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A pricey stroll down memory lane

March 3, 2012 1:14 AM By JIM BAUMBACH jim.baumbach@newsday.com

Harvard's Jeremy Lin keeps the ball away from

Photo credit: AP | Harvard's Jeremy Lin keeps the ball away from Michigan's Manny Harris in the second half of a basketball game. (Dec. 1, 2007)

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Perhaps the first true sign that the Jeremy Lin craze quickly was headed for previously unseen heights came last month when someone posted a yearbook from his middle school on eBay. The asking price was $4,800.

The reason for the lofty minimum bid, according to the seller's description: The yearbook not only was from when Lin was a seventh-grader but was signed by the Knicks' new point guard....

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