Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[JMax]

Fidelity HH. Me want.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fi...349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0

 

[Marc mndt]

Badass German jacket

 

[alish]

Never seen this label. Forest and Stream instead of Field and Stream of their rival Gordan/Ferguson!

I can not get a good look at the zipper. Do you know what brand?

Looks like it is Goatskin. Many of my finest vintage jackets are in Goat.

Here is the Herd https://goo.gl/photos/s8F8zDhJcL3M4UpH6

Goat stands the test of time well as you can see in the album. Most of those jackets are 80 years old. Goat can also rot in a way that other leathers do not. That is why upper arm and shoulder pics are essential.

Thank you SO much to everyone who has given feedback re: the Lanpher, Skinner and Co. jacket I posted about yesterday, and about jacket collecting in general. I've messaged the seller asking for more pics. Here are a couple of others that were included in the original listing.

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Will post anything I get from the seller. Thanks again!!!

Okay, just got pics and more info. Turns out the main zipper has been replaced with a brass YKK zipper. I assume that drops the value significantly from a collectors' perspective?? Chest zip is original. Liner looks pretty good - missing stitching at bottom front but easy enough fix...

tmitchell59 and any others, I'd l love to hear what you think about the leather in the shoulder and collar areas in these pics. Looks thin and dry to me on the wearers left shoulder, but I'm a newbie to this and have no experience with goat hide (if that's what this is). Zoomed in, the collar looks to have the beginning of some faint cracks along the center of the image, and maybe a touch of flaking (or maybe just faded and dry?) on the viewer's right. Thoughts?? And thanks in advance for any and all opinions on value, as well as whether I should just walk away from it! Or does it look like it has some life left to it? The seller now says "It's is a special occasion jacket maybe wear once a week not daily."

 

[Monitor]

Stunning!!! Connolly, I'm guessing but here's that real and true aging that happened through decades of serious wear. Takes a lot of time to knock newness out of those earlier Aero jackets that were made in unspecified leather.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274364838338

 

[Jumper]

Neat-o Chevignon in the UK, ~23" p2p; £200 w/ Offer + shipping.




https://www.ebay.com/itm/323781510458
[US link]

 

[Jumper]

Citation Brand ("for action and comfort"), 19" p2p; $105 w/ Offer + shipping




https://www.ebay.com/itm/224292070789

 

[Jumper]

Uber, 20" p2p???; $80 + shipping


https://www.ebay.com/itm/224496733769

 

[Jumper]

Uber buckskin, ~sz 36 or 38; $123 + shipping


https://www.ebay.com/itm/124749638281

 

[alish]

Uber buckskin, ~sz 36 or 38; $123 + shipping

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/124749638281

Too bad it has such short sleeves (22" shoulder to cuff), otherwise I would have snagged it when I saw it a few days ago. Didn't think to share it here. Good call! He's got some nice jackets. Looking at another one of his listings, the Forest and Stream discussed above.

 

[alish]

Vanson bomber jacket on ebay, size 38, BIN $175 + $12.50 shipping. Looks to be in quite good condition.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203233147386?hash=item2f51a3b9fa:g:rFMAAOSwGJJf66lW&LH_ItemCondition=3000

 

[jadub]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124789583986?hash=item1d0e09f072:g:mfkAAOSw4Zxg2T8A

 

[jadub]

So far the jacket above is at auction for $10 with 1 day 8 hours to go.

 

[jadub]

$159 +14 shipping

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254797760322?hash=item3b53214742:g:020AAOSwQaBfyXHm

 

[jonesy86]

There is a Shinki Himel Imperial on the bay. Seller says it is 42-44 but the p to p looks small. Not exactly cheap at $1,600, you don't see one of these very often.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284356744761?hash=item4234fb9639:g:nvkAAOSw6M9g31zo

 

[jonesy86]

Small Californian horsehide for $149.99 BIN

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2748541089...,osub=osub,crd=crd,segname=segname,chnl=mkcid

 

[tmitchell59]

Okay, just got pics and more info. Turns out the main zipper has been replaced with a brass YKK zipper. I assume that drops the value significantly from a collectors' perspective?? Chest zip is original. Liner looks pretty good - missing stitching at bottom front but easy enough fix...

tmitchell59 and any others, I'd l love to hear what you think about the leather in the shoulder and collar areas in these pics. Looks thin and dry to me on the wearers left shoulder, but I'm a newbie to this and have no experience with goat hide (if that's what this is). Zoomed in, the collar looks to have the beginning of some faint cracks along the center of the image, and maybe a touch of flaking (or maybe just faded and dry?) on the viewer's right. Thoughts?? And thanks in advance for any and all opinions on value, as well as whether I should just walk away from it! Or does it look like it has some life left to it? The seller now says "It's is a special occasion jacket maybe wear once a week not daily."
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I would buy it as goatskin. I have calf skin that looks similar, but is not often seen. The beautiful brown finish also says goat to me. As my album shows, goatskin jackets were often done in interesting shades of brown that you just don't see in other leathers of the time. The goatskin may be more responsive to colors.

I do see some finish wear on the upper arm pictured, but I don't see flaking and other forms of rot. I don't see the cracks in the collar.

Missing the original zipper is a negative. Most probably had a sunrise Talon zipper. Difficult zipper to find if you want to restore to the jacket.

It does appear to have this very limited Talon Olympic Ring Pull. These are seldom seen. The jacket below is from 1941. I would estimate this jacket to be in this time frame.

All in all a nice Vintage jacket. It would not be a daily wearer. Special occasions sounds right.

 

[jonbuilder]

Okay, just got pics and more info. Turns out the main zipper has been replaced with a brass YKK zipper. I assume that drops the value significantly from a collectors' perspective?? Chest zip is original. Liner looks pretty good - missing stitching at bottom front but easy enough fix...

tmitchell59 and any others, I'd l love to hear what you think about the leather in the shoulder and collar areas in these pics. Looks thin and dry to me on the wearers left shoulder, but I'm a newbie to this and have no experience with goat hide (if that's what this is). Zoomed in, the collar looks to have the beginning of some faint cracks along the center of the image, and maybe a touch of flaking (or maybe just faded and dry?) on the viewer's right. Thoughts?? And thanks in advance for any and all opinions on value, as well as whether I should just walk away from it! Or does it look like it has some life left to it? The seller now says "It's is a special occasion jacket maybe wear once a week not daily."
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Far as I am concerned jackets under a grand are not collectible they are wearables. A replacement zip is not desirable but not a deal killer

 

[JMax]

Steer Fidelity $200

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-70...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[JMax]

Find. Sportclad

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ea...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[JMax]

Grais

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-19...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0