Category: Most Expensive

2023 is fading like a black tee that was accidentally washed with Oxyclean. The good news is that we now have nearly a year’s worth of Heat Checks to review for the highest-selling vintage tees on eBay this year. We went back and cherry-picked the top 10 most expensive tees (that actually sold) in the last year. Cheers to 2023 and all the dope tees we’ve seen. (BTW, if we allowed standard Nirvana Heart Shaped Box tees on here they’d probably take half the list…borrrring.) 10. Vintage Ramones Look Out Below Ringer T-Shirt $2,397.00 Sold By: candckola 9. Vintage 80s ... Read more

In 2015. Han, Leia, and Luke all came back. The box office boomed. Two of those beloved characters were killed off and one of them passed away in real life. Fans and critics raved and complained. And of course, original Star Wars memorabilia got more expensive than ever. A mint Luke Skywalker action figure sold for $20k on eBay. Leia’s “slave dress” from ROTJ sold for $80k. That’s chump change considering a miniature from the original film went for $375k. Then the dust settled after the final trilogy came to an end. At that time there was one genre of ... Read more

A monthly report on Defunkd’s notable vintage t-shirt sales. Pick a card, any card. You’re dead. Someone went all-in on this Samhain Death Dealer t-shirt, purchasing it for $449. This reversible Beastie Boys Junior Varsity tee is better when worn inside out. It fetched $230 (a deals at $115 per shirt!) Space travel side effects can include fever, headache, upset stomach and an Alien emerging from your torso. $200 in blood money for this one. S stands for Siouxsie and the Banshees Town and Country Club. Membership fee? $175. Live by the gun, fake your death by the gun? $150 ... Read more

A monthly report on Defunkd’s notable vintage t-shirt sales. If you need proof that groove is really in the heart, this Deee-Lite world clique tee sold for $392. This Lovely Primitives tee fetched $150. Frankie Say Relax. Double header from FGTH in this round-up – $150 for this Pleasuredome print and $125 for the Power of Love tee. Van Halen in black & white – the price is right at $80. Eddie takes matters into his own hands in this Guinness fraudsters revenge tee. The Be Quick or Be Dead era relic snagged $80. View a previous edition where a ... Read more

A monthly report on Defunkd’s notable vintage t-shirt sales. Some people will do anything for the love of Meat Loaf, including shelling out $412 for one of his tees. But do you blame them? Check out this epic 1970s Bat Out of Hell relic. “Master Vader, Hard to Beat” states an official Space Invaders tee that just got a high score in the sexual innuendo and price department at $274. This Everything But the Girl tee might get lost in translation, but the $199 was easy enough to understand. The purse was $194 for this rare Wheaties branded Rocky III ... Read more