Finer Things Friday: Nike Mag Auction Begins
Unless you’ve been hiding out under a rock for the past 24 hours, you must know by now that the fictional self-lacing kick from Back to the Future II is now a reality as the 2011 Nike Mag. Nike is auctioning off 150 pairs a day for the next 10 days, via Ebay, for a total of 1,500 pairs to be released… ever. The first batch of Mags was released today for auction and I can assure you that unless you are willing to give up your unborn child’s trust fund these sneakers are going to be hard to get your hands on… well unless you have a few grand laying around the house. I peeked in the auction page for these suckers a little before it hit the 12 hour mark and I saw bids as high as $37,000 (and I heard one person placed a bid of $75,000). My desire to make a bid was quickly forgotten by that point. If you can cop yourself a pair of these, then more power to you. You would’ve proved yourself a true sneaker head… or at least a fairly lavish BTTF fan. I will say, though, everyone who is buying these kicks is helping out a great cause, as all of the net proceeds are going to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Today’s auction ends at 8:30pm, so by that time there are going to be 150 very happy people and plenty more eager to start bidding on the next set. Real quick, how many of you guys placed a bid on a pair of Mags? Or were you guys like ” forget that”? I want to know.
Here are some pictures of the Nike Mag and a video featuring Bill Hader, Christopher Lloyd, Kevin Durant, and, of course, the Nike Mag.
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