Show us your TIES

[cptjeff]

At 46" long (and 2 1/2" wide), this is clearly a youth's tie, and a nice one. It is an EXCLUSIVE Cravat WORK OF "Art," and is made of acetate. I would imagine that it was one of a series of sports scenes.

Simply awesome, speaking as both a hockey fan and a hockey player. And I could probably mange to wear it.... Better then the ones they sell these days that are nearly as tall as I am anyway.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Hey, glad you like it!

 

[jamespowers]

The fourth book is from the UK, and therefore features quite a bit of British, as well as American neckwear. It also has a rather large section on the 19th century (something I didn't know when I purchased it on-line), and contains much more text than the other three books.

The fourth one is likely worth the $5.40 you can get it for on Amazon though.

 

[jamespowers]

At 46" long (and 2 1/2" wide), this is clearly a youth's tie, and a nice one. It is an EXCLUSIVE Cravat WORK OF "Art," and is made of acetate. I would imagine that it was one of a series of sports scenes.

I think I posted my son's Disney penguin tie earlier in this thread. I forget what the label says on his. Youth ties are fairly hard to find as you know how they were treated. :eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

Not much, five bucks maybe(?)- I can't remember the exact amount, but it was something comically low. It's actually the second one I've seen, pdxvintagette came across the same one a few years ago, but it was trashed. Someone once told me that particular design was sold as tourist schlock in Las Vegas...

Yep, they are around. You just need to find them at an affordable price. That is the harder part.

 

[cptjeff]

^^Hey, glad you like it!

Yeah, I'm a sucker for old hockey stuff. Don't have much of it since it's hard to find on my budget, but I do have an awesome pair of 40's skates that hang in front of my (modern) Hurricanes jersey.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

I tend to think late-'50s (espeically the square-bottomed one), but they could be even a bit later...At any rate, I like 'em both. How many inches are the widths?

Thanks, WB. You are always so kind to share your insights -- and then I got preoccupied for a couple days and left your question hanging. Sorry. They come in at 2-3/8" at widest.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Some really outstanding examples lately from Quigley and others. Thanks for sharing them!

 

[Widebrim]

I think I posted my son's Disney penguin tie earlier in this thread. I forget what the label says on his. Youth ties are fairly hard to find as you know how they were treated. :eusa_doh:

Post it again, if you don't mind. Yeah, they are hard to find, although sometimes I do find youth clip-ons...

 

[Widebrim]

The fourth one is likely worth the $5.40 you can get it for on Amazon though.

I would say so, especially if one is interested in the history of the cravat.

 

[Widebrim]

Keeping in the spirit of the hockey tie I recently posted, here is my baseball tie. It is 53" long, 2 1/4" wide, feels like silk, and carries a Smiths California label. I just wore it today.

 

[jamespowers]

Post it again, if you don't mind. Yeah, they are hard to find, although sometimes I do find youth clip-ons...

Clip-ons!? What are those?
I'll see if I can get some pictures. It says Walt Disney on the label.

 

[jamespowers]

Keeping in the spirit of the hockey tie I recently posted, here is my baseball tie. It is 53" long, 2 1/4" wide, feels like silk, and carries a Smiths California label. I just wore it today.

There used to be a Smith's downtown here. My great uncle Joe liked to shop at that place. My father had a few things from there as well. It hasn't been there since the 70s as far as I can recall.
Your tie came far before the demise.

 

[Widebrim]

There used to be a Smith's downtown here. My great uncle Joe liked to shop at that place. My father had a few things from there as well. It hasn't been there since the 70s as far as I can recall.
Your tie came far before the demise.

It very possibly did come from that same shop...You know, most of the ties I find here here in Los Angeles, and which have their tags intact, do originally come from an L.A. store, although somtimes I get ones from other states...

 

[jamespowers]

It very possibly did come from that same shop...You know, most of the ties I find here here in Los Angeles, and which do have their tags intact, do originally come from an L.A. store, although somtimes I get ones from other states...

It was a nice store. It had what you expect from an old fashioned me's store. Lots of wood accents and great customer service. They just couldn't compete with stuff from foreign countries or just didn't want to do so.
I get ties from all over the place.
I took 6 ties from the "washed lot" in to my dry cleaner. He looked at me like I was crazy. I just told him they fell to the back of my closet and they got into that state. He even checked the inner facing on one of them. I am glad he didn't check them all. It is going to take some work to get that mess flat and straight. I take in a few at a time so he won't think I got a lot from eBay.

 

[Widebrim]

I took 6 ties from the "washed lot" in to my dry cleaner. He looked at me like I was crazy. I just told him they fell to the back of my closet and they got into that state. He even checked the inner facing on one of them. I am glad he didn't check them all. It is going to take some work to get that mess flat and straight. I take in a few at a time so he won't think I got a lot from eBay.

I hope that he does a good job!

 

[jamespowers]

I hope that he does a good job!

He will do fine. I already had him do five as a test.

 

[sproily]

I am extremely low on proper ties.

Now that I've got myself a good collection of high waisted trousers I need proper ties! All the ones I've got aren't vintage and are awful.

Would any of you guys that have a lot of vintage ties (30's-40's) be willing to sell me some as a lot? I've never seen vintage ties here in Finland and I wouldn't like to search for them on eBay because I'd want them a bit more swiftly than waiting a week for an auction to close.

I would be very pleased if someone could help me

 

[Widebrim]

I am extremely low on proper ties.

Now that I've got myself a good collection of high waisted trousers I need proper ties! All the ones I've got aren't vintage and are awful.

Would any of you guys that have a lot of vintage ties (30's-40's) be willing to sell me some as a lot? I've never seen vintage ties here in Finland and I wouldn't like to search for them on eBay because I'd want them a bit more swiftly than waiting a week for an auction to close.

I would be very pleased if someone could help me

Send me a PM, sproily.

-Widebrim

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Some recent thrift scores: