Levi’s jeans from 1880s with racist slogan sold at auction for $76K | New York Post
October 13, 2022
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as posted by the channelA 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.
The second-hand jeans — hailed as “the holy grail of vintage denim collecting” — were discovered inside an abandoned mineshaft several years ago and are believed to be one of the oldest known Levi’s from that era.
The antique pants are even complete with a vile racist label characteristic of the times.
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