Are you a sneakerhead? How much would you spend just to get your dream pair? Well, one guy spent a lot of cash for a game-worn pair of shoes.
Michael Jordan’s first pair of game-worn Nike Air from 1984 was sold for almost $1.5 million at Sotheby’s.
The auction happened this Sunday, with one person offering a whopping amount of $1.472 million to take home the game-worn pair of the Chicago Bulls’ legend.
Via NBC News:
The 1984 Nike Air Ships are Jordan’s earliest known regular season game-worn Nikes. The shoes, the first pair of sneakers to ever crack the $1 million mark at an auction, going for $1.472 million, were acquired by collector Nick Fiorella.
The signed sneakers are from Jordan’s fifth NBA game in his rookie season, Sotheby’s said. The red and white sneakers were designed by Bruce Kilgore.
“To present such a groundbreaking and important pair of sneakers at this special auction in Las Vegas further solidifies the strength and broad reach of the sneaker collecting community,” said Brahm Wachter, head of Sotheby’s streetwear and modern collectibles department. The auction house began selling sneakers only in 2019.
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