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A plastic prop worn by the Notorious B.I.G. has sold for nearly half a million dollars. On Tuesday, Sotheby’s conducted its first-ever auction dedicated to coveted hip-hop items. The most anticipated lot of the night was the crown Biggie wore in the 1997 “King of New York” photograph shot by Barron Claiborne. The piece was predicted to fetch around $300,000, but ultimately […]
As reported last month, Sotheby’s is auctioning off over 120 historic hip-hop-related items. A wide variety of memorabilia is up for grabs, ranging from Notorious B.I.G.’s famous “King of New York” golden crown to rare graffiti and art. Included in the sprawling lot is a pair of Drake’s elusive “Splatter” Air Jordan IVs. A sneaker with a […]
With the final episodes of the Chicago Bulls’ documentary The Last Dance set to air later tonight, Michael Jordan’s footwear continues to make headlines for commanding premium money on the second-hand market, this time in record-breaking fashion. As previously reported, a game-worn pair of Jordan’s Air Jordan 1 Exclusives in the “Chicago” colorway from 1985, distinguished by […]
The 61-year-old buyer of the world-record most expensive sneakers ever sold at auction—along with 99 other extremely rare pairs—isn’t a sneakerhead. In fact, the idea of investing in a massive collection of shoes hadn’t even crossed entrepreneur and Peerage Capital Group founder Miles Nadal’s mind until a Saturday last summer when a New York Post […]
Since it began creating its own skate decks in 1998, Supreme has cranked out just shy of 250 different designs, many of which are extremely sought after and hard to track down these days. But one collector has not only managed to keep up with every single deck—he’s now partnering with Sotheby’s to sell the […]
