In 2001 the oldest known pair of this company's jeans sold for more than $46,000 on eBay
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founder, Pierre Omidyar creates a small auction-based company known as ... 
2001: eBay Make Fashion History with the Ugliest Jeans in the World ... up a pair 
of Levi's, reportedly the oldest in the world, and they sold for $46,000!