| Category | |
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| Text on Button | PUMP IT UP! Reebok® |
| Image Description | Indigo text and Reebok logo within basketball outline on a coral background. |
| Back Paper / Back Info |
.90 [in permanent marker?] |
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| Additional Information | Reebok’s “The Pump” was a line of high-top basketball shoes released on November 24, 1989. At the time of release, The Pump cost $170, the highest priced sneaker on the market by $70. The model quickly became popular in the 1990s. The artist Gary Simmons immortalized the shoe in his 1991 piece titled “Pump It Up”, featuring bronzed Reebok sneakers on a plexiglass shelf. |
| Sources |
Weinfuss, J. (2019, November 24). Inside the rise and fall of the iconic Reebok Pump on its 30th birthday. Retrieved August 04, 2020, from https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28149048/inside-rise-fall-iconic-re… |
| Catalog ID | AD0236 |