Substack Presents: A Private Auction feat. Ottessa Moshfegh & Eddie Huang

Substack Presents "How Bad Do You Want It?", A Private Auction with Ottessa Moshfegh and Eddie Huang. Come bid on their personal items and hear them in conversation discussing each one.

The Golden Unicorn, 5th floor

7pm-8pm : Auction preview and cocktail hour

8-8:30pm: Conversation between Ottessa and Eddie

8:30pm-9:30pm - The auction

Featured Items:

1. Toothbrush. Starting bid $1.00
2. Signed box of laxatives. Starting bid $2.50
3. A piece of vintage costume jewelry. Starting bid $5.00
4. A signed copy of "My Year..." and a bottle of Infermiterol. (I will put vitamin C in it or something.) Starting bid $20.00
5. Ten VHS cassettes from my personal collection, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Harrison Ford, and Christian Slater. Starting bid $35
6. 5 pieces of vintage lingerie (should be displayed during “preview” on a garment rack, then modeled on stage???). Starting bid $50
7. I prank phonecall anyone you want. Starting bid $50
8. A painting I did when I was 27 that I left in the basement of my apartment building in Bed-Stuy, and then someone found it and I got it back. Starting bid $100
9. Martinis for you, me, and up to two other friends at The Bowery Hotel Bar April 2nd at 8 PM. Starting bid $150.
10. Two hours of writing therapy on Zoom. Mandatory submission of a short story (under 4,000 words) for feedback. To be scheduled in April. Starting bid $250.

EDDIE

1. Knicks City Boxer Briefs that look insane - $25
2. A pair of 2022 Bottega Sunglasses my frenemy left at the crib which I then used for a Living Proof Magazine Shoot - $100
3. 30 minutes of unlicensed therapy on zoom - $150
4. A well kept bottle of non vintage Veuve Cliquot that Bernard Chang, Marvel Artist, redrew the label for that has me dunking on it - $100
5. I’m also going to dig up like 3 to 5 old t-shirts to sell for $35 each
6. Fake Chinese Birkin my Mom gifted my wife $88
7. Empty bottle of Codeine Promethazine $25
8. I will be judge judy for 30 minutes on zoom settling a dispute between any two people who desire or need my services - $150

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Golden Unicorn, 18 East Broadway, New York, United States