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DFW

(54,445 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 12:03 PM Feb 2015

If you thought that $100,000+ was crazy for the Shoeless Joe photo, try this:

In the same sports memorabilia auction, the two pairs of boxing gloves worn by Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali in their second match brought $956,000.

I don't know who was crazier, the guy who paid $956,000 for four used boxing gloves, or the guy who was one bid behind, and dropped out. He may not have the four used boxing gloves, but then he doesn't have a bill due for nearly $1 million for two pair of used boxing gloves, either.

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