Steve Jobs's sandals sold for nearly $220,000

During a recent auction this week, Steve Jobs historical sandals, which he used to wear, have been sold for nearly $220,000.

The pair of sandals, worn by Steve Jobs in the 1970s and 1980s, sold recently for highest price ever paid for a pair of sandals, according to an auction house.

“The cork and jute footbed retains the imprint of Steve Jobs’ feet, which had been shaped after years of use,” Julien’s Auctions said in the listing on its website.

Julien’s said, late Jobs wore the Birkenstock Arizona sandals while pacing the floors of the California house where he co-founded Apple in 1976.

The sandals, which retail today for $125, were expected to sell for $60,000. But now it has been sold to an unnamed buyer, at $218,750, Julien’s said.

“Steve Jobs wore these sandals during many pivotal moments in Apple’s history,” the listing said. “In 1976, he hatched the beginnings of Apple computer in a Los Altos garage with Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak while occasionally wearing these sandals.”