Author: Allan Adamson / Source: Tech Times
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A pair of Levi Strauss jeans first purchased in 1893 sold for nearly $100,000. The vintage Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans was sold through an unnamed buyer earlier this month after failing to sell at an auction two years ago.
Sold Through Private Sale
The exact amount paid for the 125-year-old denim nor the name and exact location of the buyer were not disclosed because of the sale agreement, but the buyer is reportedly from Southeast Asia.
Daniel Buck Soules, from Daniel Buck Auctions in Maine who worked on “Antiques Roadshow”, however, was able to provide some insights on the sale.
Soules offered the jeans up for auction in 2016. Unfortunately, a computer glitch botched the online bidding and the owner decided to have the jeans sold through a private sale.
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