HOLY GRAIL Suit -- Summer Edition

• Dec 12, 2011

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Flat Foot Floey said:

US $146,48? I doid expect much more and didn't even bother to bid on it.

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The German version of this suit went for much more: www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-early-40s-German-Double-Breasted-Cream-Suit-/190604103012

 

• Dec 12, 2011

• #22

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Marc Chevalier said:

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item1c21af61a1


Holy Toledo! A suit made of cream gabardine -- rarer than Palm Beach cloth! And look at that outstanding silhouette! Lounger Reetpleat has one that is nearly identical.

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This auction is now over. Did a Fedora Lounger win it? Please let us know!

 

• Dec 12, 2011

• #23

Rudie

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Wow, this one went for peanuts!

 

• Dec 12, 2011

• #24

Gene

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Way to small for me, but I love the high neck on the jacket.

 

• Dec 13, 2011

• #25

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Marc Chevalier said:

The German version of this suit went for much more: www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-early-40s-German-Double-Breasted-Cream-Suit-/190604103012

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I'm guilty of that one... It's currently at the tailor.

 

• Dec 13, 2011

• #26

J.J. Gittes

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It also isn't wool flannel or a gabardine, its a very tightly woven linen/silk blend fabric, similar to a worsted. The whole suit is like nothing I've ever seen before.

 

• Dec 13, 2011

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J.J. Gittes said:

It also isn't wool flannel or a gabardine, its a very tightly woven linen/silk blend fabric, similar to a worsted. The whole suit is like nothing I've ever seen before.

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And Art Fawcett was the seller!

 

• Dec 13, 2011

• #28

J.J. Gittes

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Yup! I sent Janene a message after I won the suit and she said that Art has had it for years but never wore it.

 

• Dec 18, 2011

• #29

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How come that somthing like that has survived all those years??!!

 

• Dec 21, 2011

• #30

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It's back on eBay -- and it has magically become a larger size!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item1c222b32be

 

• Dec 21, 2011

• #31

Rudie

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Too bad the sleeves have shrunken in the process.

 

• Jan 2, 2012

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Rudie said:

Too bad the sleeves have shrunken in the process.

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It sold well anyway.

 

• Jan 3, 2012

• #33

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Marc Chevalier said:

It sold well anyway.

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The seller had two different, but similar suits, the first had a single button closure, the second (larger size) had a dual button closure.