https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llb_q-JkuKI
The Nike Air Mag auction has wrapped up and has raised $5.6 million for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research ($11.2 if you count Sergey Brin’s contributions). It was an absolutely worthy cause for the iconic shoe.
https://gizmodo.com/the-nike-air-mag-aka-the-back-to-the-future-shoes-are-r-5838503
In all, there were over 38,000 bids on eBay with the cheapest pair being sold for $2,300 (a Size 7) and the most expensive pair being sold for $9,959 (size 10). Other pairs sold for more in different auction settings. Sneaker News has the full recap of the auction and it’s a really great source for number nerds.
Also, Nike recently released the full story of the Nike Air Mag and as I’m still absolutely in love with the shoe, I can’t stop watching and reading any new material about them. And I’m still learning new stuff! Like I didn’t know one version of the “power laces” in BTTF 2 actually had holes in the sole so someone could pull down the laces underneath the street (the magic of the movies!). They’ve also released videos about the auto-resizing, auto-drying “McFly” jacket too (which I didn’t know Nike had a hand in making). Watch them all.
I really hope they come out with a 2015 version. I also really hope I can afford to buy it by then. [Nike, Sneaker News]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdlgnbfw9xY
