eBay’s Museum of Authentics Exhibited Real Sneaker Heat

This past weekend Melbourne played host to eBay’s Museum of Authentics, an event which showcased over 100 of the rarest sneakers unearthed from the vaults of local collectors. It’s not often that the shoes from the collections of the scene’s biggest names and deepest diggers are in the same room, so it was a formidable display to behold.

Hundreds of passionate sneakerheads, curious onlookers and local media descended on the doors of Neon Parc in the inner city suburb of Brunswick to check out the interesting wares. The notoriously unpredictable Melbourne weather kept its nerve for the three-day event, delivering mild conditions for visitors to look at an eclectic curation of sneakers. Game-worn and autographed Jordans, vintage Nike runners dating back to the 1970s, some of the rarest New Balance collaborations ever, and adidas oddities were just some of the categories featured in the triple-digit viewing program.

The event also showed off eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the scrutiny the marketplace’s expert authenticators put shoes through, to ensure that users have peace of mind when purchasing.