Ebay shoe finds

[Wild Root]

Yes, go with the chestnut and white. Very nice!

 

[Wild Root]

If I were you, I would like to see if they could make a pair like these. This was scanned from an April 13th 1946 copy of The Saturday Evening Post. I have a pair of the Savoy on top! Matt pictured them before. To me, this is my favorite style for two tones. Not to mention that they used white buck skin instead of regular leather. Buck skin is so soft to the touch! Well, vintage buck is.

The shoe on the bottom is very rare and I would love to see if any shoe company could make me a pair of those. Well, I know they may but I rather paint my car for the price LOL

Root.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

Believe it or not, WR, there was a pair of Bruno Magli shoes on ebay last week that looked almost exactly like that bottom pair. I didn't bid on them because they looked like they had been worn really hard. I think they went for $30, and were in a size 15D.

 

[Wild Root]

Size 15D? Well, I know you would never find a Nunn-Bush pair from the 40?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s in that size! The biggest 40?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s pair of shoes I have seen were a 13 double E.

Well, keep your eyes open and you never know what you will find! :cool2:

Root.

 

[jamespowers]

Gee, it must be my lucky shoe week. Art had a pair of NOS toe cap shoes at the shop just come in yesterday---perfect fit I might add---and I got these on a lark today:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5318804020&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6

They aren't Nunn Bush and they aren't NOS but for the price, I will take them.
Man, I have to get that scanner fixed. It ain't as much fun if I can't have pictures too. :cry:

Regards to all,

J

 

[Wild Root]

Nice work JP! I would like to see the cap toes you picked up. The "Cop cars" look nice as well! The thing about my vintage Nunn-Bush is that I only wear them for special things. I need a pair that I can wear with out the thought in my mind that I can't find another pair! When I'm up in the chips, I'll have a pair made special and they will be leather and white buck like the ones in the ad. It would be nice to have a pair to wear every day.

Good deal friend!

Root.

 

[jamespowers]

Thanks WR.
Is that a picture of Ol' Joe the Bootlegger? LOL His shoe choice is interesting. I bet those shoes cost plenty even in the old days.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Andykev]

Great buy James

James, you thief

You stole those shoes for under $30!!!!!

If you look at the earlier part of this thread, Nathan is looking to match the Olympic styled Allen Edmonds that I was lucky to find on Ebay.

They are spectacular. I hearlily endorse this style. Art has told me the spectators were "less formal" , so the brown/ white or the chestnut/white will better suit the dockers or slacks look in summer.

I got a pair of Black & White spectators (cap toe) by Botany500. No where near the quality of the vintage Nathan got, or the Allen Edmonds...but they were about $65 if I remember.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

They're $25 on sale today. I ordered a pair.

The AE custom spectators will take 4-6 weeks to get. The factory shuts down for a week soon, so that will have to be taken into account.

 

[jamespowers]

Re: Great buy James

Originally posted by Andykev
James, you thief

You stole those shoes for under $30!!!!!



Yep, that's me the thief. LOL LOL I thought for sure they would go higher so I just put in a mediocre bid.
Maybe I will take a walk past the shoe shine guy in San Francisco with them on and see what he can really do. I don't look forward to polishing two different colors and keeping them separate.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Andykev]

San Fran Cisco open Your Pearly Gates

As a matter of fact, I am going to go to SF to spend about 4 hours just walking around the Downtown, Union Square..etc.

I have been wanting to do this for a year. I have about 10 days left on vacation..and I ride BART for free....our transit system.

It will be fun just to go over, take in the sights, get a shine, snap a few photos, and then come home before the commute.

 

[jamespowers]

Re: San Fran Cisco open Your Pearly Gates

Originally posted by Andykev
It will be fun just to go over, take in the sights, get a shine, snap a few photos, and then come home before the commute.

Remember to get lots of pictures of the shoe shine. I will let you go first and test the waters for my weekend trip. LOL

 

[Wild Root]

Is that a picture of Ol' Joe the Bootlegger?

Sorry, I've been away from the PC all day. JP, that's a photo of the American financier and Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy (1888 - 1969) sitting by his pool in Palm Beach, Florida. Taken in 1940. Here's another photo of him that was taken the same day. I like his shoes! Most consider this style of two tones uncommon, but in the 30's and 40's this was the most common. They just might be Nunn-Bush They ran from $10. to $13. a pair. I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t know why, but this is my favorite style of two tones. White buck and brown leather were just made for each other! I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t know why they don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t make them like that any more. Oh?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ yeah?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ it cost to much.

Take care,

Root.

 

[Wild Root]

I don't look forward to polishing two different colors and keeping them separate.

Yes, most shoe shine guys don't even want to touch those things. But, I do my own! I find the only part that really gets scuffed is the brown or black parts of the shoe. The white hardly ever gets scuffed. If you have leather and white buck, you just polish the dark parts and use a sewed bar on the buck skin. A sewed bar is like an eraser for buck skin. Works well and should get most or all out of the white buck. It's not too hard to keep the polish off the white buck as long as you concentrate on what you're doing.

Two tones are very nice and ad just the right look for a vintage outfit. The ideal clothes for two tones are white gabardine or wool flannel pants, with a dark double breasted coat. Or, for the more casual look, white or cream linen pants with a nice button shirt. They were intended to be a spring/summer shoe and should be wore with light colors or sport outfits. Two tones never saw the office or a fancy dinner party. They were day time wear or also used for dancing.

Ok, I know I have now put you all to sleep.

Good night

 

[jamespowers]

Ah, so it is ol' bootlegger Joe. Don't forget that how he got his start was in the dry days when liquor was outlawed. He imported Scotch and whiskey from Canada. Made a fortune doing it. I think the family still gets money from liquor imported from Canada---legally now.