Born Rich

You know how those marketing dudes always keep coming up with a way to put a nice spin on even the most horrendous of things? Well, “vintage” is just one of them. By making a second hand consumer goodie sound like something valuable, they make you wear pother people’s old clothes, walk around in shoes that their original owners threw out and what not. This pair of vintage jeans is a great example of that. Over 100 years old, this old pair of LEVI’S was found in a mine in the Rand Mining District, on the Mojave Desert, California. Covered in candle wax from the candles the miners used to light the tunnel they was working in, the pair was found with and old paper bag with the name of a mercantile store which operated between 1895 and 1898 in the town or Randsburg.

Of course, no one in their right minds would actually ever want to have a pair that old and that dirty hanging in their closets but since the eBay bid for the item has already crossed $17,000, we can well say there are plenty of vintage-loving loons out there!

via Neatorama