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WORLD MARKETPLACE NEWS with Managing Editor Judy Gonyeau

WNBC NEW YORK – ECOMMERCEBYTES –
Police are investigating ShopGoodwill.com launched its
after a pair of thieves first-ever mobile app. A spokesper-
allegedly swiped a box of son for Goodwill of Orange County,
gold bars, collectibles which owns and operates the online
and cash from a coin store, said it is competing with
show on Long Island. major players in online secondhand
The dastardly duo struck shopping, including ThredUp,
after a vendor at the Poshmark and The Real Real. While
Melville Coin, Stamp and Collectable Show left the box with an Goodwill’s history is deep in the
acquaintance around 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 while packing up. sourcing and selling of physical goods,
A woman then pulled the man to the side and distracted him, while a spokesperson said, “we are excited
another man approached the table, took the box and walked out of to explore and embrace the world of digital goods as well – a growing
the room, according to Suffolk County police. The man and woman trend and true differentiator for ShopGoodwill.com.” The new mobile
then left the building together, driving away in a small black SUV, app is available in the Apple App and Google Play stores.
which was waiting outside the venue with a man behind the wheel, ShopGoodwill.com has sold over 6.23 million items with an average
police said. The alleged bandits drove away north on Broadhollow price per item of $39.21. In 2021, the ShopGoodwill.com site saw
Road. Anyone with information is asked to call the Suffolk County 42% sales growth over 2020, landing at $224.3 million.
Police Department’s Second Squad Detectives at 631-854-8252 or
Crime Stoppers at 1-800-229-TIPS.
THIS IS MONEY – Investors in champagne can raise a
glass to some fizzing returns as the price of the most sought-
BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW – Antiques expert Fuschia after bottles has almost doubled over the past year. Louis
Voremberg was given the task Roederer Cristal—a favourite tipple of celebrities such as Mick
of valuing a rare moun- Jagger and Madonna—has seen prices rise by more than
taineering kit, used by 75% over 12 months. Other champagne houses that have
climber Theodore Howard seen high double-digit annual returns include Dom
Somervell. Somervell had Perignon, Bollinger, Taittinger, and Krug. Great vintage
taken part in the 1922 and years include 1971, 1978, 1988, 1996, and 2002.
1924 British Everest expedi- Up-and-coming years to seek out are 2008, 2012, 2013,
tions. The photo, right, “was and 2014.
taken at 27,000 feet in
1924, it was the highest
photograph ever taken by mankind at the time,” the owner of the kit CHRISTIE’S AUCTION HOUSE – Christie’s announced the success-
said. The 1924 expedition was part of the Olympics held that year ful placement of the Papers of Richard N. Goodwin at the Briscoe
(mountaineering was an Olympic sport at that time, and seven Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. The
members lost their lives during the climb). The entire expedition were Papers chronicle the life and L-R, Richard Goodwin, Bill Moyers,
awarded medals for the event, with additional medals sent to the families work of one of the most influ- President Lyndon B. Johnson
of those lost. Somervell was also known for his artowork done at and near ential voices of the 1960s, a
the summit. The kit had been preserved by Thomas’ grandson and man who shaped policy and
great-grandson. “When you take into account the paintings, the wrote iconic speeches for John F.
climbing aids, the sketchbooks, it would be in the region of Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
$90,000,” Voremberg said. and Robert F. Kennedy.
Christie’s negotiated the sale of
this important archive on
COLUMBIA, MO – Sumner Henry, a sophomore from Rock Ridge behalf of Goodwin’s wife, the
High School in Columbia, MO, just held his first one-day COMO presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. These manuscripts,
Retro Game Convention, bringing together video game enthusiasts typescripts, and other documents will be kept in the city that is also home
from across the Midwest. Event partic- to the LBJ Presidential Library.
ipants were able to interact with the
21 vendors in attendance who were
selling products ranging from vintage NEW YORK – The popular Fearless Girl sculpture will continue to
video games to video game inspired stand outside the New York Stock Exchange after city officials voted
artwork. Participants were also invited in April to extend the sculpture’s temporary
to play in a Mario Kart 64 and Smash permit for 11 months. This decision comes
64 tournament. The event also hosted with the stipulation that the city, the owner of
Adam Koralik, a video game YouTuber the sculpture, and the artist return in six months
known for his Sega Hardware. Henry with a process for deciding the artwork’s
said he balanced the preparation for ultimate fate. Critics continue to question how
Sumner Henry with the winner of this event with his school work at the bronze sculpture circumvented the city’s
the Mario Kart Tournament
Rock Bridge. normal public art process for five years, and
why its hedge-fund sponsor, State Street
Global Advisors, they say, tried to sideline the
FUNKO – What better way to celebrate the 50th sculpture’s creator in discussions about the sculpture’s future. (The
Anniversary of The Godfather than with a new 4” artist is in an ongoing legal dispute with State Street.) “To overcome
tall vinyl figurine. Vito Corleone (with his cat, cynicism about growing corporate power, New York City must defend
right), Sonny Corleone, and Pop! Vito Corleone can its public spaces,” Todd Fine, a historian who rallied support for the
be in one room together without a weapon in sight. statue, said in an interview. “The decision [on April 11] was a victory for
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