What makes one collector more interesting than another? I'd say there's like maybe 10 sneaker collectors out there that I find extremely interesting... @mr_redking is one of those collectors. The coll
Dec 1, 2018
"Sorry, sir, but these Olympic 6s have some serious glue problems." There's also this little stain (top left) just above the glue stains that I've never seen on any other shoe before. This pair was in
Dec 1, 2018
Back in 2014 or so, I came up with this idea about sneaker grading and preservation. I started looking at the 'collection' posts on Niketalk and found some of the most fascinating shoes belonged to th
Dec 1, 2018
Not even 30 minutes after I posted that caption about the @travisscott #jordan4s , two well know sneaker accounts posted pics of these quality control nightmares. Even with professional photography an
Dec 1, 2018
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Nov 30, 2018
Now back the the grading. KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE ALL DEADSTOCK PAIRS!!! This past summer - I saw probably 30 pairs of Travis Scott Jordan 4s and each and every single pair I saw had horrible quality c
Nov 30, 2018
If you aren't following @deadstockreport yet I'd suggest you stop what you're doing and get your ass over there ASAP. It's basically 'The Onion' for sneakers. These make me chuckle... 😂
Nov 29, 2018
1997-1998, I was a senior in High School. Up until that point, the only high school athletic team I made was the Golf team. Seriously. I played a lot of basketball after school with my friends but we
Nov 29, 2018
It might be time for a bit of fun. Any time you see the Nintendo looking pictures that I post, know that I’m linking you to some of my favorite IG content. This one here is @monsieursaturday and it’s
Nov 29, 2018
Anyone out there own these? How’s the sizing? When I first saw these @adidas x Rick Owens runners I thought ‘hmmm, now those are kinda extra’. And then I heard about this dude @rickowensonline through
Nov 28, 2018
What was the first thing YOU started collecting? When I was a kid, I didn’t really watch baseball before I started collecting baseball cards. I grew up in a house that didn’t have cable TV so collecti
Nov 28, 2018
One of my Grail of Grails. Nike Air Max Plus III. Overseas (EU and AUS) people go crazy for this model and TNs in general. I once saw some news in Niketalk back around 2007 where someone said they had
Nov 28, 2018
Imagine this was a hyped release (ie: sold out). Imagine you got 'lucky' on the #snkrs app and was able to cop in your size. Now imagine this is what you received from Nike. It's kinda difficult to se
Nov 27, 2018
'Heel health'. You ever seen some '99 IVs missing the I in AIR? Someone brought me about 50 pairs of old Jordans that had been sitting in a moldy storage unit for almost 15 years and had me grade ‘em.
Nov 27, 2018
So this is kinda my thinking behind sneaker grading...Imagine every single pair of Concord XIs that released in this last surprise drop came out with some form of 'amputee Jumpmans' (shout-out to @fbc
Nov 26, 2018
For my ninth birthday, my mom and dad bought me a complete set of the 1989 Fleer Set - complete with the Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card. I didn’t know all that much at the time about what owning a comple
Nov 25, 2018
Now hike in style.... #Adidas
Nov 25, 2018
The first time I played basketball I fell in love with the sport. Everyone around me was into baseball and football and I really couldn't give a damn about either of those sports. At a very early age
Nov 24, 2018
And for the last shout-out of this Black Friday... I've been following this dude for a couple of years now and @fbccbayarea has been creating HIS OWN SHOES. Not like Nike IDs or Sole Swaps, but like d
Nov 24, 2018
Check it out - here's enough pairs of NMDs on sale for a centipede to wear! @sneakersteal posted the pic of all the NMDs on sale the other day and it wasn't even Black Friday. I've heard that @nike is
Nov 23, 2018
I haven't really ever participated in Black Friday as I've never been good at the whole 'wait in line' thing. And when people start getting pushy my first instinct is to act like I'm @thenotoriousmma
Nov 23, 2018
Speaking of the original Reebok pump - I was a skateboarder before I was a basketball player and I though this commercial was the absolute coolest. Urban legend had it that my buddies cousins best fri
Nov 23, 2018
Because of the aforementioned SNL spoof (see last post) I'm always reminded of the impact Reebok Pumps had on our adolescent brains. We were so young and dumb and really had no idea what the Reebok Pu
Nov 22, 2018
Nikey Turkey! Happy Thanksgiving to all you sneakerheads out there. Make sure that turkey is big enough...If it's not y'all gotta puuuump it up. I'll never forget watching this sneaker spoof on @nbcsn
Nov 22, 2018
