The auction was conducted by Christie’s and two pairs of shoes used by tennis player Serena Williams were also auctioned.
Two pairs of sneakers worn in 1985 by Michael Jordan raised nearly $300,000 this Thursday in an online auction held by the house to Christie.
The star lot of this sale of items dedicated to sports collectors is a pair of air jordan 1the first model of sneakers made by Nike for the star of nbathan him Jordan featured in court and sold for $189,000 (including buyer’s premium).
Despite the high number, there was only one bid and the lot was placed below the range estimated by to Christiewhich is in between 200,000 and 300,000 dollars. another pair of air jordan 1 of 1985, in this case signed and probably used by Jordanwas sold for $107,100.
Sales are far from the record amounts paid in previous years for other basketball legend shoes: in 2020 some air jordan 1s they collected $560,000 and in 2021 some Nike Air Ships used by Jordan in 1984 they reached approx 1.5 million dollars.
In total, at the auction to Christie closed today seven pairs of sneakers for sale Jordanbut some of them were left without buyers, something that also happened with other items on offer, including two more pairs of shoes worn by the tennis player Serena Williamswhere it is expected to collect up to $15,000 and $20,000, respectively.
He also couldn’t find anyone to buy the T-shirt los angeles lakers dressed at a party for the deceased kobe bryant and that it is presented at an estimated price interval 100,000 and 150,000 dollars.
Some exclusive designs are also offered at auction, such as some pairs of sneakers resulting from collaborations between Nike Y Louis Vuitton and a chest designed by the designer Virgil Abloh -who was artistic director of the French brand and died in 2021- was sold recently $100,000.
Source: EFE.
Source: Tycsports
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