Pair of jeans from 1857 sell for 114,000 dollars in Nevada auction

The white, heavy-duty miner’s trousers with a five-button fly were among 270 Gold Rush-era artefacts that sold for a total of nearly one million dollars (€949,300) in Nevada.

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022 - 21:50

Scott Sonner, Associated Press

A pair of work trousers recovered from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina and described as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for 114,000 dollars (€108,302).

The white, heavy-duty miner’s trousers with a five-button fly were among 270 Gold Rush-era artefacts that sold for a total of nearly one million dollars (€949,300) in Nevada, according to Holabird Western American Collections.