With the prices of vintage t-shirts soaring we’re pitting some heavy weights against each other in an all-out, no-holds-barred…civilized vote by vintage t-shirt aficionados.
The true origins of this relic are unknown. Its controversial artwork is derived from the infamous Beatles Butcher album that was released in 1966 and subsequently pulled from shelves because of widespread complaints. The original banned albums are worth a small fortune and this tee is arguably even more scarce. Is it an extremely rare record store promo? Or one of the earliest examples of bootlegging? Either way it’s a vintage artifact.
Brand: Vee-Kay
Age: 43
Price: $20,000
This badboy is quite possibly the most rare Star Wars collectible on any planet. A t-shirt made for crew when filming began for A New Hope, aka Star Wars aka Transcelestians (the working title). This is such obscure Star Wars trivia that when this working title is Googled, there are no results…seriously, try it. It was once owned by Ben Burtt, the four time Academy Award winning sound technician who got Darth breathing heavy.
Brand: Russell
Age: 32
Price: $29,000
December 16th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Not one stinking Google entry (besides the listing and this post)! Sounds like a load of horse hockey!
December 17th, 2009 at 11:05 am
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_category&category_id=118
check out this crazy Star Wars t-shirt archive
January 6th, 2010 at 12:34 am
The “Transcelestians” shirt is bull shit. The reason Phantom menace had the “working title” Blue Harvest was to keep fans from knowing what was being filmed. Why would Lucas need a different title to a movie that had no popularity what so ever yet? For when we invent the time machine and crazed fan-boys travel back in time to crash the filming? You can’t find anything through Google because it’s a whole buncha bull shit some guy is trying to scam $29,000 out of people on ebay with.
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Ummmm….Working titles aren’t only to keep the film private, they are also used when the title of the film has not yet been determined….so in actuality your comment is bullshit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_title
I know the retrovintagewear crew personally and they wouldn’t chalk up a false story.
And I hope if we do invent a time machine we make better use of it than visiting old Star Wars productions.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
$29,000…LMAO!!!!!!