Bidding brisk for beard bits

BASEBALL fans in search of that special memento of the Boston Red Sox’s World Series triumph can bid on Most Valuable Player David Ortiz and Shane Victorino’s ‘‘Beard Balls’’ in an eBay auction for charity.

Ortiz and Victorino this month had their beards shaved off at Gillette’s World Shave Headquarters in Boston.

Red Sox beards came in all shapes and sizes last season as Boston’s players bonded over bristly facial hair.

The team that finished last in their division in 2012 roared to a World Series title that energised a city traumatised by the Boston Marathon bombings in April.

Fans can own the strands that once graced champion chins. They have been collected and come complete with the razor that shaved them, labelled in a clear case suitable for display. Proceeds will go to men’s health charity Movember.

With the bids for the auction closing next Saturday, the Ortiz beard was going for $A1258.