As far as basehead mayor memorabilia goes, the tie Rob Ford wore when he admitted to smoking crack cocaine is hardly a museum piece. It is, however, something you can actually buy and own, one of several personal items Ford put on eBay Wednesday night. 
 
 Under the less-than-inspired handle "torontorobford," the former mayor also put some moose print jammie pants, a size 4XL football jersey and a poster that looks like it came from Spencer's Gifts up for auction. 
 
 Each item, it seems, has a special connection to the Ford administration. The listing for the pants, for instance, boasts, "These are the print patterned pants that Councillor Rob Ford was seen wearing on a shopping trip to Wal-Mart." 
 
 But caveat emptor, eager Rob Ford collectors: torontorobford currently has a feedback score of 0. 
 
 [Image via eBay//h/t Mediaite] ||||| A second video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what has been described as crack cocaine by a self-professed drug dealer was secretly filmed in his sister's basement early Saturday morning. 
 
 The clip, which was viewed by two Globe and Mail reporters, shows Mr. Ford taking a drag from a long copper-coloured pipe, exhaling a cloud of smoke and then frantically shaking his right hand. The footage is part of a package of three videos that the drug dealer says he surreptitiously shot around 1:15 a.m., and which he says he is now selling for "at least six figures." 
 
 See photos from the recent videos of Rob Ford appearing to smoke crack. And our continuing live coverage. 
 
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 The footage comes to light weeks after Mr. Ford embarked on a re-election campaign styled on the importance of second chances and forgiving mistakes. Nearly a year ago, the mayor thrust himself into worldwide infamy when another drug dealer, Mohamed Siad, tried to sell another video of the mayor allegedly smoking crack to media outlets in Canada and the United States. At the time, the mayor denied using the drug, only to later admit that he had smoked crack cocaine in a "drunken stupor" and said that he was not an addict. 
 
 Since then Mr. Ford has been filmed numerous times in public appearing erratic and acting impaired. In each instance, the mayor has admitted to drinking, but never to using drugs. A few weeks ago when asked directly if he was continuing to use drugs, Mr. Ford said: "You guys ask stupid questions." 
 
 Approached at City Hall Wednesday evening, Mr. Ford declined to respond to questions about the video. Shortly after The Globe confronted Mr. Ford, he issued a statement. "I have decided to take a leave from campaigning and from my duties as Mayor to seek immediate help," he said. 
 
 In one of the clips shown to The Globe and Mail Wednesday, the mayor rapidly shifts his weight back and forth on the spot, talking into his cellphone and his right arm swinging at his side. When the camera pans around the room, a man that looks like Alessandro "Sandro" Lisi, the mayor's former driver who has been charged with drug dealing and extortion, can be seen in the background. Mr. Ford's sister, Kathy, who has admitted in media interviews to being a drug addict, is sitting in front of her brother. In the last of three clips, Mr. Ford is holding the pipe and speaking to his sister. 
 
 A man who answered Mr. Lisi's cellphone told The Globe not to call back. Mr. Lisi's lawyer, Seth Weinstein, said: "I think the only thing I can tell you now is that, until such time the video's contents are authenticated, it would be inappropriate to comment any further." A reporter attempted to contact Ms. Ford at her home, but there was no answer. 
 
 In all three clips, the mayor is wearing a white shirt and a dark-coloured tie with a pattern of thin white marks. This is the same shirt-and-tie combination he was wearing Friday afternoon at a press conference where he was critical of the dismissal of Gene Jones, who was appointed by the mayor to run the Toronto Community Housing Corporation and was removed after a damning ombudsman investigation. The drug dealer who showed The Globe the videos said that the mayor was also ranting about Mr. Jones's ouster in his sister's basement. In one of the video clips, the camera pans onto a second cellphone, which is flipped open and shows the time and date. 
 
 Unlike the first notorious video that captured the mayor apparently smoking crack cocaine, the mayor is not smoking from a glass pipe, rather a metal one. Scott MacIntyre, the former common-law spouse of Kathy Ford who is now suing the mayor, said in an interview that the mayor's sister smokes crack from metal pipes that can also be used to smoke marijuana. When shown a photo of the mayor holding the pipe, Mr. MacIntyre said it is similar to the crack pipes that the mayor's sister has used. "She uses those brass elbows," he said, referring to plumbing that can be converted into a pipe. 
 
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 All three clips were shot in a cluttered, dimly lit room with a white tile ceiling. The drug dealer selling the video identified it as the basement of Ms. Ford's home. When asked what the ceiling of Ms. Ford's basement looks like, Mr. MacIntyre said it has white perforated tiles. 
 
 The drug dealer who approached The Globe said that the audio on the three clips was not available because the speaker on his phone was broken when he recorded the footage. The dealer said he supplied the crack that was smoked that night and that he had decided to sell the footage to "make money." He supplied an alias to The Globe and urged the paper to publish his nickname because: "I want someone to come to me." The Globe is not publishing that nickname because of concerns about the drug dealer's intentions. 
 
 The Globe cannot confirm the substance inside the pipe. 
 
 Reached late last night, Mr. Ford's long-time criminal lawyer Dennis Morris questioned the authenticity of the video. "If these guys are drug dealers and there's money involved, they can say whatever they want to get more money, to extract more money from the people who are paying." 
 
 It's difficult for anyone to prove what the mayor is smoking in the video, Mr. Morris said. "So say for example it was marijuana," he said. "Would [you] pay more for a video if I told you it was marijuana or crack cocaine?" 
 
 The Globe did not purchase the video but it did buy a series of screen grabs from the three clips. 
 
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 The Globe reporters met the dealer and one of his associates, who said he was not in Ms. Ford's basement but also identified himself as a drug dealer, at a strip-mall parking lot west of Toronto. The drug dealer selling the video said that he sold drugs to the mayor several times over the past year. 
 
 Since the first crack video emerged, his brother and campaign manager, Councillor Doug Ford, has repeatedly said that voters aren't concerned with the mayor's drug use. 
 
 "You're out of touch with what the people care about. People don't care about that," he said in January. 
 
 With reports from Ann Hui, Renata D'Aliesio, Elizabeth Church and Patrick White ||||| The curtain has drawn on a dramatic day at Toronto City Hall in which Mayor Rob Ford admitted that he had smoked crack cocaine, though the defiant chief magistrate is making no plans to step down from his job. 
 
 Ford made the shocking admission late Tuesday morning and spoke again with reporters hours later, describing his shame at hiding the truth from his family and colleagues. 
 
 The admission was "the most difficult and embarrassing thing I have ever had to do," Ford told a crush of media gathered at city hall. 
 
 The mayor, speaking in a slow, grave tone and wearing an NFL logos tie, said he was "ashamed" but felt like "1,000 pounds have been lifted off my shoulders" after his earlier admission that he has used crack cocaine. 
 
 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told reporters late Tuesday that publicly admitting he had smoked crack cocaine was the most embarrassing moment of his life. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) 
 
 "To the residents of Toronto, I know I have let you down and I can't do anything else but apologize and apologize, and I'm so sorry," he said. 
 
 
 
 The mayor also absolved his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, of having any knowledge about his substance abuse issues. 
 
 
 
 "I kept this from my family — especially my brother, Doug — my staff, my council colleagues, because I was embarrassed and ashamed," he said, with his brother standing to his right. 
 
 Despite the many calls for him to step down, Ford said he still had a job to do at city hall. 
 
 "I was elected to do a job and that’s exactly what I’m going to continue doing," Ford said, telling reporters that voters will decide next year when the municipal election is held if he should keep his job as mayor. 
 
 Ford’s admission that he had smoked crack cocaine comes after months of denials. 
 
 "Folks, I have nothing left to hide," Ford said. 
 
 ‘I have smoked crack cocaine’ 
 
 When Ford made his admission during the midday, he told reporters it probably occurred "in one of my drunken stupors" about a year ago. 
 
 "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine," Ford said. 
 
 "But, no — do I? Am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Um, probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago." 
 
 The mayor suggested that he hadn’t been lying when reporters previously asked him about his drug use, questions raised after a series of media reports about an alleged video of him smoking crack cocaine. 
 
 The mayor had denied that video’s existence, but Toronto police Chief Bill Blair has said it is now in the possession of police. Ford has since called for that video to be released for all to see. 
 
 "So, I wasn’t lying. You didn’t ask the correct questions,” Ford said Tuesday, referring to the prior questions he had faced about using drugs. 
 
 "No, I’m not an addict and no, I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize, but it is what it is and I can’t change the past." 
 
 "Yes, I've made mistakes, all I can do now is apologize and move on," the mayor said. "I can apologize to my family, my friends, my colleagues and the people of this great city." 
 
 The CBC’s Jamie Strashin reported Tuesday that Ford’s staff members were told about the plans to admit his drug use only minutes before the mayor spoke to reporters. 
 
 Ford colleagues react 
 
 Ford'sadmission of drug use drew immediate response from colleagues at city hall. Many are calling for the mayor to step aside to sort out his personal issues. 
 
 Coun. Jaye Robinson said that Ford does not have even “a shred of credibility,” and she wants to see him take a leave of absence. 
 
 Coun. Jaye Robinson says the mayor does not have even 'a shred of credibility,' following his admission that he has smoked crack cocaine. (CBC) 
 
 "The real issue is getting the mayor to address his health issues, step aside [and] take a leave of absence, as I’ve been saying for six long months," said Robinson. "And now he’s coming forward and he’s admitting that there is clearly a problem here." 
 
 Robinson was previously a member of the mayor’s executive committee, though she was ousted from her position as the chair of the community and recreation development committee after she urged Ford to take a leave of absence. 
 
 After the mayor held his second news conference to apologize, Coun. Josh Matlow said that Ford simply needs to go. 
 
 The same day that Ford admitted to using crack cocaine, news broke that councillors have prepared at least two separate motions related to his behaviour. 
 
 Coun. John Filion represents Ward 23, Willowdale, an area he says is "hugely overpopulated" with condos. (Patrick Morrell/CBC) 
 
 One motion from Coun. John Filion seeks to strip the mayor of his ability to hire or fire the deputy mayor, or any of the standing committee chairs. 
 
 A second motion from Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong calls on the mayor to apologize, co-operate with police in their investigation and to take a temporary leave of absence. 
 
 "I think it’s time for him to take a break," Minnan-Wong said when speaking with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, about an hour after the mayor admitted to having smoked crack cocaine. 
 
 Other councillors tweeted reactions: 
 
 Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday that she had heard the mayor’s admission, but left it to the police and the judicial system to "take action." 
 
 When speaking with reporters, Wynne said that what has been going at city hall "is of great concern to everyone in the city of Toronto." 
 
 The city’s former deputy mayor Doug Holyday said Tuesday that he respects what Ford has accomplished as mayor, but that the mayor must deal with the issues in his personal life. 
 
 Holyday won a seat in the provincial legislature during a summer byelection, which led to his recent departure from city hall. 
 
 It was unclear Tuesday how Ford's sudden admission of prior drug use will affect his future as Toronto's mayor. There is no legal mechanism to remove him from office for using drugs. 
 
 Ford, 44, was elected as the mayor of Toronto three years ago. He still has another year to go in his current term. The mayor has said he intends to run for a second term.Days ago, he predicted that next year’s election campaign is going to be "a bloodbath." 
 
 A controversial tenure 
 
 During his time as mayor, Ford has consistently drawn headlines both for his work at city hall and his life outside of it. 
 
 Alongside the recent questions about his drug use, Ford has also faced questions about the people he associates with in his private life. 
 
 Toronto police undertook an investigation into allegations regarding the video, which involved following the mayor and other individuals. Ground and aerial surveillance were used. 
 
 That investigation saw police charge Alexander Lisi, also known as Sandro or Alessandro, with extortion. 
 
 Ford has said that Lisi, who has served as an occasional driver for the mayor, is a friend. 
 
 The drug controversy is not the only high-profile challenge Ford has faced in office. 
 
 He faced a conflict-of-interest challenge that saw a judge order him removed from office, but he ended up winning an appeal and hanging onto his job. 
 
 Ford also faced a defamation lawsuit that was eventually dismissed. 
 
 On a number of occasions, Ford has been accused of acting strangely or inappropriately at public events. During his most recent Sunday radio broadcast, he apologized for "mistakes" he had made, including getting “hammered” at the Taste of the Danforth street festival this year and in letting things get out of control on St. Patrick’s Day last year. 
 
 Recently, Ford faced criticism for writing reference letters for Lisi, who also faces drug charges and has been convicted of threatening to kill his girlfriend, as well as for a tow truck driver who is a convicted murderer.
– You can buy many things on the Internet, and one of them is now the garish tie Rob Ford wore to the press conference in which he confessed he might be more than abstractly familiar with a substance we like to call crack cocaine, albeit only in a "drunken stupor." The former Hizzoner, who is battling an aggressive cancer, has as of yesterday listed various such treasures on eBay, including aforementioned tie, which is currently going for nearly $2,600. Per the listing: "You are bidding on an original piece of memorabilia from former Toronto Mayor, and current Toronto Councillor Rob Ford." It comes with a "Certificate of Authenticity from Councillor Rob Ford himself." Also up for grabs: Some kind of weird moose-print jammies Ford apparently "was seen wearing on a shopping trip to Wal-Mart"; a "Keep Calm and Carry On" sign that Ford "added as a decoration to the Mayor's Office in January, 2014"; and a Saskatchewan Roughriders jersey that "he got while attending a game in July of 2013 (Size 4XL)." But as Gawker notes: "Caveat emptor, eager Rob Ford collectors: torontorobford currently has a feedback score of 0."