Why Kanye sneakers are valued so high?
A significant piece of Grammys and sneaker history could be yours — for a very hefty price.
Valued at more than a record-breaking $1 million (approx Dh3.7 million) the Nike Air Yeezy 1 prototype worn by rapper Kanye West at the 50th Grammy Awards is on sale this month at Sotheby’s auction house.
These aren’t just any old pair of shoes. The first look at a top-secret collaboration between Nike and the rap mogul, West’s Air Yeezy 1 was the debut of what was to become his billiondollar Yeezy fashion brand. And the shoes took the sneaker world by storm in 2008 ahead of a booming black market for luxury sneakers.
“The Air Yeezy was an entirely new silhouette — created for an artist rather than an athlete, and paved the way for many of the artist collaborations of today,” Sotheby’s said in a press release for the auction.