Top 10 Used Boots That Sell on eBay (2026 Sold Prices)

A worn pair of lace-up boots sold on eBay November eighth for two hundred eight dollars and fifty cents, with fifty-eight bids. And most people walk right past the boot rack. So I pulled real eBay sold listings and ranked the top ten boots by what they actually sell for. Number one can look like a plain black combat boot. And one boot beats it, but it rarely sells. So today: how to spot each one, the stamp inside that changes the price, and the fakes to walk away from. Let's jump right into it.

So here's how this works. Every price is a real eBay sold listing: used, in the US, before shipping. eBay's Sold filter shows about the last ninety days. I left out every listing where eBay showed an accepted best offer, because that crossed-out price is what the seller asked, not what the buyer paid. The rank is the median sale, the one right in the middle, not the one crazy sale. I checked twelve brands, and ten made the list. When two tied, a smaller sample of up to twenty sales each broke the tie.

Number ten: Saint Laurent. Yves Saint Laurent showed his first collection in Paris in nineteen sixty-two, and in twenty twelve the ready-to-wear line was renamed Saint Laurent Paris. So the label alone tells you roughly when a pair was made. The boot resellers watch for is the Wyatt: a sleek ankle boot with a sharp pointed toe, a slanted heel, and on the harness version, a strap and a ring around the ankle. Out of twenty-four recent sales, the median was about two hundred thirty-five, and a typical pair went for a hundred ninety-five to three hundred forty-five. A Wyatt Chelsea went to auction November first and sold for two hundred fifty, with one bid. A suede Wyatt harness boot sold November sixth for just under six hundred. Pointy black boots get shelved with cheap fashion boots, so look closer at every pair. And fakes exist. Compare the lettering inside to photos of a known real pair. Thick or crooked letters are a walk-away. If you're not sure, leave it on the rack.

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Number nine: Lucchese cowboy boots, the older pairs. Lucchese started in eighteen eighty-three, when two brothers from Sicily opened a boot shop near Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Look for fancy stitching all over the shaft, and often an exotic skin on the foot: the bumpy dots of ostrich, or alligator scales. Sixteen sold in just four days on the first page of results. The median was about two hundred fifty, and a typical pair went for a hundred sixty to three hundred seventy-five. A pair listed as eighties oxblood sold November sixth for three hundred seventy-five. An ostrich pair got twelve hundred on November eighth. One sale. So flip the boot and read the label. In nineteen eighty-six, Lucchese moved to El Paso, so a pair that says San Antonio was made before that move. The exotics are what jumped on our list, and worn, cracked pairs went for under a hundred. On one boot forum, a collector says he found a rough pair at an Arkansas thrift store for eight dollars.

Number eight: Paul Bond. Paul Bond was a rodeo cowboy who started making boots in nineteen forty-six, and moved his shop to Nogales, Arizona, in the fifties. The National Cowboy Museum says he made boots for John Wayne. From three feet away, these look made for one person, because they usually were: rows and rows of stitching on the shaft, inlays, exotic skins. Out of twenty-five sales over about three months, the median was about three hundred, and a typical pair went for two hundred to three hundred seventy-five. A custom pair with ten rows of stitching sold October twenty-seventh for three hundred seventy-five. A vintage ostrich-leg pair with red butterflies got eight hundred fifty. One sale. Custom boots turn up when one owner's closet gets cleared out, so estate sales are where I'd look. And read the label. Today the company sells some designs made in León, Mexico, and older designs built by hand in Nogales.

Number seven: Russell Moccasin, and remember that worn pair from the start? Russell has made boots in Berlin, Wisconsin, since eighteen ninety-eight. Look at the toe. Where the toe piece overlaps the bottom, it's sewn with a raised, knotted stitch. Russell calls it the Never-rip seam, patented in nineteen ten. And Russell says Earl Shaffer, the first man to hike the whole Appalachian Trail in one trip, did it in nineteen forty-eight in one pair of their Bird Shooters. Out of thirty recent sales, it tied Paul Bond at about three hundred and won the tiebreak, and a typical pair went for two hundred ten to five hundred. That worn pair is the one from the start: fifty-eight bids. A zip-up Zephyr sold November fifth for five hundred fifty. And a custom bison South Forty pair went to auction and sold for seven hundred ninety-nine, with one bid. One sale. These hide in the hunting section, next to the duck boots. And worn isn't dead. Russell sells repairs, and worn pairs still sold for about eighty to two hundred.

Number six: Nicks, from Spokane, Washington. Nicks started in nineteen sixty-four, when a bootmaker known as the Original Nick went out on his own to build boots from start to finish for loggers and construction workers. From across the store: a tall, heavy lace-up with a tall stacked leather heel, often on a lug sole. Out of twenty-eight recent sales, the median was about three hundred thirty-five, and a typical pair went for two hundred fifty to four hundred twenty-five. An oxblood bison Strider went to auction November eighth and sold for three hundred thirty-eight, with fourteen bids. A cap-toe pair with the box got six hundred. Nicks says its work boots get a stamp, and its Heritage line has a tag sewn inside. And condition is the whole swing here. Trashed work pairs sold for thirty to ninety dollars. They can be rebuilt, which is why even rough pairs sell.

Number five: Wesco, made in Oregon since nineteen eighteen, and the family still runs it. Their engineer boot came out in nineteen thirty-nine, for shipyard welders who wanted a boot they could kick off fast if sparks got inside. That's the look: a pull-on boot with no laces, a buckled strap across the top of the foot and another at the top of the shaft. Out of twenty-six recent sales, the median was about three hundred fifty, and a typical pair went for two hundred eighty to five hundred sixty. A pair of black Jobmasters went to auction October twenty-sixth and sold for two hundred seventy, with thirty-six bids. A brown Mister Lou engineer boot sold November fourth for six hundred sixty-nine. Look for the Wesco stamp. If you can't find the Wesco name, pass: plenty of engineer boots look like this. Wesco says custom orders take about nine months right now, which helps used pairs sell. And on a forum back in twenty eleven, one guy said he spotted a pair at a garage sale near San Quentin, paid ten bucks, and only then looked them up.

Number four: the Alden Indy boot. Alden has made shoes in Massachusetts since eighteen eighty-four. And the Indy got its name from Indiana Jones: Heddels says Harrison Ford liked them and wore them in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a plain brown lace-up work boot with stitching across the toe and a chunky reddish sole. It looks like nothing special, and that's why it gets missed. It tied Wesco at a median of about three hundred fifty, out of thirty-one recent sales, and a typical pair went for two hundred fifty to four hundred twenty-five. The tiebreaker, that second sample, went to Alden. A four-oh-three in Chrome-Excel leather, with the box, sold November second for four hundred fifty. A store collab in kudu leather got five hundred forty-nine. So look inside. Alden prints the size and the model number in there, and four-oh-three or four-oh-five are the classic Indy numbers. And on another forum, a guy said his wife pulled a pair of Alden loafers out of the Goodwill bins, where they charge by weight.

Number three: Viberg. Viberg started in nineteen thirty-one in Saskatchewan, making boots for prairie farm workers, and today it builds them in Victoria, British Columbia. The one to know is the Service Boot: a lace-up with a double row of stitching across the front, and a leather ledge all the way around, where the upper is stitched straight down to the sole. Out of thirty-eight recent sales, the median was about four hundred thirty, and a typical pair went for three hundred to six hundred. Even a worn pair of Viberg Chelseas sold November seventh for three hundred. A Service Boot on the twenty-forty last sold the same day for five hundred ninety-nine. And a Service Boot in shell cordovan got fifteen hundred on October twenty-fourth. One sale. Here's the trap. Viberg uses UK sizing, and tells US buyers to size down a full size on most of its lasts. So the size stamped inside isn't the US size.

Number two: RRL, Double RL, from Ralph Lauren. It started in nineteen ninety-three, named after the Laurens' ranch in Colorado. And Ralph Lauren says a small workshop in Mercedes, Texas, makes boots for Double RL. They look old on purpose: ropers with a short shaft and a low heel, rough-out suede, pull-ons. It tied Viberg at about four hundred thirty, out of twenty-two sales over about ten weeks, and a typical pair went for three hundred twenty-five to six hundred. The tiebreaker went to RRL. A black congress work boot sold October twenty-fifth for three hundred twenty-five. A rough-out suede roper sold October twenty-fourth for nine hundred. And a brown roper got just under a thousand. One sale. Here's the trap. In a thrift store, RRL hangs right next to Polo and Lauren, and those are different lines. So read the label. If it doesn't say RRL or Double RL, it's not this boot.

Now, before number one: two rare ones that almost never come up for sale. Hermès started as a harness maker in Paris in eighteen thirty-seven, and its boots still have that horse-world look: tall riding boots, and the Kelly buckle on the ankle strap. The median was about six hundred fifty, higher than number one. But only thirteen sold in about eight weeks, not counting accepted offers, and none since October twenty-eighth. A Funk combat boot with the Kelly buckle sold October seventeenth for eighteen hundred. And Rocketbuster, from El Paso. It started in nineteen eighty-nine, when a photographer traded his nineteen fifty-three Cadillac hearse for a boot company. Every pair is made in one brick warehouse downtown. The median was about five hundred, but only ten sold at full price in about eleven weeks. A red-and-white flower pair went to auction and sold for eleven hundred, with one bid. One sale. If a cowboy boot looks like a jukebox, check the label.

And number one: Chanel. Gabrielle Chanel started with a hat shop on rue Cambon in Paris, in nineteen ten. And remember that plain black combat boot? This is it. Look for the CC logo on the hardware, quilting, or a cap toe in metal or a different leather. Twenty-seven sold at full price between October twenty-eighth and November eighth. The median was about five hundred forty-five, the highest in the top ten, and a typical pair went for three hundred to seven hundred eighty-five. A black Interlocking CC combat boot sold November sixth for two hundred ninety-nine. A quilted combat boot sold November first for five hundred forty-five. And a thigh-high pair with metal cap toes, in the box, sold October thirtieth for eighteen hundred. One sale. This is the one to check before you pay. A real Chanel shoe says Chanel and where it was made on the sole, and Chanel uses European sizes, like thirty-seven or thirty-eight. If the lining says a US size like eight, walk away. The two over five hundred here sold with eBay's Authenticity Guarantee. eBay authenticates shoes from eligible brands that sell for five hundred dollars or more, and from two hundred up, buyers can add it for a fee.

So that's the top ten: Saint Laurent, Lucchese, Paul Bond, Russell Moccasin, Nicks, Wesco, Alden, Viberg, RRL, and Chanel, with every range right here. And the one habit that ties them all together: before you put a boot back on the rack, flip it over and read the inside of the shaft. That's where the money is. So, what's the best pair of boots you've ever pulled off a thrift store rack? Tell me in the comments. And if this sends you back to the boot rack this week, a like helps it reach more resellers. Have a blessed day.