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Bids reach $60k for Curt Schilling’s bloody sock

PROVIDENCE — Bidding is under way for the bloody sock worn by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in the 2004 World Series, which he put up for sale after the high-profile collapse of his video game company.

Chris Ivy, director of sports for Texas-based Heritage Auctions, said the bidding opened at $25,000 and was up to $60,000 by Monday night.

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There is smething wrong with a world where the headlines on one hand say that consumer confidence drops, more womn are the breadwinners, etc, and on the other hand somone can aford to and actually is foolish enough to, bid $60,000 on a sports figures' bloody sock.