New Yorkers queue for hours to buy subway memorabilia, with signs costing over $1,000

The two-day sale offered old subway signs, seats and MetroCards once used across New York City. New Yorkers waited for hours in south Brooklyn to buy old subway signs, plastic seats and other items removed from the city's transit system at an annual sale organised by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Sunday.The two-day sale connected to New York's subway system offered station signs, seats and MetroCards, many of which had once been part of everyday journeys across the city. According to a report by news agency AFP, around 4,000 people attend the event each year.While some signs were priced at more than $1,000, the familiar orange subway seats were sold for around $900 each. Among the shoppers was also filmmaker Spike Lee, who bought a metal sign bearing the name of Penn Station.The sale took place at an open-air market in south Brooklyn, where visitors queued for hours before being allowed inside. To give everyone an opportunity to look through the available items, organisers limited each shopper to 45 minutes. Once their time was over, other visitors could enter and search for what they wanted.Although New York's subway is often criticised for being noisy, dirty ...