Coverage dated December 13, 2023 to December 18, 2023

Rare Air Jordans, dropped in Oregon donation bin, sell for $50K at auction

Headline from KTVU San Francisco, on the newest of 2 developments

The cash from the rare Nike Air Jordan 3s will benefit the Portland Rescue Mission, which has served people struggling with homelessness, hunger and addiction since 1949.

KTVU San Francisco's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Rare Air Jordans, dropped in Oregon donation bin, sell for $50K at auction

    Headline from Fox7 Austin ·

  2. Newest

    Rare Air Jordans, dropped in Oregon donation bin, sell for $50K at auction

    Headline from KTVU San Francisco ·

5 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

44 articles, oldest first.

  1. Bloomberg

    Air Jordans made for filmmaker Spike Lee are up for auction after being donated to Oregon shelter (opens Bloomberg)

    Published

    Bloomberg's feed description

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The shiny, gold Nike sneakers were hard to miss in the donation pile at a shelter in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year.

  2. NBC4 Washington

    Golden Air Jordans made for Spike Lee to be auctioned after being found in shelter donation bin: ‘A happy ending’ (opens NBC4 Washington)

    Published

    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The shoes were anonymously dropped in the donation chute at the Portland Rescue Mission in the spring

  3. Fortune

    Spike Lee’s gold Air Jordans are up for auction after being anonymously donated to an Oregon shelter. They could fetch $20,000 (opens Fortune)

    Published

    Fortune's feed description

    The shiny, gold Nike sneakers were hard to miss in the donation pile at a shelter in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year.

  4. KTVU San Francisco

    Rare Air Jordans, dropped in Oregon donation bin, sell for $50K at auction (opens KTVU San Francisco)

    Published

    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    The cash from the rare Nike Air Jordan 3s will benefit the Portland Rescue Mission, which has served people struggling with homelessness, hunger and addiction since 1949.

  5. MyNorthwest

    Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Oregon shelter auctioned for nearly $51,000 (opens MyNorthwest)

    Published

    MyNorthwest's feed description

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Watching a countdown of the auction's final minutes on Monday, Erin Holcomb couldn't believe it: the sale price kept jumping for the

  6. The Columbian

    Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Portland Rescue Mission auctioned for nearly $51,000 (opens The Columbian)

    Published

    The Columbian's feed description

    PORTLAND — Watching a countdown of the auction’s final minutes on Monday, Erin Holcomb couldn’t believe it: the sale price kept jumping for the rare, gold Nike Air Jordan 3s that were anonymously drop

  7. ABC 30 Fresno

    Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Oregon shelter auctioned for nearly $51K (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

    Published

    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    A pair of rare Nike sneakers donated to an Oregon homeless shelter in Portland sold for nearly $51,000 at auction on Monday. The shoes designed in 2019 for filmmaker Spike Lee sold for nearly double the high end of the predicted sale price.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.