KANYE WORN SNEAKERS BREAKS AUCTION SALES RECORD
The sneakers Kanye wore on the night of his emotional performance of “Hey Mama” at the Grammy sold at record high.
The Kanye West sneakers that sent athletic shoes strutting down fashion runways sold for $1.8 million, a new world record price for a pair of sneakers, Sotheby's announced The American rapper's 2008 'Grammy Worn' Nike Air Yeezy samples were prototypes for a line developed by West and Mark Smith for Nike. They were revealed during West's performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
The buyer was sneaker investing platform RARES, which paid the highest publicly recorded price for the pair. They were put up for sale at Sotheby's by New York collector Ryan Chang. The private sale shattered the current auction record for sneakers, far above the $560,000 that Sotheby's scored in May 2020 for a pair of 1985 Air Jordan 1's, designed for and worn by basketball player Michael Jordan
The black leather, size 12 Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototypes have a Yeezy forefoot strap and the brand's signature Y medallion lace locks in pink. West ended his collaboration with Nike in 2013 and took the brand to Adidas
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