Steve Jobs’ Old Sandals Just Sold For A Ridiculous Amount Of Money – SlashGear

Apparently, we’ve come so far in falling over one another for the latest and greatest iPhone that retro models are nostalgic enough to drop thousands of dollars on them — or tens of thousands, if you want to be competitive. Earlier this year, LCG Auctions sought a buyer for a mint condition 1st generation iPhone, and by the time the gavel came down, the price tag on the 15-year-old device reached nearly $40,000. In July, a circuit board prototype of Apple 1 — the Apple founder’s earliest computer model — flew through a Boston auction house and sold for over $677,000. 

Jobs’ old Birkenstocks sold for $2,000, just a fraction of this most recent payout, in 2016, Nolan told NPR. NFT images of the sandals were reportedly included in the sale. This is the most that the auction house has ever seen a pair of shoes go for, but on a bigger scale, Jobs’ Birks are far from record holders: Michael Jordan’s Nike Air Ships hit $1.47 million at auction, reports NPR, and Nikes work by Kanye West at the Grammys went for $1.8 million. We can’t fathom having a few million to spare, but if we did, a celebrity’s shoes wouldn’t be high on our to-buy list. At least they’ll make for interesting conversation pieces, though.