Vintage or excavated vintage???
The jeans -- found in an abandoned mine by a "denim archaeologist" -- were bought by 23-year-old Kyle Hautner and Zip Stevenson, a veteran of the vintage denim market.
Stevenson has run a denim repair shop in Los Angeles for nearly three decades -- but he had never found a pair quite like this.
"These jeans are extremely rare -- especially in this fantastic worn condition and size," he told CNN.
Stevenson first heard about the jeans "about five years ago when they were first discovered" in the American West by Michael Harris, who "has looked in at least 50 abandoned mines for five years and has not found a pair of equal quality," according to Stevenson.