Simply final week, it was reported Canadian investor/entrepreneur bought all however one pair of the epic Stadium Items x Sotheby’s “Final Sneaker Assortment” lot for $850,000. Because it seems, that one pair that eluded Miles Nadal offered for greater than half that quantity alone. That shoe was none apart from an authentic Nike Waffle Racing Flat in any other case known as the “Moon Shoe” for the similarities in footprints left by this sneaker and the tracks left on the precise lunar sphere.
So how may this sneaker fetch $437,500? Solely a dozen or so pairs have been ever made within the first place, and the one within the itemizing was the one recognized deadstock (or unworn) pair in existence. Nike initially created these for runners on the 1972 Olympic Trials, and every pair was hand-cobbled by one in all Nike’s earliest staff, Geoff Hollister. They’re made from nylon and sewn along with fishing line, and the outsoles – formed with waffle irons – are in two items as a result of the know-how merely wasn’t round then. That is merely an irreplaceable piece of Nike historical past, and definitely one of the vital invaluable of all-time. Learn extra concerning the itemizing right here.
