The Apple founder wore the brown suede Birkenstocks in the mid-1970s. “The footbed of cork and jute still clearly shows the imprint of Steve Jobs’ feet,” the auction house said in a description of the footwear. on the website.
The sale was part of the Idols & Icons Rock N’ Roll auction at the Hard Rock Café in New York. There, a total of about 1,500 properties of mainly music legends, living or not, were offered, such as a guitar that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) smashed during a performance, a hairpiece of singer Amy Winehouse and a pair of Lady Gaga boots.
Steve Jobs’s sandals were expected to fetch around $60,000, but the final sale price was much higher at $218,750 (209,507 euros). The name of the buyer has not been disclosed.
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976 at Jobs’ parents’ home in Los Altos, California. In 2013, the property was declared a historic landmark by the Los Altos Historical Commission. Jobs died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer.
LOOK. This moment is etched in the memory of fans: in a completely idiosyncratic way and to loud applause, Steve Jobs introduced the very first iPhone in 2007