New old stock 1930's sneakers found on eBay

• Feb 22, 2011

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Sam Craig

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Forget about investing in gold, precious stones or oil futures ... put your retirement funds entirely in 50-year-old sneakers.

Dang, I mean, DANG, $10,000 for tennies?

It's great if you can get it.

I suppose used ones are worth a lot less, right?

Sam

 

• Feb 22, 2011

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MissMittens

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If I win the Powerball this weekend, I'll buy them and donate them to a museum somewhere. Just for laughs, and a $10k write-off, LOL

 

• Feb 22, 2011

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Sam Craig

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roadierfl said:

If I win the Powerball this weekend, I'll buy them and donate them to a museum somewhere. Just for laughs, and a $10k write-off, LOL

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Yeah, and make 'em put up a nice brass plaque next to your $10K tennies!
Woo-Hoo!
Ain't it fun to be rich?

Sam

 

• Feb 22, 2011

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MissMittens

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Sam Craig said:

Woo-Hoo!
Ain't it fun to be rich?

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Wouldn't know. But the seller is hoping to get rich quick

 

• Mar 2, 2011

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dhermann1 said:

With other old items like this, they're oftem bought to be used as patterns for making repros. I would really wonder if that could be done with these, tho.

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I have a pair of these repros...they're cheap, but look great. I bought them for $10 when the came out, but a few people bought most of the guys stock out & now sell them for about $50 or $60 a pair.
Now, a larger company stole this guys idea (the guy who found the originals) & started to reproduce them theirselves...I think you can find the repros online from the "big" company who stole them for $60-75 now, but I'm not sure.
I met the guy who was reproducing them & he was doing a good thing for vintage folks & sneaker-wearers alike & someone else w/ more money destroyed him...gotta love America...

 

• Mar 2, 2011

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resortes805 said:

Awww....Colchesters, I remember when they first came out the controversy surrounding the 1892 claim. Honestly, you just need to check out the art deco tread to place 'em past the 1920s.

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Ya, I think the guy thought he found the originals from 1892...but just because you get a patent date or a copyright, doesn't mean that's when they were originally produced...these are definately 30s sneakers...I think anyone in the culture & that know's the history can figure that out. There's a place online where I was checking the Colchester history out & w/o saying it you can see that their sneakers weren't produced until the 20s or 30s...although they were producing heels & tires & such before the turn of the century. No one's perfect, especially when you get excited about a find!

 

• Mar 4, 2011

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Sam Craig

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roadierfl said:

Wouldn't know. But the seller is hoping to get rich quick

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BTW ... Nice uniform in the avatar.
You look like Lt. Compton from Band of Brothers!

Sam

 

• Aug 22, 2012

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I'm Hoping Someone Reproduces These Colchesters

1940s - 50s design w/o arrow feather sole...

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/mostra888k/42224475.html