Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[Bennarion]

My son would have liked

 

[tmitchell59]

Who outbid me on the goatskin Knopf??!? LOL. I know it’s somebody in these parts! Unmask yourself sir! LOL. Damn it! Went for more than I was willing to part with. Nice jacket though.
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Was not me. That selling price really surprises me. You don't see goat skin go that high typically.

 

[ton312]

Was not me. That selling price really surprises me. You don't see goat skin go that high typically.

I was surprised too, not so much that I didn't win...I did not bid aggressively enough to win.... but I didn't expect a jump like that either.

 

[dinomartino1]

Lesco 40
US $135.00
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mens-Sz...0AAOSwzMlcxcgy&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=3000

 

[Monitor]

Lesco 40
US $135.00
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mens-Sz-40-M-VTG-1960s-or-70s-Lesco-Brown-Leather-Motorcycle-Jacket-W-Belt/173921272725?hash=item287e840395:g:JG0AAOSwzMlcxcgy&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=3000

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I was about to post this one. Damn, Lesco...

 

[Corky Corcovado]

Looks like the patina on @A-1 's Buco repro.

 

[Gamma68]

Not inexpensive but a very interesting jacket of Japanese origin. Posted with a "make an offer" option.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STYLE-EYES...131/293020780573?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Found this one interesting. Seems to small for me. No tag, but maybe somebody here can identify.
Dont know if the wear is real or manufactured.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STUNNING-HALFBELT-1940s-STYLE-LEATHER-JACKET-VINTAGE-MOTORCYCLE-ROCKABILLY/323824058047?hash=item4b656afebf:g:wtUAAOSw13Bc9CGk

 

[Gamma68]

Nice coloration on this Simmons Bilt

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMMONS-BI...ICE/392304862604?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144

 

[Gamma68]

Found this one interesting. Seems to small for me. No tag, but maybe somebody here can identify.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STUNNING-HALFBELT-1940s-STYLE-LEATHER-JACKET-VINTAGE-MOTORCYCLE-ROCKABILLY/323824058047?hash=item4b656afebf:g:wtUAAOSw13Bc9CGk

I might be wrong but I don't think this is 1940s. It looks like a newer jacket with some 1940s stylistic cues.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

I might be wrong but I don't think this is 1940s. It looks like a newer jacket with some 1940s stylistic cues.

I had some doubts as to the origins and finishing, but the leather looks interesting and that plain liner don't look very modern.

 

[Gamma68]

I had some doubts as to the origins and finishing, but the leather looks interesting and that plain liner don't look very modern.

Maybe not "modern" but perhaps made within the past 30 years? The zipper pulls don't seem vintage to me.

 

[dinomartino1]

Found this one interesting. Seems to small for me. No tag, but maybe somebody here can identify.
Dont know if the wear is real or manufactured.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STUNNING-HALFBELT-1940s-STYLE-LEATHER-JACKET-VINTAGE-MOTORCYCLE-ROCKABILLY/323824058047?hash=item4b656afebf:g:wtUAAOSw13Bc9CGk

First pic it looks really great, see the rest of the pics and it is a pile of crap. Looks like the cheap jackets you used to able to get in the multitude of leather shops in brick lane, east london

 

[Imuricecreamman]

First pic it looks really great, see the rest of the pics and it is a pile of crap.

The mannequin he uses for styling is not the most flattering of shapes for any of the jackets he has for sale so I admit it is a shot in the dark as it comes to fit

 

[Bennarion]

Nice coloration on this Simmons Bilt

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMMONS-BI...ICE/392304862604?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144

He sells him here on TFL
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/fs-freewheelers-buzz-ricksons-sb-more.97507/#post-2553857

 

[dinomartino1]

The mannequin he uses for styling is not the most flattering of shapes for any of the jackets he has for sale so I admit it is a shot in the dark as it comes to fit

Second pic you can see the fake patina, the label may have been removed on purpose to conceal its modern and what looks like a YKK or chinese zip

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Looks like a newer jacket that has been badly artificially distressed by the company who made it.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Yes Mars from Melbourne Australia , still going today I believe.

Often had that "Tartan" lining

It's not, unfortunately. It's now a Zombie company selling substandard jackets made over seas and is owned by some clueless guys.

In its time from 1983 on, I had many jackets made for me by Mars. Damn I miss them. I don't remember their tartan lining it was usually black cotton drill or satin.

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Came across this untagged (Lesco?) size 42 on my local FB Marketplace today:


https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/570047456857034/

If seller doesn't want to ship I can proxy.

 

[dinomartino1]

Brown brando size 44 BIN $80
Perrty sure this is a orchard/branded mfg jacket [ they made contract G1's and a2's, police and mc jackets] going by the thick belt and brass zip, they made pretty solid jackets and very cheap at that price.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MC-Clas...416634?hash=item364e91defa:g:mLYAAOSwsrlcFXwb

He also has this great bronze bank money bank from 1974, a 1930 Cadillac for $24