A while back the sale of a “Redbird” (a 1950’s model subway car that was replaced by stainless steel-covered ones in 1963) generated some notice of a little-known site that sells NYC Government Surplus.

The site – Public Surplus – deals with offloading stuff that NYC Government no longer wants – maybe they bought too much, maybe they were moving and just wanted to unload, etc. It’s a fascinating list of items, and worth perusing.

The majority of listings are (as you might expect) office equipment, like this lot of chairs:

But you find unexpected things like car jacks and the afore mentioned subway car:

But there are truly odd items. Pallets of baking soda caught my eye. Not to purchase, mind you, but mostly in the Wwhat were they thinking?” realm of questioning…

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