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SACRAMENTO, California --- A pair of handmade Nike track shoes from the 1972 Olympic trials has sold for $50,000. Dave Russell, of Sacramento, sold the rare kicks last month to the Graduate Eugene hotel, a Nike-themed property in Eugene, Oregon. «Nike track shoes used in 1972 Olympic trials sell for $50K
SACRAMENTO, California --- A pair of handmade Nike track shoes from the 1972 Olympic trials has sold for $50,000. Dave Russell, of Sacramento, sold the rare kicks last month to the Graduate Eugene hotel, a Nike-themed property in Eugene, Oregon. «They wanted something that would say, 'This is Nike town,' » Russell said. «And here are these shoes that were a prototype before Nike was even a public shoe.» Russell was 25 when he qualified for the trials in the marathon in Eugene, where the shoe and the Nike brand debuted that year, he told KTXL-TV. Known as «moon shoes» for their waffle-like bottom, the shoes were the first prototype designed by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman...Keep on reading: Nike track shoes used in 1972 Olympic trials sell for $50K Read more