If You Don't Wear It, It's Just A Pair Of Shoes.

"Collection"

It is not for investment that it will not cash in with what we like.

Sneakers are our memories of growth and hobbies. Although there will be a slight appreciation of them, there will be less room for appreciation. "

- shoes collection enthusiasts sun Ling

Ten years ago, collecting sports shoes was a very difficult task. Players wanted to buy shoes but they had no channels. Now, as long as you have enough interest and certain economic ability, the collection will not be difficult. Sun Ling said, "some people like to buy cars, some people like to hide wine, and our group like to hide shoes."

For most sports shoes enthusiasts, most of the sports shoes are listed on sports shoes, but now some people are playing with NBA stars' shoes. In AJ Club, there are also some players collecting this kind of sneakers.

Sun Ling told reporters, "because the price of such shoes is not market, prices are also a secret in the industry. Sellers and buyers are reluctant to announce prices.

It is estimated that the average is about 1000 dollars per pair. "

Is the more expensive the better, the better the limited edition? In the knowledge of Guo Cheng, the answer is no, the price is not a standard to measure the quality of a pair of shoes.

Guo Cheng said that many people misunderstood the collection of sneakers, including some new players who had just come into contact with them.

"A lot of post-90 players come to my shop to watch sneakers. They generally value prices and limits. Actually, this is not something we particularly value."

"Some players saw the popularity of sneakers, and they wanted to collect ideas. They bought hundreds of pairs of sneakers at once, and others threw millions of dollars to play sports shoes."

Guo Cheng said this is not a way of self esteem.

He felt that collecting sports shoes should insist on letting nature take its course and buying its own sports shoes at a reasonable price, so as to achieve the goal of collecting shoes collectors step by step.

However, Guo never thought that the player bought expensive shoes and felt that he knew the shoes very well. "This is a very personal thing. It is related to the players' income and family."

According to Guo Cheng, I heard that domestic enthusiasts spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on sports shoes every month, even people in North America know his net name. "But this does not prove that he knows shoes very well."

Investment is a way of collecting. Some people will cash in collectibles and get higher returns.

But Sun Ling collectors sneakers are not for investment, he said, "they will not cash in on what they like."

"Sneakers are our memories of growth and hobbies. Although there will be a slight appreciation of them, there will be less room for appreciation."

The collection value of sports shoes can not be seen hundreds of times as high as jade.

Guo Cheng said, shoes can not be kept permanently, usually short for 5 years, long for 20 years.

Because sneakers are made from leather, glue or foam, they will oxidize, yellowish or even burn for a long time.

Especially the wet weather in the south is not conducive to the preservation of sports shoes.

Guo Cheng said, "some of my friends are crazy. They will take some adjustable moisture-proof boxes and air conditioning in the room to protect their shoes.

In general, players use preservative bags and desiccant to preserve them.

In addition to its collection value, sports shoes are very important for their basic value -- wearing.

Enthusiasts "Penny" think: "every pair of shoes, you put it over there, do not wear it, it is a pair of shoes, but you wear, you and it is human shoes together."

Penny buys shoes because he wears them, so he buys only his own yards.

And the number of football shoes that the stars pass through is very large. Even if he buys it, he can't wear it.

Collecting sports shoes requires money, but Guo City does not encourage everyone to collect shoes by "shoes and shoes".

So called

To raise shoes, that is, players buy ten pairs of shoes, leaving only one or two pairs, the remaining eight pairs to sell, and then buy the shoes you want.

However, after all, some players are not very high wages, and they like shoes very much.

Guo Cheng, sun Ling and others became friends by playing shoes, and finally set up a hobby organization called "AJ Club". This is a group of sneakers organized by a group of Sneaker Head from Guangzhou. The main purpose is to play basketball with friends, and to spread the culture of sneakers.

In fact, the best way to save your shoes is to keep them closed.

But in order to share them with other new players, they will also organize a sneaker exhibition to let new enthusiasts watch.

Most of the exhibitions are free, and they are either sponsored by the sponsors or paid by themselves.

Today, they have organized five sports shoes exhibition.

In addition to sharing sports shoes, "AJ Club" will also give lectures to new players, talk about the knowledge and culture of shoes collection, the story behind the sneakers, and the collection story of "old players", and tell them how to play shoes will be more reasonable.

Now, Guo Cheng and sun Ling not only communicate with the players in Guangzhou, but also communicate with players outside Guangzhou, such as Taiwan, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, mainly through the way of WeChat micro-blog.

Usually, they help each other through overseas friends to buy shoes.

Sun Ling wanted to buy a pair of Jordan's 11 generation sneakers before, but the mainland did not sell them at that time.

Sun Ling had to find a friend from Taiwan to help him buy it back in Japan.

"We often say friends are more valuable than sneakers. We pass.

Knowing these friends, this kind of friendship is more long-term. When the shoes are put on for a long time, they will be able to glue, powder and rot, but friendship will not.

Guo City cherished this group of friends who knew the shoes.

Guangzhou has a collection of one thousand pairs.

At present, the collection and control of sports shoes in Guangzhou is showing an increasing trend.

According to incomplete statistics of several "elder statesmen", the number of this group is over two thousand.

Take AJ club, a 10 year old civil society, for example, there are hundreds of members, mainly white collar.

Sun Ling met with his favorite shoes, bought two pairs, a pair of clothes, a pair of collection, for tyrant class play.

However, Guo Cheng et al. Revealed that such tyrant class players are few.

According to the survey, the craziest collection control in Guangzhou is about one thousand pairs.

Talk about money

American crazy fans spend tens of millions of dollars on shoes.

In the United States, there is a collector named Michael Jordan Gayle. He placed 2000 pairs of sneakers in a 9000 square meter sports shoes collection hall in San Diego.

His collection covers all the sports shoes of Nike shoes from the beginning to the present for nearly 40 years, especially the collection of Jordan's sneakers, which makes those amateur collectors feel ashamed.

Here are some special collections. It's hard for you to find another type of coverage in so many other places.

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Geller admitted that he spent about $10 million in 10 years in order to collect these sneakers.