Vintage denim: 125-year-old Levis sell for nearly $100K

[jpak]

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/05/26/vintage-denim-125-year-old-levis-sell-for-nearly-100k/

PORTLAND — A buyer with a penchant for vintage denim has plunked down nearly $100,000 for a pair of truly vintage jeans that come from the American Old West.

The 125-year-old Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans, which failed to sell at auction in 2016, now have a new owner somewhere in Southeast Asia.

“It’s somebody who loves old Levis,” said Daniel Buck Soules from Daniel Buck Auctions, who worked for 11 years on public television’s “Antiques Roadshow.”

The price puts it near record territory for old Levis. But the private sale agreement prevents Soules from disclosing the exact price or the buyer’s location, he said. The buyer sent a representative to Maine to inspect the jeans before buying them on May 15, he said.

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[WhiteTara]

1. Those jeans were made with hemp fiber, which is

why they lasted so long. Cotton doesn't have the same strength of fiber.

[samnsara]

2. just saw a show this am on vintage jeans!

[zanana1]

3. I can't help but wonder...

how many people could have been fed with that money.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. +1000000.