Shoppers line up for Plaza hotel

They came with babies, bicycles and walkers – thousands of shoppers winding around a Manhattan block to get their hands on the spoils of the Plaza Hotel.

“It’s a mirage. People think they’ll find treasures, but it’s mostly cheap and cheesy stuff,” groused Eduardo Caceres, a Connecticut used-furniture dealer who managed to find a pair of wardrobes at €182 apiece. He estimated they would resell for about €480.