1985 was the year. Michael Jordan was signed into the Bulls with his undefeated resume (UNC champ and a Team USA star player). Nike team puts their faith on this new rookie and prepared him his own sneakers, the Air Jordan. The first Air Jordan was banned by David Stern because of the black/red color scheme (other Bulls players wear white) and the Bulls were charged about $5,000/ game for it. Nike, seeing this as a marketing opportunity, pays the charges. With this Air Jordan 1, MJ has brought back the Bulls to the playoff and was nominated Rookie of the Year. The AJ1 has 23 different colorways (samples included) and these were quite common in discount racks back in the day. Past retro days, these sold relatively well (2001,2003,2007), even with the the infamous mid-cut version and some strange colored low-cuts. 2008 will bring back the high-cut version of the AJ1 (hallelujah!), dates are posted below.


2008 Air Jordan 1 retro (packages are excluded) - thanks to sneakerfiles.com
Air Jordan 1 Retro
136085-161
White/Midnight Navy/Metallic Silver/Varsity Red
$100.00

Air Jordan 1 Retro High LS
332134-061
Black/White/Varsity Red
$125.00

Air Jordan 1 Retro High LS
332134-631
Varsity Red/White/Dark Army
$125.00

Air Jordan 1 Retro High
332550-011
Black/White
$110.00