This Alternate Trophy Room x Air Jordan 4 Sample Never Saw the Light of Day

Trophy Room’s run in Florida is coming to a close. The sneaker boutique owned by Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus, announced recently that it would be closing its retail store, ending an era full of collabs and controversy. Bringing the Jordan family directly into the boutique retail space brought some otherwise inconceivable projects to fruition, and with the store closing, a newly surfaced Trophy Room sample is bringing back memories of when the shop first opened.

One More for the Wall of Fame

Posted by rare sneaker seller @englishsole, the 2016 Trophy Room x Air Jordan 4 Sample is an alternate colorway created as part of the store’s Air Jordan 1-30 sample collection displayed in the trophy wall at Trophy Room. Like all of the Trophy Room Air Jordans in the shop’s wall of fame, the colorway is covered in soft grey suede.

Making only minor adjustments from the pair that made it to the shop, the sample features a full foot of grey suede, with gold accents on the lace wings and Jumpman logos on the tongue tag and heel. The back of the tongue, heel tab, lace support, and upper midsole stabilizer are black for some contrast, while the midsole itself switches things up from the final pair with a return to grey.

Is the Trophy Room x Air Jordan 4 Sample for Sale?

Of course, the Trophy Room x Air Jordan 4 Sample won’t ever be released, as Trophy Room will no longer be releasing any sneakers. Still, the one sample pair does exist, and if the price is right, we’d bet that @englishsole would let it go. To keep up with all the latest rare sneaker news, download the Sole Retriever App.

Zach Harris

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