Heavy duty work pants retrieved from a sunken trunk in an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, the oldest known pair of jeans in the world, have sold for $114,000 at auction
RENO, NEVADA (AP) – Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction officials describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for USD114,000. The white, heavy-duty miner’s pants with a five-button fly were among 270 Gold Rush-era artefacts that […]
Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction officials describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for $114,000