{"id":314619,"date":"2026-08-05T20:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314619\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:58:21","slug":"old-mta-metrocard-machines-are-now-up-for-auction-in-nyc-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314619\/","title":{"rendered":"Old MTA MetroCard machines are now up for auction in NYC \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A piece of New York City history could be yours, for the right bid. <\/p>\n<p>MetroCard vending machines recently retired by the introduction of the OMNY system are now up for grabs. New York City Transit has opened an auction on a &#8220;limited number&#8221; of old MetroCard vending and express machines. <\/p>\n<p>The colorful, industrial relics were first installed back in 1999. And more importantly, weigh hundreds of pounds. <\/p>\n<p>The MTA website stresses that any successful bidders who win one of the available machines must be able to pick up and transport them to their new home &#8212; and within 10 days. <\/p>\n<p>The auction opened Wednesday, August 5, and runs until Wednesday, August 19, at 8 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>All bids are final. <\/p>\n<p>You can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/article\/mvm-mem-sale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MTA website to learn more information<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A piece of New York City history could be yours, for the right bid. MetroCard vending machines recently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[141,9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-314619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}