Anonymously donated Spike Lee Air Jordans net $68K for Portland homeless shelter
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).
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![The Portland Rescue Mission receives about 130,00 lbs of clothes at its warehouse every year via a donation chute made from a repurposed McDonald’s playground slide installed through the floor of the Burnside Shelter in Portland, Ore. This year, a volunteer found a $20 US pair of rare Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers among the donations. A bright gold pair of sneakers atop a bin full of Crocs, packages of socks, and gently used shoes.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7061025.1702930218!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/nike-air-jordan-3-spike-lee-donaton.jpg)
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).