An auction seeks to sell porcelain sneakers for one million dollars

It could become a unique pair of sneakers designed by a company.AdidasFor sports equipment and the German porcelain maker Meissen, the first shoe of its kind sold at a price of one million dollars, according to Dar’s projectionsسوذبيزWhich displays it in Auction. Craftsmen from Mason painted the shoe and then attached decorated ceramic tiles to it as well.

This athletic shoe is not intended for actual use, and therefore cannot be worn. The design, rarity and price of these shoes may help elevate the collector’s sports shoes market to a new stage.

The auction houses began in recent years to focus on selling sports shoes for collectors, but until now they have offered only examples of groups, even if some of them are limited collections.

The model, which is offered for sale online from Monday to December 16, is unique and Sotheby’s estimated its value at between “one dollar and one million” dollars.

The design of this shoe was inspired by the “ZX8000” shoes that Adidas offered for sale and was highly popular.

The price record for a sneaker was broken several times this year, the most recent of which was the sale of the Air Jordan 1 shoe from Nike for $ 615,000 during an auction organized by Christie’s in mid-August.

Sotheby’s director of online sales development Braham Wachter notes that “there is an evolution in the market that sneakers like this are seen as art.”

Nike was by far the most sought-after among collectors through its affiliate brand, “Jordan Brand”, associated with historic former American basketball star Michael Jordan.

As for the vice president of the “Stokes” e-commerce platform, he believed that the auction houses benefit from the emergence of the culture of “sports shoes” and “use it to attract a new audience to its system.”

Sotheby’s director of online sales development Braham Wachter notes that “there is an evolution in the market that sneakers like this are seen as art.”

“These very rare products offered by auction houses receive only 0.01 percent of the wealthy collectors’ attention,” he stressed, while specialized platforms such as “Stokes” provide “access to the rest.”

Braham Wachter expects that displaying other unique shoes at auctions will make a difference in the market, as it will push new collectors’ enthusiasts to enter the market, and lead to a different “dynamic” of prices.

He considered that the auction, which starts on Monday, “constitutes a test.” The proceeds from this auction will go to the Brooklyn Museum in New York and its programs for the city’s youth.

(France Brush)