Someone just paid more than $200,000 for Steve Jobs' old Birkenstocks

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This weekend, the tech pioneer's brown suede Arizona sandals, which were expected to make $60,000, sold for an astonishing $218,750

Well, someone just spent more than $200,000 on a pair of old Birkenstock sandals owned and worn by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs -- setting a record for the highest price ever paid for a pair of sandals at auction, according to the auction house.Prior to the sale, the Californian auction house said the sandals, described as"well used" but still"intact," were a wardrobe staple for Jobs in the 1970s and '80s.

The shoes were sold in Julien's Auctions'"Icons and Idols: Rock 'n' Roll" public sale, which featured memorabilia, clothing, musical equipment, and jewelry from musicians and pop culture figures including Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon. Britney Spears | PrettyFamous Britney Spears' pregnancy test Just a year after the surge in gum auctions, a pregnancy test allegedly used by Britney Spears found its way to the online marketplace.

She then announced she would put the tissue up for auction, which she did. The item raised $5,300 for the hunger relief charity USA Harvest. 1 of 8 David Bowie's hair Heritage Auctions is expecting a lock of late rock star David Bowie's hair to fetch more than $4,000 at this Saturday's auction in Beverly Hills, California. The lock comes from a former Madame Tussauds Wax Museum employee who snipped some of Bowie's hair in the 1980s to create a wig for a wax figure of the singer and then kept the lock as a souvenir.

 

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