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ro)nnn nr ni lo)IHJlLL MBCaEiT Vau can buy sculpture Massive icon -The 11 Charging Buir Is for 'V "i'. 7 I sale by sculptor Arturo 7 but you can't bave it 'J Di Modica, who wants I 1 to keep visiting it la vT--- ITS NO BULL: For 5 million bucks, you can slap your name on New York's snarling, four-legged symbol of capitalism. "The Charging Bull' BY JOSE MARTINEZ DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER a massive bronze sculpture famously deposited outside the New York Stock Exchange before the start of business in December 1989 is up for sale. The only conditions are that a deep-pocketed buyer instantly must donate the tourist favorite to the city. It must also be kept in Bowling Green Park, where V.v authorities eventually transplanted the bull because it lacked a permit for Wall St.

"It must stay there," said sculptor Arturo Di Modica, who created the bull as a symbol of hope fol lowing the 1987 stock market crash. "Love the bull," declared Di Modica, who delivered the piece before dawn on a flatbed truck. "Respect the bull." And pony up for it, too. The starting price is $5 million, and Di Modica and his backers are bullish they will not encounter a bear market when it comes to potential buyers. "We're talking to different individuals and different institutions at this point," said Stefan Opperman, whose company, the Fine Art Collection, is brokering the sale.

"We'll see where it goes from here." Di Modica, who shuttles between New York and Italy, said he needs to unload the bull to raise funds for his latest works, which include a 150-ton fountain and "seven or eight" other pieces. "I have a lot of art to create," said the 63-year-old sculptor. "I have another 15, 20 years to do something beautiful." But he may have a hard time creating anything that endures more tourist snapshots than "The Charging Bull." The piece has become a destination for out-of- towners, who straddle the bull and take it by the horns. "All over, they talk about "The Charging Di Modica said in a telephone interview from Italy. "I created something incredible." Even if he unloads his pet project, Di Modica said he still plans to pay weekly late-night visits to the bull.

"It's my strength," he said. "It's my life." MICHAEL SCHWARTZ DSanhe die-hards Iran frozen tundra fbr tin BY ETHAN SACKS DAILY NEWS WRITER SOMETIME THIS morning, Shelly Krivulin will reach a cold-numbed hand into her purse to fork over a record price for Yankees tickets. The 18-year-old was part of a group of a dozen teens who camped outside Yankee Stadium, braving arctic temperatures for 24 hours just to get 2005 tickets, which go on sale today. "I had to come," said Krivulin, of Midwood, Brooklyn, as she sat swaddled in blankets and wearing four pairs of socks. "I would do anything for Tal Levy of Sheepshead Bay skipped out of classes at Edward R.

Murrow High School to freeze on line, but he had a good excuse. "My mom is too old to come and stay out here, so I'm doing it for her," he said. "We're suffering for other people." Inside, in the cozy Stadium Club, Yankees Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera and skipper Joe Torre attended a news conference announcing plans to hawk collectibles. The trio said they are eager to get the season started and erase the bad taste of this year's playoff collapse to the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series. "I always start from scratch," said Rivera.

"It's a new year, so anything you did before it doesn't matter." Torre said the additions of free agent Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright and the probable acquisition of Randy Johnson give the team a much deeper pitching staff to work with this season. One free agent the Yankees will not be looking at is Nelson de la Rosa. The 28-inch-tall former sidekick of ex-Red Sox ace and new Met Pedro Martinez has declared himself a free agent and is eying a place in the Yankees locker room to spite his onetime friend. "We've got rules around here, so I don't think so," Jeter laughed, when asked about bringing de la Rosa to the Yankees. esacksGnirdaitynews.com YANKEE FANS will have to dig deeper in their pockets when tickets for the 2005 season go on sale today.

The best seats have risen by $10, to $90 but those are for selected holders of season tickets and they already are sold out. The best seats available today go for $50, up $5. The cheapest the bleacher seats cost $12 apiece. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. at the Stadium, at yankees.com or through Ticketmaster.

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