{"id":12394,"date":"2022-12-18T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T20:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12394"},"modified":"2023-01-07T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:27:33","slug":"vintage-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/12\/18\/vintage-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/market\/possibly-the-oldest-known-pair-of-levis-jeans-salvaged-from-an-1857-shipwreck-fetched-more-than-gold-nuggets-at-auction-2227789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from artnet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possibly the Oldest Pair of Levi\u2019s Jeans, Salvaged From an 1857 Shipwreck, Just Auctioned for a Deep-Pocketed $114,000<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>What may be the earliest known Levi Strauss pants went for double their estimate at auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/about\/vittoria-benzine-21460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by Vittoria Benzine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/app\/news-upload\/2022\/12\/46905221_1m.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The jeans salvaged from the wreckage. Courtesy of Holabird.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vintage bank notes, gold nuggets, and jewelry were among 550 treasures from the 1857 S.S. Central America shipwreck that went to auction with Holabird Western Americana Collections in Reno this month. Final prices across their multi-million-dollar sale ranged from $48 for a collection of books about treasure (estimated $80\u2013$100) to $1,080,000 for gold from the vessel\u2019s treasure box (estimated $1,800,000\u2013$2,500,00).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com\/Men-s-Miner-s-Pants-Five-Button-Style-Dement-Trunk-Possibly-by-Levi-Strauss-159097_i46905221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">salvaged pair of miner\u2019s pants<\/a>\u00a0from Mexican-American war veteran, merchant, and possible gold rusher John Dement stole the show, pulling in a total of $114,000\u2014more than double their $50,000 estimate. Holabird said the trousers could be the earliest known example of Levi Strauss craftsmanship. Gold from the S.S. Central America has appeared at auction before, but this is the first time its artifacts have been sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 280-foot S.S. Central America had made 43 successful trips by September 1857, when it departed Panama for New York City carrying 477 passengers, 101 crew members, and 30,000 pounds of precious metal from the California gold rush. After one stop in Havana, a hurricane shredded its sails and flooded its decks. Only 153 people survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/market\/possibly-the-oldest-known-pair-of-levis-jeans-salvaged-from-an-1857-shipwreck-fetched-more-than-gold-nuggets-at-auction-2227789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at artnet<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from artnet Possibly the Oldest Pair of Levi\u2019s Jeans, Salvaged From an 1857 Shipwreck, Just Auctioned for a Deep-Pocketed $114,000 What may be the earliest known Levi Strauss pants went for double their estimate at auction. by Vittoria Benzine Vintage bank notes, gold nuggets, and jewelry were among 550 treasures from the 1857 S.S. 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