Spectator Shoes, Goodbye!

[Marc Chevalier]

Once again I "eulogize" some items before bidding goodbye to them on eBay. And here they are. Some are from the '30s, some from the '40s, and one is contemporary. All but the black mesh pair are size 9 or 9 1/2 D. Saluti!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

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[herringbonekid]

i curse your small feet Mr. Chevalier.

(somehow i'm thin, but with big feet. go, as they say, figure)

 

[Wild Root]

Ok Marc, that's enough! Stop selling the good stuff! You're killing me here! If I had even one of those pairs... I'd die happy!

Oh Marc, those shoes are just the living end!!! And one can't find them like that any more in any size!

Once they're gone, they're gone.

=WR=

 

[herringbonekid]

Marc, if these are the shoes you're selling... HOW GOOD are the ones you're KEEPING ??

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I said "Bye bye" to these spectators back in August '95. Don't think I ever eulogized them in the Lounge, though. Sorry!

They were insane. 1930s. New/old stock. Size 10 1/2 D.

 

[Wild Root]

AAAAAAAAH! Those are TO DIE FOR!!!

=WR=

 

[jamespowers]

Geez, I would have bought that last pair if I had seen them. Darn! :eusa_doh:

Regards,

J

 

[Barry]

The last pair....wow!

I special-ordered a pair of Chestnut Brown / White Broadstreets from Allen Edmonds a while back. I wish they made them like that pair too!

Barry

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Geez, I would have bought that last pair if I had seen them. Darn! :eusa_doh:

Happily, they sold for just over $400.

 

[herringbonekid]

seriously Marc, please explain how you can bring yourself to part with such rare examples of shoemaking artistry.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

M-o-n-e-y.


And don't worry, the best of these shoes are ending up in the right hands. They're going to collectors who enshrine them in display cases and such. Two pairs have gone to little museums.


.

 

[herringbonekid]

the best ? but these are all for sale on ebay. you mean there's more ???

i understand the need for money. but money just buys transient, untouchable things like rent and education. these are material irreplaceable things !!

( the right hands would be MY hands, or rather my feet. unfortunately they're all too small.damn).

 

[Marc Chevalier]

the best ? but these are all for sale on ebay. you mean there's more ???

I was referring to the best shoes I've sold on eBay in the past. The cap-toe spectators in size 10 1/2, for instance. Those went to a very serious collector who treats his shoes as if they were icons. (Which, perhaps, they are.)

There might be more to sell from my collection. I'm mulling it over. It's hard for me to let them go!

 

[jamespowers]

Happily, they sold for just over $400.

"A mere bag of shells. A mere bag of shells."

Regards,

J

 

[herringbonekid]

Those went to a very serious collector who treats his shoes as if they were icons. (Which, perhaps, they are.)

i suppose it makes sense to preserve rare vintage shoes in as pristine a state as possible, but personally i'd be having WAY TOO MUCH FUN wearing them every day.

 

[Lauren]

And don't worry, the best of these shoes are ending up in the right hands. They're going to collectors who enshrine them in display cases and such. Two pairs have gone to little museums.


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Bless you for that. You're a good man.

 

[EL COLORADO]

(sigh) ....the memories.


Actually I have storage room bursting with NOS stuff from sweeping through ebay in the late 90's when literal mountains of shoes like that (and suits, and shirts, etc.) were going for 10 or 20 bucks tops!
I knew those days wouldnt last long so I bought everything!
And sure enough those days are now gone forever.



EC