Uh Oh!

[Tomasso]

This can't be good for the thrifters among us.

 

[anon`]

Fail!

Especially at the prices that place wants. $750 for a peacoat, $350 for a sportcoat. $150 for a '40s tie? I don't care how little use it's seen... if it ain't got a pinup on the backside, it's not worth anywhere near that much in my book!

I'd like to think this would scare people away. Sadly, it's probably going to make other sellers inclinded to jack their prices =/

 

[Lady Day]

La Rosa is the most overpriced vintage store in SF. People who buy those garments deserve to pay that crazy price.

LD

 

[reetpleat]

I suppose if they can get it, more power to them. I imagine a luxury goods buyer will not know how cheaply this stuff can be had. There is something to be said for presentation i guess, and La Rosa has always had good stuff.

Still, sixties stuff is still pretty common and should not command near the price forties and thirties stuff does.

 

[Miss 1929]

But they have the best stuff!

Like this fabulous beaded dress, on me, back when I was the manager...it was $700 and I wish I could have bought it.

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Or this amazing black cire' satin gown, $450, and rhinestone headdress, $350...

And sold Nicholas Cage this awesome snakeskin coat for about $1200...

I also found my husband there, but that's another story...

 

[scotrace]

(nifty stuff Miss 1929!)

The influence of Mad men is already being felt in the thrifts. 60's - or anything remotely like it - is hauled out of boxes and put on the main racks now for higher prices. And I think even at Target, many of the styles (swing coats, for instance) are starting to show more direct parentage from that era.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

My husband bought a jacket that looks almost exactly like this http://www.eluxury.com/estore/browse/product_detail.jsp?id=12135834, only he paid $3 for it in a Goodwill out in the middle of nowhere lol lol lol

 

[Lady Day]

My husband bought a jacket that looks almost exactly like this http://www.eluxury.com/estore/browse/product_detail.jsp?id=12135834, only he paid $3 for it in a Goodwill out in the middle of nowhere lol lol lol

$500 for that!? WHAT-EVER!!! lol

LD

 

[Vanessa]

I feel the same way about some of the skyrocketing pattern prices. $60 for an apron pattern? $100 for a day dress?! :eusa_doh:

 

[Naama]

My husband bought a jacket that looks almost exactly like this http://www.eluxury.com/estore/browse/product_detail.jsp?id=12135834, only he paid $3 for it in a Goodwill out in the middle of nowhere lol lol lol

It looks pretty cheap, it's not really vintage? Or is it?



Naama

 

[Sefton]

La Rosa in San Francisco was one of my favorite vintage shops. I haven't been there for over a year now, but the prices were never as bad as they are in that article. Perhaps it's simply because they have the online angle that they've gone extreme in pricing?
I've bought about a dozen 1930's ties from them in the past ($30~$40 each), 1950's jackets ($90~$120) and various other items. They had a beautiful 1930's brown belt back suit in my size about three years ago that I thought was too expensive at $450. I shudder to imagine what they would ask for it now!

 

[reetpleat]

(nifty stuff Miss 1929!)

The influence of Mad men is already being felt in the thrifts. 60's - or anything remotely like it - is hauled out of boxes and put on the main racks now for higher prices. And I think even at Target, many of the styles (swing coats, for instance) are starting to show more direct parentage from that era.

I can't complain. Sharkskin suits and other sixties have always had a bit of a following, but I might get a few more buyers now that I put mad men along with mod. Also, I think I can probably ell some fifties overcoats that are quite nice, but would not have sold in the past.

 

[reetpleat]

It looks pretty cheap, it's not really vintage? Or is it?



Naama

I guess even the experts on women's stuff would not necesserily know the men's stuff.

This is a pretty iconic style 50s jacket, done by one of the best brands, Pendleton. IT seems to be in good shape, in a rare and cool color in a big size 42.

In a nice shop in a city like SF or LA or NY this could be expected to bring about $250, maybe on a good day. So, 500 is a bit steep, but not as if they wer asking that for a mediocre dime a dozen coat.

 

[Lady Day]

I feel the same way about some of the skyrocketing pattern prices. $60 for an apron pattern? $100 for a day dress?! :eusa_doh:

Tell me about it. Or when they offer 'free shipping' to compensate...Oh, $2 off an already inflated price. What-ever.

LD

 

[LizzieMaine]

I also found my husband there, but that's another story...

How much were they asking for him? I never see anything like that around here.

In fact, I never see anything older than the '80s in *any* of the thrifts around here anymore -- it wasn't so long ago that you couldn't find anything *but* sixties stuff, and for giveaway prices.

 

[Flivver]

When I started going to thrift shops and flea markets in the late 1960s, they were loaded with goods from the 1920s-1930s.

I didn't know how good I had it!

But it *did* fuel my passion for the 1920s.

 

[epr25]

Well if everyone was looking for 60's and 70's (like the crazy 70's print shirt on their site $195.0 ) I just ousted 60-70 of those because no one would buy them. I am swimming in that era around here and have no luck. Maybe we should buy it here and truck to SF people lol