{
  "id": 14139894,
  "title": "New Yorkers queue for hours to buy old subway signs and seats at MTA sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/new-yorkers-queue-for-hours-to-buy-old-subway-signs-and-seats-at-mta",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/new-yorkers-queued-for-hours-to-buy-discarded-subway-hardware-at-an-mta-sale-where-old-signs-cost-500-to-over-1000-orange-seats-sold-for-about-900-and-spike-lee-picked-up-a-penn-station-sign/articleshow/134909394.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Yorkers queued for hours at an annual MTA sale in south Brooklyn to buy discarded subway signs, seats and MetroCards. Station signs cost $500 to over $1,000, while orange subway seats sold for around $900. Filmmaker Spike Lee was among the shoppers, purchasing a Penn Station sign. The two-day event attracts around 4,000 visitors annually.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}