Marc Chevalier
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The price is right. Size 40 R. Worth a bid? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brown-Kalev...24?pt=US_CSA_MC_Outerwear&hash=item3f0d1102f4
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Great-looking vintage overcoat, double-breasted
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Marc Chevalier
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The seller has buttoned the overcoat in the wrong direction, but don't be fooled: it is a man's coat.
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Too bad I'm on the market for gray, tis a beauty though and my size.
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Well, in fact I just won me that overcoat! 
Mario
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I was actually expecting some competition after the listing showed up here...
BTW: It's still not possible for me to edit posts in this thread.
BTW: It's still not possible for me to edit posts in this thread.
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Gotta say that, in a way, it feels kinda strange to buy a heavy winter overcoat while it's still sunny and hot outside...
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Congratulations. What a wonderful coat. Perhaps we should meet up in Berlin again and if you forget it in a pub like your umbrella I can have it ?
Buying winter clothes in summer is always a good idea because you can get it much cheaper.
?Buying winter clothes in summer is always a good idea because you can get it much cheaper.
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Congratulations. What a wonderful coat. Perhaps we should meet up in Berlin again and if you forget it in a pub like your umbrella I can have it
I'm not so sure if this is alway true, at least with vintage stuff. It's always rare stuff, no matter if it's spring, summer, fall or winter.
Well, anyway. The next winter is sure to come and I'll be a happy chappy with that coat on me.
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It may be a little bit different with vintage, but I still think that many people are more likely to consciously look for winter coats when the weather is cold.I'm not so sure if this is alway true, at least with vintage stuff. It's always rare stuff, no matter if it's spring, summer, fall or winter.
Well, anyway. The next winter is sure to come and I'll be a happy chappy with that coat on me.
I'm sure you will be nice and warm in that coat. I've wanted a DB overcoat for a long time but I suppose I'll have to just wear my cape if I want something flashier than my loden coat.
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Congratulations, Mario! :eusa_clap
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That is my experience too. True, vintage stuff is rarer and has more folks watching it, but even so... My ELC 42 pattern Irvin I got on Bay for GBP300 (and it was like new - worn, I believe, twice according to the seller, and I wonder if it was even that). No one else bid and I won it for the start price. I bought it in early September last year before most folks were thinking cold weather.
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Great deal , great overcoat. Congrats! Clothes from Finland are a save bet^^
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Congratulations Mario. That is a beautiful coat. You would have got some competition had it been my size...
Mario
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I was actually expecting some serious competition after it surfaced in this thread. [huh]
Not that I'm complaining, I'm not...!
Not that I'm complaining, I'm not...!
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Oh my...USPS!! :rage:
The seller shipped out two items on the same day but the post office obviously mislabled the parcels - my coat went to someone else, while his/her item was shipped off to me...oh dear!
The seller shipped out two items on the same day but the post office obviously mislabled the parcels - my coat went to someone else, while his/her item was shipped off to me...oh dear!
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Now it seems that BOTH items have gone lost on their way back to the seller...
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Oh dear...
After more than two month the coat has finally arrived. What an ordeal that was! Halfway through the story I was more or less convinced that both the suit and the coat had gone lost.
The other buyer received my coat while his suit went to my address. I declined to accept the suit at the customs so they had to ship it back to the seller (which they did after almost three weeks!). After the other buyer finally returned my coat (not before he made sure that the suit was really on its way to him) the seller was now able to ship it back to my address - which took only five days. Fastest shipping ever, no less.
Anyway. The coat has now arrived and it's really nice. I'll take some photos over the weekend.
After more than two month the coat has finally arrived. What an ordeal that was! Halfway through the story I was more or less convinced that both the suit and the coat had gone lost.
The other buyer received my coat while his suit went to my address. I declined to accept the suit at the customs so they had to ship it back to the seller (which they did after almost three weeks!). After the other buyer finally returned my coat (not before he made sure that the suit was really on its way to him) the seller was now able to ship it back to my address - which took only five days. Fastest shipping ever, no less.
Anyway. The coat has now arrived and it's really nice. I'll take some photos over the weekend.
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