The closing sale at Macy’s in downtown Minneapolis expanded this morning with the reopening of the building’s fourth floor as space to sell furniture, fixtures and other backroom items.
The move comes after Macy’s lowered the discounts for most items earlier this week to 30 percent to 50 percent from the previous range of 20 percent to 40 percent.
With escalators closed above the third floor in the store, customers need to take the elevator to reach the fourth floor.
Once there, customers will find plenty of small items priced to move, including scores of serving plates and mixing bowls from the restaurants priced at $1 and up. Hundreds of tiny display stands from the women’s shoe department are $2.
Large, framed art pieces are $50, including a Georgia O’Keefe print and a life-size photograph of a bikini-wearing model. Two Tiffany-style art-glass lamps that framed the entrance to the men’s FYI department are $100 each.
Many items are historical, one-of-a-kind memories, including Santa’s chair ($300) used on the 8th floor Santaland and the annual Breakfast with Santa, a large, brass coffee urn ($100) presumably from the Oak Grill, and sandwich boards from the Oak Grill ($50). Furniture such as a leather love seat ($250) and end tables ($30 to $50) are included, as are hundreds of clothing racks. John Ewoldt Santa’s chair is going for $300 at Macy’s.
A rep at the sale Wednesday evening said that new items will continue to be put out as merchandise sells, but that prices will not be reduced further. Macy’s closing sale is expected to last into March.
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