By Jaweed Kaleem
•Condition: Unworn, mint condition sneakers are called deadstock and are the most valuable. The original shoebox will help, too. The more you wear a shoe, the less value it has.
•Age: Vintage shoes, such as unworn 1985 Air Jordans, are hot. Shoes more than a decade old are typically considered vintage.
•Design: Advanced technology makes a shoe more desirable. For example, the leather on some shoes is laser-engraved, which gets sneakerheads on their toes.
•Color scheme: Air Jordans with colors Michael Jordan wore with the Chicago Bulls -- such as the original red and black -- are more collectible than those he didn't wear, says Robert Paxton, a Royal Oak collector who owns almost 50 pairs of Air Jordans.
•Rarity: Rarity is the No. 1 factor determining whether a shoe is collectible. Rare shoes are described as "quick strikes," meaning a limited edition shoe model of which 3,000 or fewer exist. "Hyper strikes" are produced for specific people or shops -- sometimes just a few dozen pairs per model.
•Imports: Some shoes are released only abroad, and can be more collectible simply because few people in the U.S. have them.
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