RARE FIND
Homeless shelter raises $50k from auction of rare
gold Nikes found in donation bin
The gold Air Jordan sneakers were discovered by employees at the Portland Rescue Mission earlier this year.
They are identical to ones designed for and worn by renowned American film director Spike Lee in 2019.
Shelter employees said they still do not know who made the donation.
At first, they said they thought the shiny shoes, unearthed from the bottom of a bin under other donations, were fake. But sneaker authenticators determined they were real, leaving them in disbelief.
"I wouldn't have guessed in a
thousand years that they were going to be the real thing," said Erin Holcomb, Portland Rescue Mission's director of staff ministry.
The sneakers were sold in a Sotheby's auction, with proceeds going toward clothes and meals for people served by the shelter.
Who put the gold-painted leather sneakers in the shelter's donation chute last April remains a mystery. It was probably not Mr Lee......read more
