S otheby’s is pleased to present, The Future is Back, an online auction celebrating the legacy of one of the greatest movie franchises of all time, Back to the Future, featuring Nike MAGs (2011 edition) dual signed by Michael J. Fox.
Upon its release on July 3 1985, Back to the Future became an instant classic, and is still to this day revered as one of the most iconic films in American culture. The film directed by Robert Zemeckis features Michael J. Fox as the iconic Marty McFly who time travels from 1985 to 1955 where he meets his future parents, using a modified DeLorean created by his friend and scientist “Doc” Brown.
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1985On 3 July, 1985, Back to the Future opened in theaters. Written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the science fiction flick starred a young Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, following the character as he zooms back to the year 1955 in a DeLorean time machine (with the help of an eccentric scientist, Emmett "Doc" Brown). Back to the Future was the highest-grossing film of 1985, netting $381 million worldwide – and quickly became a cult classic.
(left) Movie poster for Back to the Future (Credit: Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo) -
1989In the 1989 sequel, Back to the Future Part II, Marty time travels to the year 2015, and famously turns on his Nike MAGs featuring ‘power laces’, that self-tie. That moment, and later scenes in the movie, became iconic in the history of footwear inspiring multiple releases by Nike, including the Nike MAG (2011), Nike MAG (2016) and the Nike Adapt Mag (2019), among others.
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1990Released 25 May, 1990, the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy is set in the year 1885, in the wild west.
(left) The DeLorean DMC-12 used for the third Back to the Future film. The vehicle was on display at the Museum of Monterey in August 2011 (Credit: Nehrams2020)
In the 1989 sequel, Back to the Future Part II, Marty time travels to the year 2015, and famously turns on his Nike MAGs featuring ‘power laces’, that self-tie. That moment, and later scenes in the movie, became iconic in the history of footwear inspiring multiple releases by Nike, including the Nike MAG (2011), Nike MAG (2016) and the Nike Adapt Mag (2019), among others.
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In 2011, Nike released a promotional video to go alongside the release of 1500 pairs of the 2011 Nike MAG to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
This pair however, autographed by Michael J. Fox himself, is exceptionally rare.
Sotheby’s is pleased to offer this remarkable pair and honor the incredible legacy of the Back to the Future franchise, and of course, Nike.