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Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
GOTTA HAVE FAITH
Too cool for shoes! Faith Tour 1998 T-shirt. Purchased in Santa Monica ($1.99) Sold for $29.95 on 25 May .
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
GO BRUINS!
Nice Bruins Baskeball uniform by W.A. Goodman & Sons. Circa early 1980s I am guessing (short shorts). Vintage Goodman & Sons jerseys are not uncommon in Southern California thrifts. Miraculously the Jersey and Shorts were not seperated during their Van Nuys thrift store odyssey and has now found a place in the home of a collector for the nice price of $191.38
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
PASS THE WORD! THUNDERBIRD!
Never tried this particular bumwine. But during my days of youthful indiscretion, I've tried one or two others. It's effects are not like a normal drink, and range from simply blacking out, to After School Special on the dangers of PCP style behavior.
Found in a Van Nuys thrift, and judging by the tag I'd say dating from late 1980's. After watching the video below, I realized I let this one go waaay too cheap. Bumwine.com has a great history of Thunderbird here.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK
Ah Elvira! Queen of 80's late night TV B-Movie schlock, and pre-pubescent fantasy girl of many a 1980s era boys. She lives on forever in thrift stores throughout LA in the form of VHS tapes, plastic tchotkes, and this awesome t-shirt. I'd guess this dates from the early 80's judging by the blue SCREEN-STARS tag.
VINTAGE B-2 STEALTH BOMBER T-SHIRT
I like to imagine this t-shirt was smuggled from a top-secret, Skunk Works installation deep beneath the Mojave Desert and somehow ended up at the Redondo Beach thrift store I scored it at. Judging by the psychedelic graphics I'd guess the guys on the USAF/NORTHROP B-2 TEAM needed more potent stuff to unwind after countless hours of engineering stealth technology to beat the Ruskies.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
VINTAGE CHAMPION TAG MIAMI HURRICANES T-SHIRT
Here's the top seller in my vintage clothing category for February (and my top selling shirt so far!) Sold for $69.99, which was surprising to me since this piece wasn't a coveted "Blue Bar" tag. Judging by this tag I'd guess this shirt dates to mid 1980's (when the Miami Hurricanes were HUGE).
I picked up this baby up in a dodgy Miami thrift during my holiday visit last December, along with a lot of other unfortunately less desirable tees. Can't say much good about Miami thrifts, but sometimes you get lucky.
Friday, February 13, 2009
VINTAGE U.S. NAVY T-SHIRTS, C. LATE 80s EARLY 90's
Here's an interesting cache of shirts I recently scored. Some nice examples from the subculture of U.S. Navy art and branding. I think Flexible Frez is my favorite of the lot.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
BUTTHOLE SURFERS T-SHIRT
I can't name a single Butthole Surfers song, and after researching them on Youtube I am not surprised. But I do recall their early 90's popularity (i'm always on the lookout for a Green-Jello t-shirt). Anyway they produced rad shits and album covers all along. I let this baby go for way too little at the end of a bad week, sadly.
Friday, January 30, 2009
TEARS OF A CLOWN
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Clowns. Pennywise, John Wanye Gacy's Pogo. Patch Adams. Now these two. These were found in a Hallandale, Florida thrift store during my Christmas holiday. Had I been aware of the phenomenal Diane Keaton book on clown paintings I would have snatched them up. Instead I bought a busted old radio for $5. I left it in Miami.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
ESTATE SALE FEEDING FRENZY
I frequent Estate Sales. Yep. I dig through dead people's stuff for profit. So recently I've been going early, like an hour before opening. However there are a lot of "hardcores" out there who get there as early as 4 in the morning (mostly 50 something paunchy dudes with ponytails). Well when the doors open you can be sure all hell breaks loose and what was once a quiet suburban driveway soon turns into the Fall of Saigon..jpg)
People got impatient at the opening and rushed the old lady guarding the garage. After about a half hour waiting to get in I cut my losses and left. I recommend showing up 1-2 hours AFTER opening. Maybe the hardcores will beat you to the Fabregé eggs, but there will still be plenty of stuff for you to pick through without the hassle.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
PIKACHU TOILET SNOWCONE MAKER
It's news to me, but part of Pokemon lore is that Pikachu shits shaved ice. Works out profitably for Nintendo since they can work in this Pikachu snowcone maker into that lore.
The little dude has to rotate a full 360 before he can move his bowels. This kit comes with an array of Pikachu fecal analysis tools..jpg)
Pikachu had some bad fried chicken gizzards and BBQ cuttlefish tentacles at the discount yakitori joint the other night so he's got a bad case of the "bloody flux."
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Monday, January 5, 2009
SUSHI A'LA CARTE
Liven up any drunken evening at the local Yakitori with this vintage Tokyo Sushi menu T-shirt. No bullshit shi-shi fusion sushi here. This is strait up hardcore Sushi like Ark Shell Filaments and Gizzard Shad. On the 'bay
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