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Different socks worn by the pop star on show at the Fashion Museum in Santiago, Chile in 2009. [MARTIN BERNETTI /AFP]
A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than $8,000 on Wednesday, a French auctioneer said.
A technician found the used sock discarded near Jackson's dressing room after the concert in the southern city of Nimes in July 1997, auctioneer Aurore Illy told AFP.
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