A prototype of Kanye West’s Nike Air Yeezy 1 shoe, which he wore at the 2008 Grammys, set a new sneaker sale record when it sold for $1.8 million at a private sale at Sotheby’s. The sneaker ...

On Monday, Sotheby's revealed that the black Nike Air Yeezy 1 prototype sneakers Kanye ... "Our goal in purchasing such an iconic shoe — and a piece of history — is to increase accessibility ...

Ye wearing the shoes at the 2008 Grammys marked the public debut of the Nike Air Yeezy 1, his first signature shoe and a design that set a new benchmark for hype around footwear drops. The pair ...

The bidding for the shoe started at $40,000 ... silhouettes of the Kanye West and Nike collaboration is the Nike Air Yeezy 2 NRG Pure Platinum. The edition was sold in limited quantities in ...

A product description on the Stadium Goods website describes the shoe as "perhaps the most sought-after sneaker of all time." 2012: Nike Air Yeezy 2 This sneaker was the second edition of Kanye ...

A one-of-one Nike Air Yeezy sample worn by West to the 2008 Grammy ... three components are essential for understanding why the shoe sold for so much. Kanye West and Nike set the stage together ...

Michael Jordan may be Nike’s greatest and highest-paid endorsee ever, but Kanye West now boasts the most expensive shoe of all time from Nike — or any other shoe manufacturer for that matter.

It was on this day in 2012 that Nike released the Air Yeezy 2 for $245, the model designed by Kanye West. It was the shoe that signaled the rapper-producer would be taken seriously in the field ...

“There are only three or four types of Yeezys you would buy to hold on to,” Mr. Sapp said, name-checking the Air Yeezy 2 SP Red Octobers, the last shoe Ye made with Nike, as a prime exampl ...

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A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1, premiered by Kayne West during ... Created exclusively for West, the size 12 shoe is made of soft black leather with perforated detailing throughout the upper.