From the outside looking in, the sneaker buying game is a tough business with bots—automated software that allows people to quickly purchase limited footwear—eating up Nikes premiere shoe-selling app SNKRS. Then, there are resell platforms that hike up shoe prices to more than three or four times their original value. And recently, Sotheby’s auction house announced that they’re offering up some coveted pairs of Jordan sneakers that rappers have collaborated with to the highest bidder, which will cost a grip as well.
After the success of selling hip-hop memorabilia and collectables, Sotheby’s—the same auction house that sold The Notorious B.I.G. crown from the rapper’s legendary “King of New York” photoshoot in 1997, which Jay-Z and
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