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NJ teen buys abandoned storage unit for $450, finds $50,000 in art inside

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 08, 2026
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Michael Haskell, a 17-year-old high school senior from New Jersey, paid $450 for an abandoned Brooklyn storage unit that turned out to have belonged to Andrew Crispo, an art dealer prominent in the 1980s. Inside were works by Man Ray and Walt Kuhn. Haskell sold them at Bonhams auction house for nearly $50,000.

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