The very first item sold — a 23 ½-inch-by-14-inch bronze Four Seasons sign — went for $96,000. The Four Seasons opened at 99 E. 52nd St. in 1959 and shut its doors on July 16.

The iconic Four Seasons bronze placard sign, designed by Emil Antonucci, shattered its $5,000-to-$7,000 estimate to sell for a whopping $96,000; proceeds will benefit the Canadian Centre for ...