Show us your TIES

[Feraud]

I have too many red ties but here is another one.

[Mixmaster]

Just wanted to stop by and show off this funky tie I just picked up for my hubby for $2 at a thrift shop. Based on what I have read here, I believe it to be 40's - it is a silk/rayon blend, is nice and short (a good 6 inches shorter than contemporary ties), nice and wide (4.5 inches, if I remember correctly), and has a great abstract/semi-Polynesian design.







I also just purchased several ties off of eBay for him - I made a montage of the eBay auction pics:



What do you think? I'll post more about the auction ties when I get them and can see them. They were listed seperately, and I bought the bunch of them for an average price of just under $4 each (that includes shipping).

-Sherri

[Widebrim]

Just wanted to stop by and show off this funky tie I just picked up for my hubby for $2 at a thrift shop. Based on what I have read here, I believe it to be 40's - it is a silk/rayon blend, is nice and short (a good 6 inches shorter than contemporary ties), nice and wide (4.5 inches, if I remember correctly), and has a great abstract/semi-Polynesian design.







I also just purchased several ties off of eBay for him - I made a montage of the eBay auction pics:



What do you think? I'll post more about the auction ties when I get them and can see them. They were listed separately, and I bought the bunch of them for an average price of just under $4 each (that includes shipping).

-Sherri

Great ties! Yes, the first is late 40s-early 50s, and beautiful. I almost will never spend over $3.00 on a tie, and that includes shipping if purchased on eBay (just under $4 is still good).

[Widebrim]

After searching high and low for a pleated tie and coming up empty I now have a second one. The first one was a gift from a generous Lounger. This makes two in one week!

Wow, a Haband pleated tie! One of my favorite companies. Yes, pleated ties are solid! I gave a Penney's Towncraft away a couple of days ago, but I have three more. Great deco look.

[Mixmaster]

Great ties! Yes, the first is late 40s-early 50s, and beautiful. I almost will never spend over $3.00 on a tie, and that includes shipping if purchased on eBay (just under $4 is still good).

Thanks! I can't wait to see the eBay ties in person. The seller had quite a few of them up for sale (looked like well over 100) - said he was selling off his entire collection. I wish I'd had more money to pick up another dozen or so, but as it is I stretched the budget pretty far picking these up

-Sherri

[Mixmaster]

After searching high and low for a pleated tie and coming up empty I now have a second one. The first one was a gift from a generous Lounger. This makes two in one week!

That is one beautiful tie! And a great color too! Hubby says he wants one now after I showed him the pic of yours.....

-Sherri

[Mixmaster]

I like wool ties like the one shown here-

Here are a few of mine.

I still haven't made up my mind how I feel about this style of ties..I kinda like them....but then again.... I do like the color combination in the blue and yellow one - very sharp!

I saw one recently at an estate sale, and didn't buy it. I regret it now, but I turned it down in favor of some funky 50's ties. Now I wish I would have made them an offer on the whole bunch! There were tons of ties, but I picked through them and only bought the ones that appealed to me that weren't stained. I'm happy with the ones I got, but I wish I'd seen this thread before that estate sale so I could have made a slightly more informed decision on the ties I picked.

I have some of them in my antique mall booth for sale right now, but the ones my hubby liked we kept - I'll post pics in a day or so, and maybe you gents can confirm my suspicion that they are all from the 1950's.

[Feraud]

Those are cool looking ties Mixmaster. Your husband must be thrilled with them.

I will post a few more ties soon.

[Feraud]

Here is a close up of the embroidery on the tan tie.

[Mixmaster]

Here is a close up of the embroidery on the tan tie.

Ooooh - and a burgundy pleated tie too! Very drool-worthy!

I have one very similar to the black and white tie on the left of the first image - I actually wore it to work today with a red v-neck sweater, black dress shirt, and beige silk blazer. Who says the fancy vintage ties are just for the boys?

I love ties with unexpected embellishments like embroidery - very cool stuff, Feraud!

-Sherri