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Michael Jackson Sock Sells for $8,000 in Paris Auction Surreal

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Michael Jackson's infamous stage-worn sock fetched $8,000 in a Paris auction, outpacing several Picasso sketches and leading Google searches for "most expensive celebrity memorabilia" and "why do people buy celebrity socks?" The winning collector reportedly plans to display it alongside a taxidermied pigeon, quipping, "It no longer moonwalks, but it still has sole."

After Jackson's sock upstaged Picasso's doodles, Paris became ground zero for "weirdest auction items ever" and "what is the value of celebrity clothing?" The auctioneer described the sock as "aromatic," while onlookers debated whether it belonged in the Louvre or laundromat. One bidder remarked, "I came for the art, stayed for the footnote."

At least five Parisian collectors bid furiously, reportedly arguing whether the sock should be dry-cleaned or sealed in a climate-controlled bubble, forever chasing Jackson's moonlit legacy.

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