Jeans from 1857 fetch $A168k at auction

By Scott Sonner
Updated December 10 2022 - 9:23am, first published 9:19am
The trousers pre-date by 16 years the first pair officially manufactured by Levi Strauss & Co. (AP PHOTO)
The trousers pre-date by 16 years the first pair officially manufactured by Levi Strauss & Co. (AP PHOTO)

A pair of work trousers recovered from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina and described as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for $US114,000 ($A168,000).

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