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If you follow @archive.dna account (I believe to be run by someone at Nike) you might have seen this pair of these Air Max 90’s… I didn’t bother reading the caption when they came across my feed -

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After my ‘eBay authentication’ post the other day, someone hit me with the comment about how it’s a good thing for the sneaker community and I’m just looking for reasons to hate.

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After my ‘eBay authentication’ post the other day, someone hit me with the comment about how it’s a good thing for the sneaker community and I’m just looking for reasons to hate.

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About 10 days ago - @rotooki sent me a screenshot of fake TS x PS Dunks - the same photo that made it to all of the blogs. I quickly posted on my story as I wasn’t totally sure what to make of it (yet

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Someone sent this to me the other day but I can’t find who so can’t give credit. Hit me up if it was you. Look at this crap. Imagine you bought a pair of TS IV’s at an advertised ‘8.5/10’ and

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I mean...for real...I get it. With the state of the world as it currently is - everyone and their mother is trying to figure out something that’s gonna put food on the table (FFS I’m creating sneaker

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Who remembers me posting an in-depth look into a pair of Derek Jeter XI’s that some dude dropped $21k for? The pair I did a TON of research on and thought they were fake? A handful of commenters were

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The benchmarking scale... Had to do in PS as I have yet to see most of these condition benchmarks (ie: 10, 4, 3, 2, 1) Thoughts? #Thesneakersavant #shoemetrics #tssgraded #shoemetricsgraded #shoeme

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In case you were wondering how I grade...editing is a bit...terrible. I had some music to it but it didn’t go so well (ended about 30 seconds early lol) Got shoes to sell? Wanna have them graded firs

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I read the other day that PSA collectibles has graded nearly 80 million items over the past 30 years. 80. MILLION. ITEMS. 80,000,000 items graded at at least $15/card...that’s $1.2 Billion...for.

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Saw this on an FB group the other day…IMO this question doesn’t pop up as often as it should, but I feel it’s the only way anyone can get a handle on this market. And I feel like...with enough help...

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Back in the day - fakes were horrible recreations of famous (and sometimes) non-existent models. They looked ridiculous. The shape, materials, colors, etc. were ALL off. But today - fakes (or UAs) are

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I’d say 2020’s most hyped Jordan 1 has to be the Dior 1’s...dudes droppin $10k on any pair of shoes - let alone a pair of white and grey shoes - is something I will NEVER understand, but StockX has re

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Time to draw some connections! The Adidas Kobe 2. Probably the most well known Kobe shoe on the market. In casual conversation with folks who know nothing about shoes - if I say ‘I made some Kobe

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Looks aside - what’s the consensus on these? If you aren’t familiar with them - they’re supposedly a Travis Scott ‘sample’ that was never released to the public. Confirmed by @travisscott himself. BUT... ...From what I’ve heard (could be rumor)...there are roughly 50,000 pairs of these floating around Asia right now (that’s about 20,000-30,000 MORE pairs than Nike releases of any given SB). And the quality looks on par with most other Dunk releases. If you’ve got a fake factory tha

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Looks aside - what’s the consensus on these? If you aren’t familiar with them - they’re supposedly a Travis Scott ‘sample’ that was never released to the public. Confirmed by @travisscott himself.

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Looks aside - what’s the consensus on these? If you aren’t familiar with them - they’re supposedly a Travis Scott ‘sample’ that was never released to the public. Confirmed by @travisscott himself.

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Adidas KB8 or ‘Crazy 8’ (which is what I’ve always called them). This isn’t the first pair of Kobe’s I ever got, but it’s the only pair of Adidas Kobe’s I ever wore... represented in the #824Pack card

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This was pretty much the last batch of *card* pics I got (before they sent me the samples). These had me hella amped. Again - kudos to my buddy for figuring out the effects.

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This was pretty much the last batch of card pics I got (before they sent me the samples). These had me hella amped. Again - kudos to my buddy for figuring out the effects.

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Before I was ever even finished with the designs, I got my sample pack from the dude in the US and started trying to come up with ideas of how the special inserts could look. That’s what you see above

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It took me a while to decide what kinds of stories I wanted to run with...with Kobe, there are so many freakin stories it’s difficult to pick just one...

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It took me a while to decide what kinds of stories I wanted to run with...with Kobe, there are so many freakin stories it’s difficult to pick just one...

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Simultaneously, as I was working through the idea - I knew I needed to start getting things in line with a supplier...one of my best friends from childhood moved to China about 15-20 years ago, so I r

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I know I shouldn’t complain because almost all samples are size 9 (my size) but goddam I wish these were a size 9. Women’s 7 is a bit of a stretch. Serious @warriors vibes with this pair.⁣⁣

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I know I shouldn’t complain because almost all samples are size 9 (my size) but goddam I wish these were a size 9. Women’s 7 is a bit of a stretch. Serious @warriors vibes with this pair.⁣⁣

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Lookie here at what I found...some Nike x USA soccer shox R4s samples from the #2018beijing #olympics ⁣

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Lookie here at what I found...some Nike x USA soccer shox R4s samples from the #2018beijing #olympics ⁣ ⁣ I don't care what anyone says (looking at you @matthewjwelty ) shox R4s are a beautiful shoe a

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Taking it back to the reason I found this so compelling...as soon as I saw that @misterctoons #robertoclemente card, I made an immediate association to the ONLY other piece I own - these Sample AF1 x

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