Yeah, that's what I thought too. The detail is pretty great on the crappier shirt (I think that's a fair term for it) - the text for the band name has all that nice shading on it, and there's a lot going on in the Egyptian stuff in the background. But then I was thrown by how vibrant and natural the...

I've gone down the rabbit hole with this stuff. Check this out, it's a 1999 cradle of filth / praise the whore long sleeve that's online for close to $500. At first glance the one for sale looked pretty detailed--until I compared it to one I found on t-shirt slayer. The difference seems pretty stark...

Where do you source "merch catalogues?" I've come across some occasionally, but pretty randomly and rarely. It seems like they would come in handy to have. Are you picking these things up on ebay, or are they digitized online somewhere, or something else entirely?

thanks,
Mark

cool, thanks. Yeah, I probably should have linked to the actual tag shot and not just the overall shirt listing.

Thanks for that explanation, Jimmy. It's really clear what you're talking about, I appreciate it. I like that bit about the fade, that's a good thing to look for. If I come across one that looks fake at some point, I'll add it to the thread. I thought I put in a couple of links to '88 shirts with So...

Both of these Danzig shirts (listed as 1988) are currently for sale online at many hundreds of dollars. They both have tags that make sense. One has a faded out Screen Stars with a late A, the other a Sof Tee by Tee Jays. Even though Sof Tee seems to show up more in the '90s, '88 seems to be a possi...

I was able to dig up a couple of shirts on ebay with FOTL Best copyright 1990 and one with a 1989 copyright. There's no guarantee that they weren't printed in some later year with the artwork from 89 and 90, though. Here are the two 1990s: https://www.ebay.com/itm/373781858681?hash=item5707228979:g:...

Thanks for the info, Jimmy. It was a cool Who shirt on Mercari. I went back to buy it, but it was already snagged. Live and learn.
https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m465093 ... ch_results

This was listed on a shirt said to be from 1989. All of the hanes tags I've seen from that era have deep blues and reds. It looked sketchy to me, but maybe it's just super washed out. Also, the fonts look wrong. The "Fifty-Fifty" looks pretty narrow, although I've seen some variation with ...