The Oldest Known Jeans Were Discovered in a Shipwreck and Just Sold For an Astronomical Price
A shipwreck struck gold thanks to a pair of pants. Courtesy of Holabird Western Americana Collections/ Liveauctioneers.com The oldest known pair of jeans were among 270 Gold Rush-era artifacts discovered on board the 1857 shipwreck of the S.S. Central America or “Ship of Gold” off the coast of North Carolina in 2014. The items, including…