Nike 'Moon Shoe' (1972, handmade Bowerman waffle pair)
- Maker
- Nike
- Year
- 1972
- Rank
- 13 of 100
Nike 'Moon Shoe' (1972, handmade Bowerman waffle pair)
Nike 'Moon Shoe' (1972, handmade Bowerman waffle pair) by Nike (1972) is ranked 13 in the FLOAT 100 for Sneakers. It sold for $437,500 on 23 July 2019. The genesis object of Nike itself; a museum-grade origin artifact.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The genesis object of Nike itself; a museum-grade origin artifact.
Handmade waffle-sole running shoe, one of ~12 pairs made by Bill Bowerman for the 1972 US Olympic Trials
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $437,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 23 July 2019
Sotheby's. Bought by Miles Nadal. Record sneaker price at the time.
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