Online auction of private Supreme street wear collection draws millennial bidders
- One-of-a-kind lots in Sotheby’s sale included a pinball machine that sold for US$71,000, boxing gloves and mini bikes; the five-day auction raised US$255,000
- Three-quarters of the bidders were under 40, and half bid by mobile phone
Auction house Sotheby’s has released the results of an online auction of one-of-a-kind Supreme items ranging from boxing gloves made in collaboration with Everlast to Coleman mini bikes.
The sale realised a total of HK$2 million (about US$255,000).
Named The Supreme Vault: 1998-2018, the sale, which lasted from May 24 to May 28, featured 1,300 objects from the private collection of US collector Yukio Takahashi. The top lot was led by a Supreme Stern Pinball Machine, which sold for HK$562,500.
Given Supreme’s popularity with street wear aficionados, it’s not surprising that more than 70 per cent of bidders were new to Sotheby’s and that 75 per cent of the bidders were under 40. Reflecting the way this younger demographic shops, more than 50 per cent of bidding occurred on mobile phones.
