Overview
- The auction, which began on July 29, is live on the city’s online surplus site and is scheduled to close at 8 p.m. on Aug. 12.
- The item is a handcrafted 36-inch-by-9-inch aluminum street sign made at the NYC DOT Sign Shop in Maspeth and is one of 30 that were installed along Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes for the June 18 ticker-tape parade.
- Bidding opened at $100 and media reports show rapid, escalating offers during the first day of the listing, with different outlets reporting high bids ranging from a few hundred dollars to more than $5,000 and one report of $7,100 the next day.
- The city previously sold 200 replica 'Champions Way' signs for $100 each in a seven-minute sellout and also temporarily co-named 18 intersections for players as part of its broader commemoration of the Knicks’ championship.
- DCAS runs the surplus auction platform and will direct proceeds to the City of New York, a sale that both captures strong fan demand and follows the agency’s history of selling retired municipal items to raise funds.