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I agree Sears sold some fine and interesting jackets. There are easier to find do the vast volume of jackets they sold. Their mail-order catalogs give us a clear picture of jackets being produced during the time period. I own two Hercules jacket, one MC, and one sur coat. On the other hand, Sears did not make jackets and for me will never instill the excitement of finding or owning an original leather jacket from the time period of an actual jacket maker such as Buco, Star Grove, Cal Leather Taubers, California Sports Wear, or any of the smaller jacket makers. I fell the same way about Beck, even though I seen their early examples command high sale prices. I would hold out for a Schott who probably made the early Beck jacket. Going back to Sears their Allstate label is thought to be made by Buco, so an Allstate and Buco jacket of the same design and time period would be identical with the Allstate jacket being more rare. I would rather own the BucoI’ve already gushed on how much I appreciate your research and how much I would buy/support a Ralph-Pugh and Sears photo history Book. But last point I want to add is that I hope this thread really does bring a lot more love to the Sears range of jackets. I know some of us here have owned some, and no I wouldn’t necessarily say they were the best. But they certainly weren’t the worst. They had a ton of killer designed all decently produced. If anyone looks through this thread and the other Sears thread you made I hope they come away saying wow I never knew. They definitely deserve some love.
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