A pair of well-worn 19th-century Levi’s jeans — featuring a racist slogan — has sold at an auction for $76,000.
Kyle Hauper, a 23-year-old vintage clothing collector from San Diego, snapped up the rare jeans dating from the 1880s at the Durango Vintage Festivus auction in New Mexico on Oct. 1.
Levi’s said that the company’s owners thought the slogan would “improve sales and align with the views of consumers at the time.” It was then scrapped in the 1890s, the spokesperson added.The pants are still speckled with wax from candles that were used by prospectors searching for gold in narrow tunnels.Despite being more than a century old, the jeans with a 38-inch waist and 32-inch length are said to be in “good/wearable” condition, according to the listing.
Haupert bought the jeans as an investment together with Zip Stevenson, the long-time owner of a vintage denim store in Los Angeles, with the former ponying up 90% of the bid and the latter kicking in the other 10%.Instagram / Golden State Vintage
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