Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[JMax]

Hercules MC jacket 50s HH

Seller sending out offers.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164584976242

 

[Marc mndt]

ECHTES LEDER Perfecto $100

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254817061210

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I wonder whether the seller thinks 'echtes leder' is a brandname

 

[Guppy]

I wonder whether the seller thinks 'echtes leder' is a brandname

Mall jacket. Wilson's quality.

 

[Monitor]

I wonder whether the seller thinks 'echtes leder' is a brandname

Oh, absolutely. I was just thinking about that. Lot of people still seem to think it's some kind of a legendary brand name. Something I've been hearing so many times when I'd locally buy a jacket, how they've got a brilliant Echtes leder jacket they'll never sell even though it's worth thousands now.
Same thing with vera pelle.

 

[Marc mndt]

Oh, absolutely. I was just thinking about that. Lot of people still seem to think it's some kind of a legendary brand name. Something I've been hearing so many times when I'd locally buy a jacket, how they've got a brilliant Echtes leder jacket they'll never sell even though it's worth thousands now.
Same thing with vera pelle.

If anything, it's a signifier of poor quality.

 

[JMax]

For $100, that jacket looks pretty nice to me.

 

[JMax]

60s Cal in Europe. S. Full rig.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224292610299

 

[JMax]

Vanson Marauder 44 $200

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264974496147

 

[Will Zach]

Going for an "edgy" look at all costs.

 

[JMax]

Vtg TAUBERS Horsehide Motorcycle Jacket Early Label

Pretty sure it’s been posted before but just in case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264734660530

 

[JMax]

CALIFORNIA CREATIONS CHP Motorcycle Cruiser Heavy Leather Jacket.Size 40

Caught me eye.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193814620296

 

[Guppy]

CALIFORNIA CREATIONS CHP Motorcycle Cruiser Heavy Leather Jacket.Size 40

Caught me eye.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193814620296

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Same seller has a companion cross-zip for this jacket, buy the set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Superb-CAL...ser-Heavy-Leather-Jacket-Size-40/203228835933

California Creations are pretty nice jackets, on par with Lesco. I've handled a few, they are well made, good leather. I've never seen one like that center-zip CHP from them before. Sadly, I think they went out of business within the last year or so.

 

[JMax]

Schott 141 $250

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224281971846

 

[JMax]

Same seller has a companion cross-zip for this jacket, buy the set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Superb-CAL...ser-Heavy-Leather-Jacket-Size-40/203228835933

California Creations are pretty nice jackets. I've handled a few, they are well made, good leather. I've never seen one like that center-zip CHP from them before. Sadly, I think they went out of business within the last year or so.

I’m really thinking about it. Just different enough to be interesting.

 

[JMax]

Here is another size 40:: CALIFORNIA CREATIONS HEAVY LEATHER BIKER JACKET MOTORCYCLE BLACK USA $100

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303815588325

 

[Guppy]

I’m really thinking about it. Just different enough to be interesting.

Asking price is high, I'd offer $200-225, and settle on $250 if I really wanted it. For the center-zip, it's got to be a less common style, so if you want it, that maybe justifies paying a bit more for it. I'd be thinking about it seriously if it was a 42.

 

[air]

Here is another size 40:: CALIFORNIA CREATIONS HEAVY LEATHER BIKER JACKET MOTORCYCLE BLACK USA $100

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303815588325

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Was about to jump into this even with the tassels, luckily its too small for me ^^

Another california creations, possibly women's, in brown
it is labeled as size 12 men's, but I think this is american women's sizing right?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CALIFORNIA...851569?hash=item366a4fd831:g:O1oAAOSwMU5fXWIA

 

[jonbuilder]

Christ, WHY would someone cut the epaulets off of a $2500 leather jacket? What kind of moron does this?

well as has been mentioned here once the jacket is no longer new and on the resale market, it is no longer a $2,500 jacket closer to a $1,200 jacket. Why should any of us be judging what others do with their jackets to individualize them, be it washing them tossing them in the dryer, body surfing in them, adding spot work or patches, or never wearing them in the rain to keep them looking like the day they were completed.

 

[jonbuilder]

Vtg TAUBERS Horsehide Motorcycle Jacket Early Label

Pretty sure it’s been posted before but just in case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264734660530

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This is the label on my Taubers I purchased from John. I would love to know the dates the various Taubers labels were used

 

[Kubatu]

Was about to jump into this even with the tassels, luckily its too small for me ^^

Another california creations, possibly women's, in brown
it is labeled as size 12 men's, but I think this is american women's sizing right?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CALIFORNIA...851569?hash=item366a4fd831:g:O1oAAOSwMU5fXWIA

My rule of thumb for American jackets, if it has numerical sizing that is low (8, 10, 12, etc, not 38, 40, and so on), or the chest zipper zips to the right and not the left, it is almost certainly a women's jacket. For instance, I believe these two Brooks jackets are a men's and a women's, respectively. The second jacket was actually marked as a size 38, but since the zipper went to the right, I didn't think it was a men's.