Tuesday, 13 July 2021
A pair of early spikes handmade by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman for Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome, including featuring a prototype logo, have been up for sale by Sotheby’s and could fetch up to record $1 million (£723,000/€850,000) when they are auctioned later this month.
The shoes made for Jerome, winner of an Olympic bronze medallist in the 100 metres at Tokyo 1964, features a red arrow that was a prelude to the famous Nike Swoosh logo.
Sotheby s New York will put the white lace-up shoes on sale online from July 23, the day of the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, to August 2.
These battered looking shoes could fetch up to $1 2 million at auction-563797 daily-sun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daily-sun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sotheby s to offer $1M+ rare Bill Bowerman track spikes in sale dedicated to the Olympics
Bill Bowerman Handmade Prototype Logo Track Spikes. Estimate: $1M+. Courtesy Sotheby s.
NEW YORK, NY
.- To commemorate of XXXII Olympiad taking place this summer in Tokyo, Sothebys presents The Olympic Collection, an online auction featuring the rarest memorabilia and collectibles spotlighting the achievements of legendary athletes who participated in the Games across the world of sport and which celebrates the unifying spirit embodied by the Games. Open for bidding beginning 23 July, coinciding with the opening ceremony for the worlds largest sporting event, the auction is comprised of more than 50 lots and is highlighted by two pieces of Olympic history: an extremely rare pair of Prototype Logo track spikes handmade by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman for Canadian Track and Field sprinter and Olympian Harry Jerome in the 1960s and modified in the early 1970s (estimate $800,000/1,200,0
Olympics memorabilia: Rare pair of track spikes handmade by Nike co-founder set to fetch up to $1 2 million at auction waaytv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from waaytv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.