New Yorkers queue for hours to buy vintage subway signs and seats at MTA sale

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Hundreds of New Yorkers waited for hours at an annual MTA sale in Brooklyn to purchase retired subway memorabilia. Items for sale included station signs priced from $500 to over $1,000 and subway seats selling for around $900. Prominent filmmaker Spike Lee was among the shoppers, buying a Penn Station sign. The two-day event draws approximately 4,000 visitors each year to acquire these historical transit artifacts.

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