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Monday, February 25, 2013

Schilling's Bloody Sock Sold for $92k at Auction, Plus Other Odd Auction Items

Curt Schilling's famous "bloody sock" sold for $92,612.50 at auction this weekend. Also, check out some of the other "unique" items that sold during that auction.

  The famous "bloody sock" worn by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling during game two of the 2004 World Series was sold at auction on Saturday for $92,612.50 including auctioneer fees, according to the Huffington Post.  An anonymous buyer is the new owner of the sock that Heritage Auctions had predicted would bring in $100,000.  BaseballNewsSource.com says: The famous sock was loaned to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum, but after Schilling’s videogame company “38 Studios” went bankrupt, he decided to put the sock up for auction. Bidding began at $25,000. Schilling defaulted on a $75 million loan from the state of Rhode Island listed the sock as bank collateral in a bankruptcy filing in Massachusetts after investing …

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Schilling's Bloody Sock Up to $60k, Live Auction Could Top $100k

The famous "bloody sock" worn by Curt Schilling during the 2004 World Series was put up for collateral for his video gaming company and is now on the auction block.

  Bidding is under way for Curt Schilling's "bloody sock" worn by the former Red Sox pitcher in the 2004 World Series. Schilling had listed the sock as collateral to secure a loan for his now failed video game company, 38 Studios. The sock is expected to bring in more than $100,000.  Schilling's outstanding debts are close to $100 million.  Chris Ivy, director of sports for Texas-based Heritage Auctions, said bidding opened at $25,000 and was up to $32,500 by Monday and was at $60,000 by Monday night.  According to Heritage Auctions, "The Bloody Sock" worn by pitcher Curt Schilling in his profoundly gutsy performance in Game Two of the 2004 World Series, consigned by Schilling himself, will be sold as part of Heritage Auctions' Feb. …

Monday, January 21, 2013

Schilling's Bloody Sock Auction to Start on Feb. 4

The sock worn by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is expected to bring in more than $100,000. Online auction starts Feb. 4, live auction is Feb. 23.

  The famous bloody sock worn by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling during Game 2 of the 2004 World Series will be auctioned off to help offset debts incurred during the fall of his video gaming company, 38 Studios, reports ESPN.com.  According to the story, Chris Ivy, director of sports for Texas-based Heritage Auctions, says online bidding begins around Feb. 4. Live bidding will take place Feb. 23. The sock is expected to bring in more than $100,000.  Schilling's outstanding debts are close to $100 million.  To read the full story, click here. 

Monday, October 29, 2012

38 Studios Auction Raises $650k

Most of the items remaining at the 38 Studios offices in Rhode Island were auctioned off last week. Items included animation equipment, office furniture and figurines of owner Curt Schilling.

An auction held last week of items from 38 Studios, Curt Schilling's Rhode Island based video company, raised $650,000 toward the company's outstanding debt of more than $75 million, according to www.Boston.com.  According to the article, more than 1,000 people registered to bid Tuesday on what was left of 38 Studios, including sophisticated animation equipment, office furniture, and figurines of Schilling. Rhode Island’s Economic Development Corp. released the dollar figure on Friday. The EDC said earlier that about 95 percent of the items were sold. An initial auction, at a studio in Maryland acquired by 38 Studios, raised $180,000. For the full story, click here. Related stories

Monday, October 22, 2012

Most Expensive Homes for Sale in Medfield

Here is a list of houses for sale in Medfield over $1 million (and one for more than $3 million).

  Looking to move into a larger, luxury home with more amenities in Medfield – or do you just like to take a look? There are six Medfield houses currently listed at realestate.aol.com for more than $1 million, including: In addition, though they're not listed on the AOL site, we know there is at least one more house over $1,000,000: and at least one house listed for nearly $3.5 million: What do you think about these houses -- like, dislike, want, don't want? Tell us in the comment box below? Do you know of other luxury homes for sale in Medfield? Tell us in the comment box below. 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Schilling House Price Dropped to $3.2 Million

The price of Schilling's 20-room, 26 acre estate has dropped from $3.45 million to $3.2 million.

  Updated Jan. 22, 2013: Last week, Landmark Residential dropped the price of Schilling's nearly-8,00 square foot home from $3.5 million to $3.2 million. The 26 acre property is located on a private road and has seven bedrooms, six full bathrooms, and three half-baths.  For more information and photos, click here. Original story Oct. 3, 2012 -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has put his 20-room, 26 acre Medfield estate on the market for $3,450,000, according to The Boston Channel. The 7,981 square foot Schilling estate is listed with Landmark Residential in South Natick which describes the property as: 20 rooms, 7 bedrooms, 6 full baths, 3 half baths, swimming pool, beach volley ball court, tennis court, pitching/batting cage…

Kandi Pitrus

10:18 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012

The house is absolutely beautiful inside. It's perfect for a family that likes to entertain.   more ›

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