These are probably the most exclusive (and expensive) Nike Air Max 1 sneakers ever produced. Owners of a pair posses the Holy Grail of Nike Airs: only 24 were ever made. And now one pair is available on Ebay.

The story

In 2005 Nike hired Pieter Jansen (1976), better known as Parra Patta, to design a pair of Air Max that should represent the city of Amsterdam. Parra eventually agreed to design 2 pairs: the Air Max 1 ‘Amsterdam’, and the ‘Albert Heijn’, named after the supermarket chain.

The colorway is taken from the original colorway of the supermaket chain: orange, blue and white. Before the actual release Albert Heijn changed it’s branding and dumped the orange color. The production of the sneakers was cancelled and only 24 pairs were given to close friends of the artist.

The legend

Rumours claim that Nike reclaimed all pairs to have them destroyed. One person allegedly refused because his pair was wasted when his house was burned down by a fire. He later claimed owning the only surviving pair. Since more showed up on Ebay this obviously was just a rumour. Famous owners include Faberyayo (singer of the Dutch Hip Hop band “De jeugd van tegenwoordig”) and Woei Tjin (owner of the sneaker stores Woei – Patta’s et prêt-à-porter).

The price

So now a pair is available on Ebay in normal size US10 (EUR 44) for US $14,999.00

