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Dolly Parton's used drugstore cosmetics are up for auction, starting…

Fans of the country star can bid on her used makeup, with opening bids reaching four hundred dollars; the lipstick, for the record, is not new.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUsed drugstore cosmetics belonging to the late Dolly Parton are up for auction, the New York Post reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStarting bids go up to four hundred dollars. For used makeup. Fans are bidding on the actual leftovers, and I find that magnificent.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour hundred.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFirst it's the lipstick, Hank, and then it's the lifeboats. Soon we're all auctioning the crumbs of our own civilization.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI have never seen a movie, so I can't tell you who she is. I assume she's very good at lipstick.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorShe's a country legend, you savage. She wrote songs people cry to in parking lots. You've never even heard Jolene?

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs that the one about the woman with the red hair?

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Post says these are drugstore cosmetics, used. Not couture, not diamonds.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSomeone is paying real money for a nearly empty compact, and honestly, I'm tempted.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy verdict: I have a drawer of used drugstore items too. Dale, you can have the opening bid.

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