World's oldest known jeans found in 1857 shipwreck sell for $114,000
World's oldest known jeans found in 1857 shipwreck sell for $114,000 Image source, Holabird Western Americana CollectionsA pair of men's work pants that auction officials believe could be the world's oldest pair of jeans have sold for $114,000 (£92,010). The white pants were found in a sunken trunk in a shipwreck in 1857 near the coast of North Carolina.jeansshipwrecklink