.

988. A pair of steel-framed spectacles.

989. A dog collar with name tag (inscribed).

990. A schoolboy’s tie.

991. A handwritten note.

992. A canister of mosquito repellent.

993. A tube of lip cream.

994. A set of false teeth.

995. A blue dress (inscribed).

996.
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