For some, it was The Art of the Steal.
Hundreds of people swarmed the lobby of Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino on Thursday, hoping to score big.
But they weren’t gamblers. They were bargain hunters searching for rock-bottom deals at a liquidation sale of the contents of the ostentatious casino that Donald Trump built in 1990 as a monument to excess and glitz.
And while ornate crystal chandeliers from Austria that the future president and his first wife, Ivana, picked out for the casino were up for sale, more popular items included TVs, chairs and room furnishings.
“I have no use for chandeliers, but I can use a nice TV for my bedroom,” said Gerald Winchester, of Atlantic City. He s…
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