Steve Jobs's old pair of sandals was grabbed for an auction and after some outrageous bids were finally picked up at a price of $220000 which roughly translates to Rs. 1.77 crores. Now, why would someone pay that much money for these old Birkenstocks? Read on.
The brown Birkenstock sandal pair was reported to be worn by Steve Jobs, the Apple Co-founder during the 80s and the 90s was up for auction that went live on November 11 and which concluded on November 13. The anticipated sale for the sandals was between $60,000 and $80,000 ( βΉ48,32,889- 64,43,852) but the final sale price with an accompanying NFT was $218,750.
According to the website of Julian’s Auction, it said that “Jobs would wear this particular pair of sandals in the 1970s and 1980s. This pair of Birkenstock sandals were previously owned by Mark Sheff, the house manager to Steve Jobs.’’ It further added that Jobs would wear that pair of sandals during important events in the history of Apple's journey.
"In 1976, he hatched the beginnings of the Apple computer in a Los Altos garage with Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak while occasionally wearing these sandals. When Jobs discovered the ingenuity and practicality of Birkenstocks, he became fascinated," it said.
The website shared a few pictures of the sandals and one of the pictures was of a book by photographer Jean Pigozzi. The book's title is 'The 213 Most Important Men in My Life,' and it featured Steve Jobs.
Before being a part of Julian’s Auction these sandals were a part of multiple exhibitions. Some of those were Salone del Mobile in Milano, Italy, in 2017, at the Birkenstock Headquarters in Rahm's, Germany in 2017, Birkenstocks first store SOHO in the United States, New York, at the IMM Koln, at the furniture fair in Cologne, Germany and Zeit Event Berlin for the magazine Die Zeit in 2018. The sandals were recently with the History Museum Wurttemberg in Stuttgart, Germany.
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