One Olympic shuttlecock... hardly used

Tuesday 07 August 2012 09:48 BST

Tom Daley Signed Team GB Replica Swim Trunks for the London 2012 auction site (Getty Images)

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Fancy an Olympic memento? Why not log on to the London 2012 auction site and bid on one of the following? A warm-up bib used during the Women's Football semifinals match in Manchester – current bid, £30. One careful (sweaty) owner. An official Olympic clay target, such as is used in the shooting competition, although this one was not used during the event – current bid, £105. For a non-Olympic Olympic souvenir... Tom Daley Signed Team GB Replica Swim Trunks – current bid £155 (perhaps the fact these teeny trunks HAVEN'T been worn has pushed the price up...) Shuttlecock used in Men's Doubles match – current bid £55.

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