--- description: Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has sold the tie he wore when he confessed to smoking crack for $1,445 on eBay. title: Rob Ford Sold His Tie on eBay image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rob Ford Sold His Tie on eBay by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2015 6:43 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2015 6:43 PM CUT Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has sold the tie he wore when he confessed to smoking crack for $1,445 on eBay. The tie, which features several NFL team logos, was worn by the former mayor, and current city councillor, when he admitted he smoked crack cocaine at a 2013 news conference. The tie was originally posted to [Ford’s eBay page](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Rob-Ford-Memorabilia-Football-Tie-/221744319456?pt=LH%5FDefaultDomain%5F2&hash=item33a0fdcbe0 "undefined") in February, [CTV News Toronto](http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/rob-ford-s-apparent-crack-tie-sells-for-1-445-1.2337714 "undefined") reports, when it went for over $16,000\. But Ford posted a Twitter message on Sunday saying some items were re-posted due to fraudulent bidding. > [](https://twitter.com/TorontoRobFord/status/589834484171825153) There were 30 bids made for the tie. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3830136/rob-ford-tie-ebay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3830136/rob-ford-tie-ebay/"},"headline":"Rob Ford Sold His Tie on eBay","datePublished":"2015-04-21T18:43:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:33:30.193Z","description":"The tie sold for $1,445","url":"https://time.com/3830136/rob-ford-tie-ebay/","keywords":["Canada","Rob Ford","eBay"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3830136/rob-ford-tie-ebay/","name":"Rob Ford Sold His Tie on eBay"}}]}] ```