
Texas artist Willie Baronet is walking around Chicago, buying signs from homeless people. for an art exhibit he's putting together. He bought two from Ulysses for $20, after they met on the Michigan Avenue Bridge.(Credit: Mike Krauser/CBS)
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Texas artist mas walking around Chicago on Friday, buying the signs homeless people use to try to get people to give them money.
Willie Baronet approached a homeless man on the Michigan Avenue Bridge, and paid him $20 for two of his signs.
Baronet said he has been buying signs from the homeless for 21 years.
“They’re unique,” he said, “they’re artifacts, and in some cases they tell a lot about the story of the person.”