How much are the shoes that were hurled at George W. Bush worth in American dollars?

BRY2K

Whatever their original value they have certainly appreciated in cost: A Saudi man has offered to pay USD 10 million for the pair of shoes that a Iraqi journalist hurled at US President George W Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. Mohamed Makhafa, a retired school teacher, says he considers the size 10s a ‘medal of freedom and more valuable than everything he owns’, Al Jazeera news channel reported "It is more precious than all my property. I will bequeath it to my children and display it in a museum and call it the Medal of Freedom," Makhafa told AlArabiya.net. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Saudi-man-bids-10-mn-for-shoes-hurled-at-Bush/399684/ Dec 18 08, 6:08 PM

queproblema

Except they were destroyed to make sure they didn't contain explosives. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081218/pl_afp/iraqusbushmediashoes " Kenani made the revelation when announcing that the shoes Zaidi had thrown have been destroyed by security agents to ensure they did not contain explosives. "The shoes were examined by the Iraqi and American security services and then destroyed," the judge told AFP." Dec 18 08, 8:00 PM

queproblema

A Turkish cobbler claims he made the shoes--Ducati Model 271 and since renamed “The Bush Shoe," and they were going for about $40 each last year. There's been a spike in sales this past week. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/world/middleeast/21shoe.html?ref=middleeast Dec 20 08, 11:13 PM