Sneakers: Nike predecessor brings $ 315,000 at auction

New York 315.000 dollars for a few worn -out sneakers?Well, the auction house Sotheby’s had hoped for three to four times the reason.But another couple with Olympic and celebrity cover remained entirely.

The New York auction house Sotheby's shoes of the "Nike" co-founder Bill Bowerman auctioned on Tuesday.The white sports shoes with tunnels date from the 1960s and have a red arrow on the side, which later became the trademark of the manufacturer.Sotheby's had hoped for a record of one million dollars - instead the shoes went for 315.000 dollars (around 265.000 euros) under the hammer.

Bowerman had made the shoes for the Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome, who won bronze at the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964.In the same year, Bowerman founded the company Nike together with Phil Knight.

The couple with the "Swoosh" predecessor was now auctioned at the opening of an online auction entitled "The Olympic Collection", which took place on the occasion of the Olympic Games.Among the auction pieces was a few sneakers from the Converse Fastbreak brand, which US basketball star Michael Jordan had worn in the 1984 Olympic qualification round in Los Angeles.

The estimated value for the couple was between 80.000 and 100.000 dollars (around 67.000 to 84.000 euros).However, the shoes did not find a buyer, as the auction house confirmed to the AFP news agency.

The auction house had good reason to hope for a ringing cash register.Turnshoes with history and especially prominent wearers recently went away like warm crews.In April, the previous record for collective gymnastics shoes tripled to $ 1.8 million.This amount achieved a few Nike Air Yeezy 1, which the rapper Kanye West had worn.The previous peak value was only a good half a year old.At an auction in August 2020, a sneaker fan had 615.$ $ For a few Nike Air Jordan 1.