Category: Most Expensive
The Most Expensive Vintage Sade Tees Sold on eBay
Welcome to a deep-dive into the last 3 years of confirmed sales on eBay for the top ten highest-selling Sade designs. Several entries would have made multiple appearances, so these are the designs with the highest sales. Not all the magic happens on eBay. In fact, many of these t-shirts are sold privately, so we’re going to do our best to update this list with notable sales that we’ve done our best to confirm. If you have confirmed sales and some photos, please contact us to have your t-shirt added to this list! Some ground rules before we get into ... Read more
The Most Expensive Mosquitohead Tees Sold on eBay (and Privately!)
Welcome to a deep-dive into the last 3 years of confirmed sales on eBay for the top ten highest-selling Mosquitohead designs. Several entries would have made multiple appearances so these are only the highest sales of each design. Some ground rules before we get into the list: I don’t personally authenticate these t-shirts, nor does Defunkd. I do my best to confirm the transaction is real, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t shill bid or returned. If a sale looks too fishy I leave it off the list. These are eBay sales only since we have tools to verify ... Read more
10 Most Expensive Vintage Tees Sold on eBay in 2023
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
What’s The Holy Grail of Star Wars T-Shirts?
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
Insane in the Samhain
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