Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction officials describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for $114,000.
off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction officials describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for $114,000.
"The pants are not Levi's nor do I believe they are miner's work pants," she wrote in an email to The Associated Press.S.S. Central America sank Tens of millions of dollars worth of gold has been sold since shipwreck recovery began in 1988. But last Saturday marked the first time any artifacts hit the auction block. Another auction is planned in February.
Bob Evans, the chief scientist for every underwater recovery mission, said many of the items might seem ordinary, but they offer an extraordinary glimpse into the daily life of the passengers and crew, from gold-field workers to high-society San Franciscans. Panek said Levi Strauss & Co. and Jacob Davis, a Reno tailor, received a U.S. Patent in May 1873 for"An Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings." Months later, she said, the company began manufacturing the famous riveted pants -"Levi's 501 jeans, the first modern blue jean."
This undated drawing made available by the Library of Congress shows the U.S. Mail ship S.S. Central America.Everything had changed - the materials, product availability, manufacturing techniques and market distribution - between 1857 and the time Strauss came out with a rivet-enforced pocket, Holabird said. He said Panek didn't disagree with him.
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