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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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18-year-old American teenager spent $450 on an abandoned storage unit and found paintings worth $36,000; his business has now made over $200,000

What started as an unusual way for an American teenager to stand out from his classmates has turned into a business generating hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Eighteen-year-old Michael Haskell buys abandoned storage units across the New York metropolitan area, sorts through their contents and resells valuable items through his business, Mike's Unique Treasures. His biggest discovery so far came from a $450 unit that belonged to disgraced Manhattan art dealer Andrew Crispo.

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