Cool (But Sold) eBay Stuff

[Micawber]

All I can say is that there must be an awful lot of Laird's clearing out their wardrobes up there.

 

[Orgetorix]

Aye. I don't know how those thrift shop people find everything they do.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Contacts. The second hand/vintage clothing industry is well entrenched in Britain. Just check out how much it's mentioned in Dickens etc. (particularly the Boz stuff). If you know the folks in the industry, apparently the stuff is more frequently encountered at better prices.

And many years of collecting. Traveling around the country picking up everything pre-1960 one sees. Remember the original thrift shop has been in business for quite a while and was gathering when this gear was VERY available.

It's becoming scarcer.

bk

 

[Micawber]

Agreed, it all boils down to the old adage it's not what you know but who you know that counts.

 

[MudInYerEye]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300096925680

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300096923741

 

[slicedbread]

Pristine belted back suit? Wow...I can't believe it went for so low...It went for just a bit more than I was willing to pay because I'd have just resold it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=200093830044&rd=1&rd=1

 

[Baron Kurtz]

everything about it says 1960s to me . . .

bk

 

[cookie]

Kangaroos hopping to USA

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300096925680

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300096923741

What were the actual sizes?

 

[cookie]

Don't you love the photo? - taken wrong time wrong place

Pristine belted back suit? Wow...I can't believe it went for so low...It went for just a bit more than I was willing to pay because I'd have just resold it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=200093830044&rd=1&rd=1

Whay is it 60s BK?

 

[Jovan]

Possibly the trousers, but everything else looks 1940s.

 

[MudInYerEye]

What were the actual sizes?

I'll let you know when they arrive!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Why is it 60s BK?

Shape of lapels, primarily.

Number 2 is the type of button used on the pocket flaps. Looks to me like the faux-wooden buttons used often in the 60s/early 70s.

And the angled pockets on the trousers would be very rare for the 40s.

What i meant was that, all in all, you're looking at quite a risk if one buys that as 40s. I may be wrong, of course, and i'll be happy if i was so someone has a nice 40s beltback suit for a semi-cheap price.

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Another nice suit that went for a reasonable price: http://cgi.ebay.com/Polo-Ralph-Laur...0097098708QQcategoryZ3001QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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[Baron Kurtz]

that's the first i've seen from Lauren with this particular styling. he really went nuts on the british wartime thing, no? Those lapels are pretty much perfect repro . . .

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

that's the first i've seen from Lauren with this particular styling.

Matt Deckard has two plaid Polo suits with this identical cut. His came with waistcoats, however.

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[Baron Kurtz]

ah, yes, i remember those. I redact the bit about never having seen these from lauren . . .

bk

 

[slicedbread]

any idea to the era of this suit? I couldn't resist jumping on the bandwagon for that diamond type weave

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=170079899672&rd=1&rd=1

 

[Orgetorix]

any idea to the era of this suit?

'40s?

 

[cookie]

Missed this one for 20 quid

One a missed for bidding too low and a 44S too!

 

[resortes805]

any idea to the era of this suit?

Is a rear vent present?