(Interlude) Funny enough, in 2006, Jordan Brand got called out for that last image I posted that was used by almost every fake seller on eBay in like 2005.… An important thing to remember: not everyone who works for Nike or Jordan Brand or Adidas or Foot Locker knows or even gives a damn about […]
(1/2) Back when I was 16 or 17 years old, there was only one Jordan silhouette that released per year. There was no such thing as retros. So at the time, the silhouette was the Jordan XII and the Jordan XIII. Yeah, I’m kinda old. … A few years after I started collecting, retro’s starting […]
If you collect shoes and don’t know anything about the peak of the sports card era from the mid-80’s to the early 90’s, I would highly recommend ‘Jack of All Trades’ on Netflix. Why am I, The Sneaker Savant, telling you about a documentary about sports cards on Netflix? Because I feel like the collectible […]
(2/3) I didn’t think much of it for the first couple of hours…I figured I’d do some research when we got home, but on the drive I started thinking a bit more about them. …On our way home, we stopped at a Chevys in Auburn, and I pulled the shoes out of the trunk to […]
(1/3) True story. …In 2010, shortly after moving back to California from New York, my girlfriend and I took a trip from Tahoe (where we were living) down to Santa Cruz. On our way home, I always liked to stop at @crossroadstrading and @buffaloexchange so we made a day of it.…With our new handy iPhones and the ability to […]
Just got this comment from @thelegitcheckapp , who I am absolutely rooting for. Once again – I never stated ‘these are fake’. I posted our process and I stated ‘we believe these to be fake.’…Not that I don’t think others know more than I do – I admittedly know very little about this particular pair (mostly because […]
I always had trouble figuring out what to do with shoes that had sentimental value but not much else. So one of my goals when starting a sneaker grading company was to find a better way to *preserve* sentimental sneakers.…At the time, I was looking for a pair of shoes that would be a great […]
Second good question I saw regarding the Jeter XI Highs – “Did you grade this on how good a fake it was out of 10″ (although I’m not sure how serious @corderoj0330 was). But the answer is Definitely yes yes yes.…The level of fakeness on these was extremely low – virtually invisible – a few people out […]
(5/9) $21,000 Jeter XI High authenticity check Cont’d……So I reached out to a few of the consignment shops to see if they could send me comparison pics and not a single shop responded in kind (or, responded with any sensical response). The seller on eBay didn’t respond. And GOAT wasn’t helpful when I asked for […]