{"id":12782,"date":"2021-04-27T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12782"},"modified":"2021-04-27T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:07:14","slug":"kanye-west-s-sneakers-sold-for-a-record-1-8-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12782","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West &#8216;s Sneakers Sold for a Record $1.8 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Kanye West&#8217;s Nike Air Yeezy 1 was auctioned at Sotheby&#8217;s for $ 1.8 million, a record amount making it the most expensive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12641\">world<\/a>. The buyer was the Rares platform, which specializes in the purchase and resale of rare shoes. It is reported that in June 2021 they intend to offer everyone to buy a &#8220;share&#8221; in a pair of sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; April 27, 2021 \u2013 Fashion<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nike Air Yeezy 1 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12605\">originally<\/a> priced at $ 1 million, but over time, the price has increased. According to representatives of Sotheby&#8217;s, this is due to the cultural influence of the brand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nike Air Yeezy 1 is the result of Kanye West&#8217;s first collaboration with Nike and designer Mark Smith. It was in these black leather sneakers with a muted logo, a traditional Yeezy strap, and a light-colored sole that the rapper first appeared at the 2008 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/insider.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sothebysyeezy.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12102\">Kanye West&#8217;s Plans After the Divorce<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: Ukrgate<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Kanye West&#8217;s Nike Air Yeezy 1 was auctioned at Sotheby&#8217;s for $ 1.8 million, a record amount making it the most expensive in the world. The buyer was the Rares platform, which specializes in the purchase and resale of rare shoes. It is reported that in June 2021 they intend to offer everyone to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1972,402,5762,3195,5853,2399,6011],"class_list":["post-12782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fashion","tag-auction","tag-fashion","tag-kanye-west","tag-sell","tag-sneakers","tag-ukraine-gate","tag-yeezy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12785,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782\/revisions\/12785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}