Exhibit 99.9

                            SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION

                    NOTICE OF GRANT OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR

                             AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION

                  Notice is hereby  given of the  following  option  grant  (the
"Option") to purchase  shares of the Common Stock of Sharper  Image  Corporation
(the "Corporation"):

                  Optionee:
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                  Grant Date:
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                  Exercise Price:  $                                   per share
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                  Number of Option Shares:  2,000 shares of Common Stock
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                  Expiration Date:
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                  Type of Option:  Non-Statutory Stock Option
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                  Date Exercisable:  Immediately Exercisable
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                  Vesting  Schedule:   The  Option  Shares  shall  initially  be
                  unvested and subject to repurchase by the  Corporation  at the
                  Exercise Price paid per share. Optionee shall acquire a vested
                  interest  in, and the  Corporation's  repurchase  right  shall
                  accordingly  lapse with  respect  to,  the Option  Shares in a
                  series of four (4)  successive  equal  quarterly  installments
                  upon  Optionee's  completion  of each  quarter of service as a
                  member of the  Corporation's  Board of Directors (the "Board")
                  over the one (1)-year  period measured from the Grant Date. In
                  no  event  shall  any  additional  Option  Shares  vest  after
                  Optionee's cessation of Board service.

                  Optionee  understands  and  agrees  that the Option is granted
subject  to and in  accordance  with the  terms of the  automatic  option  grant
program  under the Sharper  Image  Corporation  2000 Stock  Incentive  Plan (the
"Plan").  Optionee  further  agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the
terms  of the  Option  as set  forth in the  Automatic  Stock  Option  Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A. Optionee hereby acknowledges  receipt of a copy of
the official prospectus for the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. A
copy of the Plan is available  upon request made to the  Corporate  Secretary at
the Corporation's principal offices.

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                  REPURCHASE  RIGHT.  OPTIONEE  HEREBY  AGREES THAT ALL UNVESTED
OPTION  SHARES  ACQUIRED  UPON THE  EXERCISE OF THE OPTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
REPURCHASE  RIGHT  EXERCISABLE BY THE CORPORATION AND ITS ASSIGNS.  THE TERMS OF
SUCH  RIGHT  SHALL  BE  SPECIFIED  IN A STOCK  PURCHASE  AGREEMENT,  IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE  SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION,  EXECUTED BY OPTIONEE AT THE TIME OF
THE OPTION EXERCISE.

                  No  Impairment  of  Rights.  Nothing  in  this  Notice  or the
attached Automatic Stock Option Agreement or in the Plan shall interfere with or
otherwise   restrict  in  any  way  the  rights  of  the   Corporation  and  the
Corporation's  stockholders  to  remove  Optionee  from the Board at any time in
accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

                  Definitions.  All capitalized  terms in this Notice shall have
the meaning  assigned to them in this Notice or in the attached  Automatic Stock
Option Agreement.

DATED:  _________________, _______



                                      HARPER IMAGE CORPORATION

                                      By:
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                                      Title:
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                                                        OPTIONEE

                                      Address:
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ATTACHMENTS

Exhibit A - Automatic Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit B - Plan Summary and Prospectus

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                        AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


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                                    EXHIBIT B

                           PLAN SUMMARY AND PROSPECTUS