A pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than $87,000. The jeans — found in an abandoned mine by a “denim archaeologist” — were bought by 23-year-old Kyle Hautner and Zip Stevenson, a veteran of the vintage denim market. “We didn’t have any plans to buy the jeans together until the auction started, which is kind of insane looking back on it,” Stevenson told CNN. This pair, however, “are surprisingly durable, so they definitely can be worn,” Stevenson told CNN. “I’ve been doing this business for a quarter of a century and the average vintage jeans are worth about $100.

Source: CNN October 13, 2022 20:18 UTC