Curt Schilling’s bloody sock will be auctioned
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
The ultimate Boston red sock is hitting the auction block.
The bloody sock worn by Curt Schilling in Game 2 of the 2004 World Series will be sold on Feb. 23, through Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
An iconic piece of memorabilia in dismissing “The Curse of the Bambino,” it is expected to sell for six-figures, according to Heritage. The former Boston Red Sox star is selling the sock through the auction company.
“Boston could win every World Series for the next hundred years, but 2004 will still be the one that everybody remembers,” said Heritage’s Chris Ivy in a prepared release. “So I think we’re only just beginning to understand how important this piece is to the legacy of the Red Sox.”
The sock had been on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame since 2004.
Last May, the Bill Buckner ball from the 1986 World Series sold for $418,250.
“We thought this was a great opportunity to balance the scales and give collectors a chance to decide which moment is worth more,” Ivy said.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
Wait — I thought the sock was a publicity stunt?
If it is so Iconic, Why not just leave it in the Hall of Fame.This way everyone going to the Hall can remonence about the 2004 Red Sox.
It’s Schiling’s property and he’s been having some money issues with a failed video game company.
I could have sworn I heard him in an interview saying he threw that sock away. so what did he do realize it was worth money pick a scab and rub some blood on another sock.
There was one game earlier in the playoffs and one in the Series. This is the Series sock. The first one was thrown away.
Are they going to use the sock that they put dye on? Because anybody knows that with even elementary medical knowlege that blood turns brown…….. As a matter of fact indoors blood in clothing turns brown within about 30-60mins….. And outdoors it is MUCH quicker. Can be as low as 15min up to 60.
His sock was still bright red well after that… That just defies the laws of the universe.
There is no debating he had surgery (Which Schilling has a picture of the surgery and he says that proves the sock was real, but that proves nothing). But anybody who has had any surgeries like that know, that sutures of that type dont bleed like that for starters. Secondly, sutures like that require a topical to be rubbed on them that no doubt would have changed the color of the blood to a much different shade of red/pink than blood, plus it would have dramatically changed the consistency of tis supposed blood to a very thick soupy BBQ sauce type solution that would have spread much different.
Like I said, no denying the surgery happened. But anybody with even a smaller brain than the tiniest of tiny know that if the incision was in fact bleeding, that means there is an exit for the blood, WHICH IS ALSO AN EXIT FOR INFECTION!!! This DR who performed the surgery was there in the clubhouse. If that thing was bleeding, let alone bleeding pressed up against a dirty sweat filled sock, that DR would have been up there having the game timed out and wrapped up that ankle because that is the epitome of Staph/Strep/Septic infections….. There is no way in the world that was real. And any surgeon who performed that and stood by and watched that happen would probably be disciplined and most likely suspended from practicnig for a short time for allowing an incision to split like that and not take measures to ensure sanitary safety.
It doesnt take much critical thought to realize not only did this not happen, but no medical prefesssional would have let that happen. It’s not even a question.