The highest previous price fetched at auction for sneakers is thought to be $190,373 for a pair of signed Converse shoes said to have been worn by Michael Jordan in the 1984 Olympic basketball final.
A
pair of 1972 running shoes, one of the first pairs made by Nike,
sold for $437,500 on Tuesday, shattering the record for a pair of
sneakers at public auction.
The
so-called Nike "Moon
Shoe," designed by Nike co-founder and track coach Bill
Bowerman for runners at the 1972 Olympics trials, was the top lot in
the first-ever auction dedicated to sneakers at Sotheby's auction
house in New York.
Sotheby's
said the price was a world auction record for a pair of sneakers. The
buyer in the online auction was not immediately known.
The
highest previous price fetched at public auction for sneakers is
thought to be $190,373 in California in 2017 for a pair of signed
Converse shoes said to have been worn by Michael Jordan in the 1984
Olympic basketball final.
Sotheby's,
better known for selling art works fetching tens of millions of
dollars, teamed up with streetwear marketplace Stadium Goods to
auction 100 pairs of the rarest sneakers ever produced in a venture
that reflects their fast-growing status as collectibles.
The
other 99 pairs of sneakers originally up for auction were bought
privately as a single lot last week for $850,000, Sotheby's said.
They
were acquired by Canadian car collector and investor Miles Nadal who
plans to display them at his private automobile museum in Toronto,
Sotheby's said.
Nadal's
haul included 2011 and 2016 versions of the "Back to the Future
Part II" limited-edition shoes by Nike that were inspired by the
1989 film starring Michael J Fox, and limited-edition sneakers
produced by Adidas, Air Jordan and rapper Kanye West's Yeezy
collection.
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