Levi’s jeans from 1800s with racist slogan sell for over $120,000
Before there was the radio, telephone or electric power in most American homes, there were these jeans. On Oct. 1, a pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1800s sold at an auction in New Mexico for over $120,000, making them one of the most expensive pairs of vintage jeans ever sold, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The buyer, 23-year-old San Diego resident Kyle Haupert, paid a whopping US$76,000 (nearly CAD$104,600) before an additional buyer’s premium, which brought the total to US$87,400 (nearly CAD$120,380).
Haupert purchased the denim in part with Zip Stevenson, a seasoned vintage denim seller. Read more: Buzz Aldrin flight-to-moon jacket sells at auction for $2.8M The jeans were found in an abandoned mineshaft by a “denim archaeologist” several years ago, CNN reported.
They were sold at the four-day Durango Vintage Festivus — an auction completely unlike the typical posh Sotheby’s or Christie’s auction houses.
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