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A pair of vintage Levi’s jeans dating back to the 1880s sold at an auction in New Mexico for nearly $90,000.

Stevenson said a handful of similar jeans are still in existence, but they’re too delicate to wear. These jeans, on the other hand, are still wearable.

A pair of preworn Levi's jeans found a few years ago in an abandoned mine sold for $87,000 at an auction in New Mexico. The bidders hope to sell the pants to a museum.

In a highest prices ever paid for a pair of denim, a pair of worn-out Levi’s jeans from 1880s was sold at an auction in New Mexico small town for $87,000 (Rs 71,58,494 lakh).

A pair of dirty jeans dating from 1880s sold for a whopping price of Rs19 million ($87400) and can be viewed only by appointment in USA.

The jeans -- found in an abandoned mine by a denim archaeologist -- were bought by 23-year-old Kyle Hautner and Zip Stevenson, a veteran of the vintage denim market.

The jeans — found in an abandoned mine by a "denim archaeologist" — sold at an auction for more than $87,000.

A vintage and worn-out pair of Levis jeans from the 1880s was recently sold at an auction in a small town in Mexico for over a whopping $87,000 (Rs

$87,000 for an 1880s pair of Levis found by a "denim archaeologist."

A pair of Levis jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than US$87,000.