A pair of sneakers has been auctioned in New York for more than $ 400,000. The Canadian entrepreneur and collector Miles Nadal bought the pair yesterday (local time) for 437,500 dollars (about 390,000 euros), said the auction house Sotheby’s. That was the highest price ever paid at an auction for a pair of sneakers.
It is a „Moon Shoe“ by Nike, which was manufactured around the year 1972. Allegedly, Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman is said to have poured rubber into his wife’s waffle iron in search of a very special sole.
The 1972 Nike Waffle Racing Flat ‚Moon Shoe,‘ the last remaining pair in Sotheby’s Stadium Goods: The Ultimate Sneaker Collection, $ 437,500 Earlier today, a pair of sneakers. #SothebysStadiumGoods https://t.co/GGmjh8hSKh
– Sotheby’s (@Sothebys) July 23, 2019
Only about twelve pairs of the „Moon Shoe“ were made, which now auctioned was the only known, whose condition could be described as unworn.
