Trading Up

I'm not sure if this is an attempt to bring back bartering or simply to prove it can still work,but either way two different people in two different areas proved it was possible to start with a small,insignificant item and end up with a house as the final goal. First to document his trades was a Montreal man who started with a red paperclip,traded for a fish pen,traded for a homemade doorknob,traded for a camp stove,traded for a 100 watt generator,traded for an empty beer keg and Budweiser sign,traded for a trip for 2 to B.C.,traded one of the spots on the trip for a box truck,traded the box truck for a recording contract,traded the contract for a years rent in Phoenix,traded that for afternoon with musician Alice Cooper,traded that for a KISS motorized snow globe, traded for a role in "Donna on Demand" which allowed his final trade for a two story house. Now it is a 29 year old San Francisco woman's turn. she is starting with a bobby pin.