The Palm Beach suit thread

[repeatclicks]

I saw a mid 50's Palm Beach suit on eBay, but I didn't have the funding for it, and now for whatever reason, the seller never re-listed the item which I know did not sell, I can only guess that it sold on some other website. Oh well.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. The one I just sold in the Classifieds section I found on eBay 6 months ago. I won a different suit from the same seller, and somebody else won the Palm Beach Suit. His account got suspended so nobody could pay him.

I kept in contact with him over 6 months and never really heard much, until one day he started listing clothes again. I asked him about both suits and he said he still had them, just in storage. I kept bothering him for 2 weeks and finally he sold them to me.

Don't give up so easily!

 

[DarkAudit]

Blue. And mine now.

 

[Tomasso]

Blue. And mine now.

Sorry to rain on your parade but that isn't Palm Beach cloth. [huh]

 

[Mr Vim]

That is still a nice suit though, I dig the shade of blue.

 

[DCMark]

There is a Palm Beach suit for sale on Ebay now, made of Palm Beach cloth. I want to get some feedback on the price. Does $495 for a starting bid (with no reserve) seem exorbitantly high to you folks or is that reasonable? Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...01865&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2883wt_1141 Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[cookie]

There is a Palm Beach suit for sale on Ebay now, made of Palm Beach cloth. I want to get some feedback on the price. Does $495 for a starting bid (with no reserve) seem exorbitantly high to you folks or is that reasonable? Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...01865&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2883wt_1141 Thanks for your thoughts!

That's pretty high for a small size but it is in magnificent condition....1940s rather than 1930s I suspect...

 

[Tomasso]

Does $495 for a starting bid (with no reserve) seem exorbitantly high to you folks or is that reasonable?

At first glance it does seem a bit high but when you stop and consider that: 1)They aint making them anymore and 2)You'll get a crap modern suit at that pricepoint these days.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

:arated:
If it fits you perfectly it would be worth the price. Does it? Did you compare the measurements?

In comparsion: Think of cheap online tailors who make their stuff in thailand. A summer linen suit from them would be 400 or 500 too. Better off with an original palm beach suit.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

That looks about a fair price for an average sized, pre-1944, belted back Palm Beach suit that could reasonably be made to have 31.5" inseam …

bk

 

[DCMark]

Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to set my alarm to wake me up as it gets near ending time and see what the situation is.

 

[Fletch]

Fair winds and favorable seas to ya. I used to (be able to) wear a 39 PB. It was one of the best suits ever.

 

[cookie]

Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to set my alarm to wake me up as it gets near ending time and see what the situation is.

snipe it ...gixen.com

 

[Jingo Mastapone]

Looks like it has those damned urine stains. Be prepared to fail to get them completely out if you buy it.

 

[Chas]

I have two Palm Beach items; one a 1930's jacket with the belted back, the other a two breasted number I won in a hard fought battle on Ebay. Having it altered to fit (previous owner was my height, but a little rotund). Pics to follow when that bad boy is done.

 

[DCMark]

Well, it looks like nobody was willing to pay that much. I decided not to bid on it anyway because to make it fit I would have had to lose the cuffs. Oh well, at least I have my Palm Beach cloth dinner jacket. I just have to get it re-altered since the first tailor I took it to did a half-a***d job of it, as well as getting a brown spot of unknown origin right on the front. Sigh... Thanks again for the input.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Palm Beach cloth is spectacularly easy to clean. I don't see anything on that suit that won't come out.

Looks like it has those damned urine stains. Be prepared to fail to get them completely out if you buy it.

 

[Tomasso]

I decided not to bid on it anyway because to make it fit I would have had to lose the cuffs.

You could always do faux cuffs.

 

[DCMark]

You could always do faux cuffs.

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[Mario]

????? Something new to hear about!

Read here!

 

[DCMark]

Ah....thanks much. If that suit comes up for sale again I'll consider it.
Re: Labels - I just took another look at my dinner jacket and it has a white label with orange text saying "Tailored by Goodall" along the top of the collar label with "From the Genuine Cloth" along the bottom. I guess this means it is a pre-1944 item (?). Unfortunately, when I got it back from the tailor there was a brown stain about the size of a pencil eraser just below one of the bottom buttons. When I asked the tailor (who speaks very, very little English) about it he just shrugged with an "I have no idea where that came from" look. So....I might be trying that Oxi-Clean treatment myself. I also have a Goodall-Sanford Palm Beach suit that is not made out of Palm Beach cloth but is nice anyway. Both are unlined. Is the Palm Beach cloth comfortable? (I'm thinking specifically of trousers rubbing against bare thighs since it is kind of scratchy, imho.) Thanks!