29-11-2015 15:32 via topix.com

Exhibit of sneakers at museum

But in 1985 monetary terms, $70 was worth more, a lot more - the equivalent of approximately $160 in 2015 - and an expensive purchase for most any 16-year-old with a part-time job. So when a teenaged Johny D. got a pair of the inaugural Air Jordans at a Toledo shoe store three decades ago, he wore the pricy basketball shoes only twice before boxing them up for good.
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