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Article: Out to catch the Blue Lobster
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2009
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The line stretched down Brattle Street, around the corner onto
Church, and nearly to Mass. Ave. Guys sat on damp camp chairs. Some
had jury rigged plastic bags to keep off the rain. A few snack-pack
wrappers littered the ground.
It was late afternoon last Friday and the hoards were waiting for
what? Concert tickets? iPhones? No, they were camped out for
sneakers: Blue Lobster Nike SB Dunk Low Premiums, available the next
morning at 11 a.m. sharp, only at Harvard Square specialty store
Concepts. Price tag: $250. Passersby gaped when they heard that.
But contrary to first impressions, most in line were thrifty, not
spendthrifts - gambling that some collectors would pay a lot more
than $250 ...