A few worn -out sneakers from Michael Jordan achieved a record price at an auction in New York.The "Nike Air Jordan 1S" sancers of the basketball legend were for 560.000 dollars (around 517.000 euros) auctioned, a world record for a few sneakers, as the Sotheby's auction house announced on Sunday.It was almost four times the original estimated price of 150.000 dollars.
Teures Schuhwerk: Der rechte und der linke Nike Air Jordan 1S von 1985 (von links nach rechts).sothebysAccording to Sotheby's, the buyer wanted to remain anonymous. In den letzten 20 Minuten der Online-Auktion sei der Preis hochgeschnellt, Bieter von vier Kontinenten hätten sich daran beteiligt.
Den bisherigen Rekordpreis für ein Paar Turnschuhe erzielte Sotheby's in New York im vorigen Jahr, als der kanadische Sammler Miles Nadal für einen "Moon Shoe" der Firma Nike, der um das Jahr 1972 gefertigt wurde, mehr als 430.000 dollars zahlte.
According to the auction house, the "Nike Air Jordan 1s" is the first shoe that Jordan, who was now 57-year-old in 1985, developed together with Nike.Since then, Jordan and many other sports stars worldwide have always designed shoes and other sporting goods with great success.
Jordan wore the red-white-black sneakers auctioned on Sunday with red laces as players of the Chicago Bulls during several NBA games. Sie waren für den Star maßangefertigt, der rechte Schuh etwas größer als der linke.One of the shoes wears Jordan's signature.
They have been owned by the collector Jordan Geller since 2012, who had released them for the auction.The ten-part documentary series "The Last Dance" is currently moving back into the spotlight, which is considered the best basketball player ever. Die neue Dokumentation über Jordan und dessen letzte Saison bei den Chicago Bulls läuft beim Streamingdienst Netflix.
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