Investigators are looking into what Soules was doing before the accident.
Soules put the jeans up for auction in 2016,
but a computer glitch botched the online bidding.
But the private sale agreement prevents Soules from disclosing the exact price or the buyer's location,
A pair of 501 jeans manufactured in the
1880s sold for US$60,000 to a Japanese collector, Soules said, and another pair, from 1888, sold for six figures.
A pair of 501 jeans manufactured in the
1880s sold for $60,000 to a Japanese collector, Soules said, and another pair, from 1888, sold for six figures.
They would been stored for decades in a trunk and were in pristine condition because Warner
wore them only a few times before falling ill, Soules said.
A pair of 501 jeans manufactured in the 1880s
sold for 60,000 dollars to a Japanese collector, Soules said, and another pair, from 1888, sold for six figures.