The item is one of several being sold by legendary producer and DJ Victor Simonelli 

A brick which was salvaged from New York’s Paradise Garage has gone on sale as part of an auction celebrating the city’s club culture. 

The item had been picked up by legendary East Coast house music producer and DJ Victor Simonelli following the building’s complete demolition in 2018. It forms part of his NYC Club Culture & Dance Relics collection, which is managed by Wax Poetics. 

The listing describes an “authentic physical remnant of a demolished NYC club landmark” which shows “visible mortar and age wear”. At the time of writing, two days remained on the sale, with the price set at $500. 

Amongst Simonelli’s other lots is a 1977 ‘Saturday Night Fever’ poster, and a booklet of architectural floor plans and drawings for The Saint, an LGBTQ+ venue that ran in Brooklyn for eight years from September 1980. 

Elsewhere, a reel-to-reel set by one of that venue’s regular DJs, Roy Thode, is available, recorded from another iconic booth, Long Island’s Ice Palace, circa 1977. There is also a reel-to-reel recording of Grace Jones’ set from Fire Island that same year. 

Signed copies of ‘Our Time Is Coming’ by Masters At Work, ‘The M&M Mixes’ by John Morales, and ‘Right Back To You’ by Ten City also feature in the sale, as well as a bundle of invites to The Loft addressed to Simonelli from David Mancuso.

You can see the full auction here, and watch a video of Simonelli talking about New York’s clubbing heritage below. 

Previous Wax Poetics sales have included a collection of handwritten lyrics, birthday invites and rare tapes by Tupac Shakur, which ran in February. Last summer, more than 100 synths, records and other items owned by DāM-FunK were auctioned off. And in May 2025, Louie Vega announced he was putting prices on various pieces of highly sought after vinyl, clothing and studio equipment.