How Much Did Martha Stewart Make on Her Tag Sale?

When Martha Stewart sold her East Hampton estate and closed her Manhattan office, she had a lot of things she didn’t need. She decided to have a tag sale event to benefit charity, and she made almost one million dollars.

Martha Stewart, known for her gourmet menus, cookbook, and cooking TV show “Martha Knows Best,” started her career as a model when she was 13.

Before focusing on her lifestyle brand, she went to college to study European and architectural history, worked as a stockbroker, and is the owner of many businesses today. 

Martha Stewart at the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 30, 2022 | Source: Getty Images

In April 2022, the TV personality hosted her first-ever yard sale, and lots of famous faces attended to support her. Celebrities like Blake Lively, Sunny Hostin, Kris Jenner, Joy Behar, and more stopped by Stewart’s home.

The yard sale was part of a new ABC special titled “The Great American Tag Sale With Martha Stewart.” The special would see Stewart part ways with pieces from her vast art collection, housewares, and furniture.

WHAT IS MARTHA STEWARD’S SALE ABOUT?

Being a borderline hoarder, Stewart had a tag sale at her Katonah, NY farm, and she put up for sale thousands of items that she had collected over the decades.

She revealed that some of the things she had on sale were beautiful pieces of art, beautiful clothing, fantastic shoes, kitchen items, lots and lots of silverware and flatware, and bake-a-lite.

For Stewart, decluttering the various storage buildings on her farm was not only about creating more space but was about wanting to raise money for the Martha Stewart Center For Living at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Inspired by her mother, the center was created for comprehensive care for older adults by providing holistic living services to help them live healthy and more engaged lives.

The sale raised over $800,000 for the center, and Stewart believes that health care workers who continue to work through the pandemic deserve a public display of support and money.

IS MARTHA STEWART RETIRING?

The 80-year-old lifestyle guru, born on August 3, 1941, is not ready to retire. In an interview, when discussing the term “coastal grandmother,” Stewart said she could never be those.

A “coastal grandmother” was a term TikToker Lex Nicoleta used to describe people who loved Nancy Meyers movies, coastal vibes, cooking, recipes, Ina Garten, interiors, etc.

Stewart believed none of these apply to her because she is different from the women in Nancy Meyers’s movies. She said:

“I could never be in those [Nancy Meyers] movies. I work every day! I’m not retired yet; maybe when I retire in 20 years … maybe.”

Even though Stewart does not see herself as a coastal grandmother, she is familiar with its aesthetics and has embodied many of the trend’s tenets for decades.

Stewart is proud to be a grandmother and believes the secret to her aging backward and having energy is homemade green juice. As she has no plans of retiring soon, she is moving forward with her business.

She recently celebrated the launch of a new glassware collection in partnership with Baccarat, inspired by her tenure at Skylands, her home in Maine.

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