Show us your TIES

[skyvue]

Inspired by this thread, I stopped by my neighborhood Salvation Army thrift store, just to see if I'd get lucky.

Ugh. Nothing older than the sixties, and not a single tie I'd be caught dead wearing.

I'm convinced that thrift store employees and volunteers in NYC know their stuff, and the good vintage ties never make it to the rack.

I've said it before, but the idea that $5.99 is a high price to pay for a quality tie from the 1930s or '40s is just mind-boggling for this New Yorker. Here in the Big Apple, such a price would be a outright steal. Anything under $20 is a bargain.

 

[Two Types]

I know that there aren't many fans of 1950s British terylene ties on the forum, but I like them and I'm going to keep posting them.

Here's the latest, made for John Little and Co (Singapore & Kuala Lumpur)in a fabric by 'Linosair(?):

 

[Two Types]

East German Ties:

A few weeks ago I posted some photographs of a batch of ties I had bought that needed to be washed and pressed. i have started working through them and am rather enjoying bringing these old ties back to life:

I knew most of them were German, what i have since discovered is that a number are actually East German. Most likely dating from the 1950s. The company was called Juwel and some of them are actually silk. The label has the word VEB on it which is apparently means' Volkseigener Betrieb' (an enterprise owned by the people).

As someone who studied the history of Eastern Europe at University, I was rather pleased to find these unusual vintage ties. Here are the first ones:

 

[Two Types]

Here are the next two:

 

[Feraud]

I've said it before, but the idea that $5.99 is a high price to pay for a quality tie from the 1930s or '40s is just mind-boggling for this New Yorker. Here in the Big Apple, such a price would be a outright steal. Anything under $20 is a bargain.

While I am very guilty of hunting for bargains I agree with this. All things considered 20 bucks is not bad for a vintage tie.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Two Types...these are GDR ties? Seriously? I would have thought they are older. What about the lenght? Are they as long as your other 50s ties? Maybe they were deadstock and the labels were applied later.

PS: Ok...the pattern are very symmetrical. Maybe that's typical for 50s too.

 

[jamespowers]

PS: Ok...the pattern are very symmetrical. Maybe that's typical for 50s too.

Yes. You got it right there.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Haha. Now you are smiling

The thing is: I try to focus on one era and now I have to learn about the others too...just to avoid them. Fifties fashion is great when it still looks like 40s fashion. Otherwise I don't like it.

 

[jamespowers]

Haha. Now you are smiling

The thing is: I try to focus on one era and now I have to learn about the others too...just to avoid them. Fifties fashion is great when it still looks like 40s fashion. Otherwise I don't like it.

That is about how I feel unless you move over to the subject of cars then I like the 50s land yachts.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I had to go check to be sure, but no, no it's not.

There's some nice ones in there. Is that a unicorn on that thin one?

 

[jamespowers]

I had to go check to be sure, but no, no it's not.

Darn.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

If it were, I'd be happy to send it your way!

Darn.

 

[jamespowers]

If it were, I'd be happy to send it your way!

A thin tie?!
Here is my tie of the day edition:

The Coplan Tie Nationally Known, America's Finest

 

[Two Types]

Two Types...these are GDR ties? Seriously? I would have thought they are older. What about the lenght? Are they as long as your other 50s ties? Maybe they were deadstock and the labels were applied later.

PS: Ok...the pattern are very symmetrical. Maybe that's typical for 50s too.

I checked the length, they are all around 49 inches. Others in the same batch are around 45/46 inches and softer in construction (with much thinner inner linings), thus appearing to be earlier. If you are interested in getting some earlier German ties, I do have some that will be for sale. Send me a PM if you are interested.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Here's a Regal Cravat with a 'J.B. Sax of Ottumwa, Iowa' label.

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[Widebrim]

^^Whoa! It really jumps out at you!

 

[Widebrim]

A thin tie?!
Here is my tie of the day edition:

The Coplan Tie Nationally Known, America's Finest

That's a keeper for me. Is it yours, J?

 

[Two Types]

Here are some more of my German ties:

this one has an odd texture:

By 'Bemberg', this one has a very Christmassy feel (silver with red and green markings):

There are no labels on this one and it appears to have maybe been homemade:

I love knitted ties. This one is no exception:

 

[Two Types]

More German ties:

This one tells me nothing except that it is made from Rhodiafil, which is (I believe) some form of Celanese acetate?

this is another made from Rhodiafil, this time made for 'Schreiber' in franfurt am Main:

This tie is almost certainly home-made. It is only roughly the correct shape for a tie and has no lining and no label. That said, i couldn't resist the pattern and the colour. I'm not sure I'll actually ever wear it. My guess is that it is from post-war Germany when times were really tough for so many people.

 

[jamespowers]

That's a keeper for me. Is it yours, J?

It would be for me to if it were mine and not for sale at $85. lol