Mac DeMarco's Dirty Old Sneakers Are Going For $10K On eBay — stereogum.com

Dec 29th '14 by Tom Breihan @ 8:42am2 Comments A fresh new pair of canvas Vans low-tops will run you something like $50. But if you want to buy Mac DeMarco’s gnarled, mangled, vaguely sweat-stained old pair, you better be ready to put up five figures. DeMarco is selling an old pair of sneakers, one he’s worn onstage many times, on eBay. He’s signed one of them, and he’s donating the proceeds to the Willa Mae Rock Camp For Girls, a worthy cause. And people really like Mac DeMarco. Still, it’s pretty staggering that the bidding, as I’m writing this, has climbed to $10,0001, with six days left in the auction. Here’s what DeMarco writes about the whole thing:

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