Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype (Kanye West, 2008 Grammy performance)
- Maker
- Nike
- Year
- 2008
- Rank
- 3 of 100
Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype (Kanye West, 2008 Grammy performance)
Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype (Kanye West, 2008 Grammy performance) by Nike (2008) is ranked 3 in the FLOAT 100 for Sneakers. It sold for $1,800,000 on 26 April 2021. The most valuable sneaker ever sold; the origin object of the entire Yeezy phenomenon.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The most valuable sneaker ever sold; the origin object of the entire Yeezy phenomenon.
One-off Kanye West-worn Air Yeezy 1 prototype, worn at the 50th Grammy Awards performance
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,800,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 26 April 2021
Sotheby's private sale to RARES; the most expensive sneaker ever sold.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08