The Daily News picked up the story, first featured on Radaronline.com, about Brooklyn’s First Lady stealing 8 placemats from the Brooklyn Museum’s swank Murakami opening last Thursday night.
Jamie Markowitz, the wife of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, scooped up eight pricey fiberglass place mats – works of art by pop artist Takashi Murakami – set aside for guests at a glitzy Brooklyn Museum gala.
The limited-edition Technicolor mats, which have sold for $1,000 on eBay after a similar event, were included in a grab bag of pricey freebies for guests celebrating the opening of the artist’s three-month exhibition last Thursday.“It’s a little true,” Markowitz laughed Sunday when asked about an item on RadarOnline.com that painted her as a tad greedy.
Radar reported that when several guests who didn’t get a mat asked for one of her eight, she replied, “You guys really should have acted faster. This is Brooklyn!”
To another, she said, “You snooze, you lose, buddy. Forget it.”
Now radaronline.com is saying she’s selling them for charity. Nice save, and it still doesn’t seem like they’re hers to sell. (Do the Markowitzes of the world pay for their own fundraiser tickets out of their own pockets? Just asking.)