{"id":301951,"date":"2021-07-18T02:24:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T23:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/michael-jordans-olympic-sneakers-worlds-first-nikes-on-auction\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T02:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T23:24:17","slug":"michael-jordans-olympic-sneakers-worlds-first-nikes-on-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/michael-jordans-olympic-sneakers-worlds-first-nikes-on-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"#Michael Jordan’s Olympic sneakers, world’s ‘first’ Nikes on auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Michael Jordan’s Olympic sneakers, world’s ‘first’ Nikes on auction<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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These used sneakers are worth more than their weight in gold.<\/p>\n

Basketball legend Michael Jordan wore the size-13 Converse Fastbreaks during the trials for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, before he went on to win a gold medal with the US team in the game<\/a>s. They\u2019re now estimated to fetch a cool $80,000 to $100,000. <\/p>\n

The signed sneaks are among the 50-plus lots of rare memorabilia from Olympic athletes, being sold in an online-only Sotheby\u2019s auction<\/a>. Bidding begins July 23, the day of the Tokyo Games\u2019 opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Converse are believed to be among the rarest Michael Jordan-worn sneakers now in existence \u2014\u00a0especially notable as he is so closely tied to Nike.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really liked Converse,\u201d said Brahm Wachter, the head of streetwear and modern collectibles at Sotheby\u2019s. \u201cThey were low to the ground, he could feel the court beneath his feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michael Jordan\u2019s Converse are estimated to fetch $80,000 to $100,000 at auction. <\/figcaption>
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Not only is the auction ringing in the start of the pandemic-postponed games. It also comes at a time when collectors\u2019 interest for rare sports memorabilia, and sneakers especially, is through the roof. In 2019, International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin\u2019s 1892 manifesto for the modern games sold for $8.8 million in a Sotheby\u2019s auction. Last summer, Christie\u2019s auctioned a pair of kicks that Jordan wore during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics for $112,500.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSneakers in general<\/a> have become the most hip sports collectible besides sports cards because they app<\/a>eal to a huge demographic,\u201d said Leila Dunbar, an independent appraiser with an expertise in sports and pop culture memorabilia. (She previously ran Sotheby\u2019s Collectibles Department, but has no involvement with this auction.)<\/p>\n

Also up for bid is a pair of metallic Nike spikes worn and signed by sprinter Michael Johnson \u2014\u00a0who became known as \u201cthe man with the golden shoes\u201d for wearing a nearly identical pair during his winning 200-meter and 400-meter dashes at the 1996 Atlanta games. <\/p>\n

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It was all part of his plan: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to be standing there in gold-plated shoes with a silver medal around my neck,\u201d Johnson said at the time.<\/p>\n

The footwear even made the cover of Time magazine, when Johnson tossed them over his shoulder alongside the gold medals around his neck. The auction shoes are expected to grab between $30,000 and $50,000.<\/p>\n

But the big get is a pair of track spikes \u2014 estimated between $800,000 and $1.2 million \u2014 that Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman created for Canadian Olympic sprinter Harry Jerome in the early 1960s. They pre-date the 1964 launch of Blue Ribbon Sports, which later became Nike, and Jerome\u2019s bronze medal for the 100-meter race that same year, and feature four red prototype logos that resemble Nike\u2019s signature swoosh and \u201cwaffle\u201d sole.<\/p>\n

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\u201c[Browerman] was zero percent at that time concerned with aesthetics,\u201d said Wachter. \u201cHe was focused on, \u2018Could this make the athlete run better, faster? Would this improve their time?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Most notable, said Dunbar, is that these may be the earliest known Nike prototypes that have come up for auction.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that\u2019s a first \u2026 sets a foundation and, because of that, it has a higher level of desirability and historical importance, and that translates out usually into value,\u201d Dunbar said.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s also an Olympic jersey-and-shorts combo, with a $5,000 to $10,000 estimate, made for hoops star Vince Carter who won gold during the 2000 games in Sydney.\u00a0 That\u2019s when he performed his gravity-defying \u201cle dunk de la mort\u201d (dunk of death) \u2014\u00a0as the French press called it at the time \u2014\u00a0by jumping over seven-foot-two French player Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Weiss. It\u2019s one of the most iconic moves in hoops history, making Carter\u2019s Olympic gear all the more valuable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are tough items to find,\u201d Dunbar said. \u201cWhen you buy Olympic athlete \u2026 memorabilia, you are buying history. You are buying a moment in time that can\u2019t be replaced and it can\u2019t be recaptured.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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