Already worn, but still very coveted: a pair of trainers will go under the hammer in New York in early April. Prominent ex-wearer of the black and red kicks: former basketball star Michael Jordan. According to estimates from the auction house Sotheby’s, the shoes could fetch up to four million dollars (about 3.7 million euros) at auction.
The auction house also announced that Jordan wore the black and red sneakers for the Chicago Bulls in the 1998 NBA Finals. Of course, the assumption that the shoes will fetch a high price is no coincidence: in October 2021, Sotheby’s auctioned a pair of Jordan sneakers, for example. sneakers that the 60-year-old in his first NBA season for about 1.5 million dollars, which of course made headlines.
But it doesn’t have to be a famous athlete whose shoes can fetch huge amounts of money: a pair of shoes worn by American rapper Kanye West at the 2008 Grammy Awards grossed $1.8 million.
Source: Krone
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