A Portland homeless shelter is getting a lot mileage out of a single pair of sneakers.
The bright gold, mint-condition Nike Air Jordan 3 shoes sold at auction Monday for $50,800 US ($68,000 Cdn).
The rare sneakers — custom designed for director Spike Lee and a few of his closest friends ahead of the 2019 Academy Awards — were anonymously donated to the Portland Rescue Mission.
They netted the Oregon organization more than double what Sotheby’s auction house had predicted. The bid rose by $28,000 US in the final 10 minutes.
“There was a lot of yelling, whooping and clapping in those final minutes,” Erin Holcomb,
