Jersey Score

February 26, 2011 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment  

maiden haven

A feeble attempt to document the endless array of brilliant vintage Iron Maiden t-shirts.


Shirt #43: Iron Maiden Powerslave Jersey

Availability: Explore Vintage Maiden Tees on eBay

Album: Powerslave

Year: 1984

Approximate value: $100-250

  • View the previous vintage Maiden X Factor t-shirt.
  • View the entire Maiden vintage t-shirt collection.


Going Once, Going Twice, Going Broke

February 16, 2011 by Jimmy J · 2 Comments  

Every few weeks we scour through eBay’s vintage t-shirt auctions and report which relics are fetching top dollar. More reasons to raid your grandpa’s closet.

Click the links below to view the full eBay listing or the seller’s current inventory.

  1. 70s vintage Bad Company Co tour t-shirt sold for $300.00 by wyco_vintage
  2. 80s vintage SAMHAIN Scarecrow t-shirt sold for $299.00 by blackrebelvintage
  3. 70s vintage David Bowie world tour t-shirt sold for $224.00 by stormcrow-vintage
  4. 80s vintage John Lennon memorial t-shirt sold for $200.00 by wyco_vintage
  5. 70s vintage The Who t-shirt sold for $199.00 by concertwear
  6. 80s vintage Subhumans Rats t-shirt sold for $150.00 by blackrebelvintage
  • View a previous edition where a Alien Sex Fiend t-shirt fetched top dollar.
  • View all the top performing vintage tee auctions.


An Open Letter to Stitcht.com

February 10, 2011 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment  

Remember a couple of years ago we reported on the senseless butchering of vintage tees so their parts could be being transformed in to bed quilts? If you check out the comments section I mentioned contacting the company with a proposal, an email I completely forgot I even wrote until just now. Well, patience is a virtue and my work is done here. If only saving dolphins in Japan was this easy.

On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Jimmy J Wrote

Hello there.

My name is Jimmy J and I speak on behalf of a small portion of the population that covet vintage t-shirts as though they were offspring. Having just discovered a video of your business on The YouTube I had to contact you immediately to voice my concerns. I applaud your green efforts, reducing, reusing, re-purposing – the world needs more businesses like yours. However, your being so green is also making me see red. The truth is you’re also hurting the ones we love. I don’t even want to imagine how many wonderful vintage t-shirts you have butchered, it brings a tear to my eye.

I am willing to forgive, and forget, but I ask a small favor of you. If you agree, I’m even willing to promote your services.

I ask that when you accept a job that includes t-shirts of value, that you notify your customer the collectible nature of some of these garments. At such time you could suggest they don’t cut them and keep them intact. I have been selling vintage t-shirts for years on eBay, and I will agree to sell the t-shirt for them for FREE and waive my regular consignment fee. All they would have to do is pay a few dollars to ship it to me, and cover the fees for me to post it, and they can expect payment for the full amount of the profits. My goal here is to preserve vintage t-shirts, so I am willing to waive my regular 30% commission in an effort to save some wonderful t-shirts.

If they say no, at least we tried – and the bad vintage t-shirt karma will be on their hands only. Yes, bad vintage t-shirt karma exists, be warned, the 50/50 poly-cotton gods are unforgiving.

I eagerly await your reply and hope for successful union between us.

Because a vintage t-shirt is a terrible thing to waste.

Sincerely,

JJ

Hi Jimmy J,

Your email was recently brought to my attention after all this time. I wanted to get back to you because while we cannot just put a halt on our lucrative T-shirt quilt business, we have recently redesigned our website to showcase a variety of vintage T-shirts on our blog that for one reason or another were saved. Many of the shirts are from our private collection. I am sure if you saw the majority of the T-shirts we are sent, you would not consider them vintage, have the potential to be vintage or worth saving.

I visited your blog today and I was very impressed with the enthusiasm you have for vintage T-shirts. It may not seem this way to you, but we share this enthusiasm and see our new blog as our way of expressing this. All the shirts featured in our blog remain intact and have no plans to be cut. In fact, we may want to look into selling them as things go on (maybe you can be of assistance with this). If you don’t mind, we may want to reference some of your vintage T-shirt posts in the future.

Hopefully this email will allow you to rest easier knowing that vintage T-shirts are being saved on a daily basis over at stitch’T. If you or your blog followers have any non-vintage T-shirts suitable for putting into a T-shirt quilt, we would gladly hook you guys up with a considerable discount, contest, giveaway, etc.

Best,

Jason
stitch’ T

Category: Tees


Going Once, Going Twice, Going Broke

January 6, 2011 by Jimmy J · 4 Comments  

Every few weeks we scour through eBay’s vintage t-shirt auctions and report which relics are fetching top dollar. More reasons to raid your grandpa’s closet.

Click the links below to view the full eBay listing or the seller’s current inventory.

  1. 70s vintage Genesis Chicago t-shirt sold for $500.00 by wyco_vintage
  2. 80s vintage The Misfits double sided t-shirt sold for $299.00 by stormcrow-vintage
  3. 90s vintage Prince Symbol all-over t-shirt sold for $299.00 by stormcrow-vintage
  4. 80s vintage The Talking Heads U.S. Tour t-shirt sold for $300.00 by wyco_vintage
  5. 70s vintage Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson jersey sold for $200.00 by wyco_vintage
  6. 80s vintage Sacred Reich violent solutions t-shirt sold for $152.50 by oldcottoncom
  • View a previous edition where another Talking Heads t-shirt fetched top dollar.
  • View all the top performing vintage tee auctions.


The Sure Thing

December 17, 2010 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment  

Defunkd’s exclusive collection of vintage t-shirts for sale at reasonably exorbitant prices.


Item #13: The Sure Thing

Year: 1984

Circulation: Rarer than a bad Cusack teen flick. Don’t believe us? Check eBay.

Sexually frustrated teen Walter “Gib” Gibson takes a journey to Cali because his buddies have offered up a blond babe as bait. He ends up on a road trip from hell with a book-smart brunette traveling to see her bonehead boyfriend. Worlds collide and Gib must decide between brains or big breasts. WWWGD? The Sure Thing is a hidden gem among 80s teen flicks.

Brand: A Wear

Measurements: 17.5″ (pit-to-pit) 24″ (rear collar-bottom seam)

Condition: Great vintage condition.

Variables: Some darker areas on tee and pilling.

Price: $100.00 (includes expedited shipping w/tracking and insurance in U.S. and Canada)