Aaron Hope 
Reality-based TV programming took over the airwaves starting in the early ’00s. Nothing has been the same since Survivor, American Idol and the rest took the baton from pioneers like COPS and The Real World, and now viewers are noticing even more change in the form of reality TV itself evolving. Trashy themes are now taking a backseat to shows where guys go through trash — or other career-related adventures like those you might expect to see on SpikeTV’s Auction Hunters. In the fifth episode of season two, entitled ‘Labor of Love’, the cast got up with Bobby from Flight Club LA to appraise the value of a set of vintage deadstock Nikes and Air Jordans. Click through to see the video in its entirety (sneaker love begins around 6:20 and continues after first commercial) and let us know what you think of the price that all this good stuff winds up going for.
Update: Since everyone’s been talking about the value, we’ve decided to go through the 14 pairs displayed and see what the actual worth is. Click through to page 2 for the full appraisal.
Labor of Love
Tags: Labor of Love
Air Jordan 1 White Midnight: $247
Air Jordan III Black Cement: $425
Air Jordan III True Blue: $425
Air Jordan IV Black Cement ’99: $588
Air Jordan IV White Laser: $438
Air Jordan IV Black Laser: $450
Air Jordan IV Tour Yellow: $250
Air Jordan VIII Aqua: $395
Air Jordan XIII Black/Red: $450
Nike Dunk Low SB Tiffany: $730
Nike Dunk Low SB SBTG: $395
Nike Dunk Low SB Pushead: $300
Nike SB Blazer Supreme: $700
Nike Dunk High Coraline: $450
The total if the 14 pairs shown were sold at Flight Club individually: $6248
Flight Club takes 20% so Auction Hunters would get back about $4999.
The 9 additional pairs not shown were probably not of any value so we will price them at $50 a pair for a total of $450 taking the potential grand total $5500.
Auction Hunters sold all 23 pairs for $3500.
