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Kanye West's sneakers sold at record price of USD 1.8 million The shoes beat the record held by a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1s which sold for USD 615,000 in August 2020 at a Christie's auction. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Kanye West performs at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles wearing the Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototypes. (Photo| AP) By AFP NEW YORK: A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sold for USD 1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby's said Monday, as the market for rare sports shoes soars. The shoes beat the record held by a pair of N...

Kanye West's Yeezy trainers have sold for a record-breaking $1.8m (£1.3m).

Source: SOTHEBY’S / Sotheby’s The nostalgia for the old As spotted on Sotheby’s announced this week that sneaker investing platform RARES has acquired the Kanye West ‘Grammy Worn’ shoes from 2008 for a record-breaking $1.8 million via private sale. The price sets a new milestone for a publicly recorded sneaker sale, shattering the current auction record for sneakers by almost three times, and establishes the Yeezy 1 Prototypes as the most valuable sneakers ever and the first recorded sneaker sale for more than $1 million. Source: SOTHEBY’S / Sotheby’s ...

By Syndicated Content Apr 26, 2021 8:05 AM NEW YORK (Reuters) – 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 on Monday. 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 p...

Channels Television     A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sold for $1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby’s said Monday. The shoes beat the record held by a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1s which sold for $615,000 in August 2020 at a Christie’s auction. “The sale marks the highest publicly recorded price for a sneaker sale ever,” Sotheby’s said in a statement. “The sale also marks the first pair of sneakers to top $1 million,” it added. The black high top Yeezys were worn by West during the 2008 Grammy Awards as he performed “Hey Mama”...