Paperclip bartered for a house...

Kyle McDonald is in the news again...
I recall reading about him when this adventure had just begun!!

"Kyle McDonald, a 26-year-old Montrealer, had a dream of turning a small red paperclip into a house. This week, his dream came true.
In an example of the barter method at it's finest, MacDonald started out last July attempting to trade a red paperclip for something slightly better. One year and 14 trades later, he became the ecstatic owner of a two-story house in Kipling, Saskatchewan.
MacDonald began his barter adventure last summer when he decided to trade the paperclip on the barter section of the Craigslist website. MacDonald said on his own website that he wanted to make a "continuous chain of 'up trades' until I get a house. Or an island. Or a house on an island." He said he'd travel anywhere to make a trade.
On a trip to his home province of B.C., two Vancouver women offered MacDonald a wooden fish-shaped pen for the paperclip, which he in turn bartered for a handmade doorknob from a potter in Seattle. He later traded the doorknob for a camp-stove in Massachussets, which was then exchanged for a 100-watt generator from an army Sergeant in California.
The generator was traded with a man in New York for an "instant party package," which consisted of a Budweiser sign and an empty beer keg. By this time, word of MacDonald's quest was spreading, and the bartering reached a new level. After swapping the beer package with a Montreal DJ for a snowmobile, he wound up getting interviewed on television. Soon, MacDonald was offered a trip to the Canadian Rockies. From there, he also traded for a van, and a recording contract that came complete with studio time and the promise of a pitch to music executives.
A singer from Phoenix—whose neighbour works at Alice Cooper's restaurant—snapped up the recording contract and gave MacDonald the use of her duplex rent-free for a year.
The bartering continued, leading to an afternoon with Alice Cooper and a KISS snowglobe, which was then traded for a paid part in a movie called Donna on Demand . The director of the movie, Corbin Bernsen, happens to be an avid collector of snowglobes.
MacDonald finally hit the jackpot when the town of Kipling, located about two hours east of Regina, offered him a house in return for the movie role. The Mayor of Kipling gave the keys of the house to MacDonald on Wednesday. The town plans to hold a competition for the movie role."
Joan Delaney Epoch Times NY