![]() ![]() Now that I've experienced the Gramercy Park Hotel sale, I wish I was at Waldorf Astoria auction.Įven though I don't personally have any ties to the hotel, I witnessed a relationship people shared with the building that was visibly special. The most recent auction of a similar caliber was in 2020, when the soon-to-be-renovated Waldorf Astoria held an auction for 80,000 items. I left the liquidation feeling like I wouldn't be able to replicate this experience anywhere else. This New Yorker plans on using the luggage stands and velvet pillows for her Airbnb. "Also bought some large bolts of velvet fabric and brand new rugs that were in the large suites." "I picked up some velvet ottomans from Rose Bar and put them in my current Bar Butterfly," Khan said. Nur Khan, the former creative director of the hotel's Rose Bar, told Insider that he revisited his old haunt with his business partner, John McDonald, owner of several downtown restaurants, including Lure Fishbar and Bowery Meat Market. But "100% of the time, they kept walking and paid the price and left," said Mark, one of the auctioneers. There were people who tried to negotiate the prices, some jokingly and some who were serious, according to Best Buy Auctioneers. "Well, it probably took them more than an hour, but she spent $33,000," one auctioneer, Mark, told Insider. People easily spent thousands on the spot, including one woman who made several trips to the hotel and spent more than $10,000 each time. The auctioneers accepted cash or Zelle payments, but not negotiations, they said. The dishes and plates were so basic and boring and not 'luxury hotel'-like - think high school cafeteria." ![]() Stuff was pretty pricey for a city-mandated auction/sale! If I was opening a gothic restaurant I would have snagged some of the upholstered tapestry chairs. "The best stuff was the GPH logo items - the bathrobes and the umbrellas," Davis told Insider. There were dozens of bottles of the hotel's Aesop clove bud and anise mouthwash bottles for sale, as well. The GPH umbrellas, t-shirts and hats were sold quickly, according to Avenue Magazine Editor-in-Chief Peter Davis. There were coffee cup sleeves, room slippers, as well as the hotel's signature bathrobes for $100. I found several items, like coffee cup sleeves and room slippers, with the classic hotel logo for sale.įor those who are especially attached to the hotel and artistic vision belonging to Julian Schnabel, I saw some items for sale with the hotel's logo, which Schnabel had designed.
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