A painting snagged at an estate sale for just $30 sold at auction for a record-breaking $1.35 million. The late famed surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie’s “Alderman Merriam’s Shells,” which was purchased by a fortunate thrifter with an eye for quality art, sold on Thursday at Freeman’s Auctions on the Upper East Side. “Obviously, we are over … Read more
A clairvoyant collector with an eagle eye for quality art snagged a painting at a Michigan estate sale this summer for a mere $30 — and now it’s expected to fetch up to $250,000 at a Manhattan auction. The unnamed buyer realized they might have something special on their hands when they spotted a signature … Read more
Good catch! Fishermen in San Diego were stunned to catch a nearly 500-pound bluefin tuna this week — sending the local fishing community into a frenzy. “We both got a look at it, and we didn’t even say anything,” Markus Medak of Shearwater Fishing, who snagged the prize catch with the help of another, unnamed fisherman, … Read more
Sorry, Double-Double devotees. The 2026 ranking of the “World’s 101 Best Burgers” has officially dropped, and while Los Angeles made a killer showing by snagging six coveted spots on the global list, In-N-Out was nowhere to be found. The international ranking, which evaluates the quality of ingredients, burger composition, execution and consistency, crowned London’s Bleecker … Read more
All gains, baby. Gold prices have soared to historic levels, so if you bought one of the coveted Costco gold bars last year — you’ve already made a nice profit. On Wednesday, an ounce of gold was worth $3,549 before dipping slightly to $3,557 on Thursday, according to Fox News. That’s roughly a 42% increase, … Read more
One man from Nebraska kept the party going after purchasing Michael Jordan’s Chicago-area mansion earlier this month. John Cooper, of Lincoln, purchased Jordan’s 56,000-square-foot mansion in Highland Park for $9.5 million, which ended an 11-year stint of being on and off the market — after the NBA legend cut the price from $29 million in 2012, … Read more
One man’s $8,000 trash has become this woman’s treasure — and the reason haters are trashing her social media. When a trendy New Yorker found that a $7,985 Roche Bobois curved bubble sofa had been abandoned on the sidewalk of a city street, she cleaned the jettisoned finery and moved it into her apartment. But … Read more
She’s put her heart and sole into it. Amira-Dior Traynham-Artis, a 14-year-old entrepreneur from Brooklyn, will have her custom sneakers featured in the gift bags at the Oscars 2023. The teen says having her Lane 1 kicks offered up as congratulatory swag for A-listers such as Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and Austin Butler is a … Read more