but if it is (zippers look the part) maybe someone here can get it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-FLYING-JACKET ... 5adbf8e4cd
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-FLYING-JACKET ... 5adbf8e4cd
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i don't know anything about ww2 irvin jackets ...
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Yes, some smell musky and if you're lucky some have a nice sheepskin/leather smell.Looks like the seller realised the jacket is worth more than £400 as it's back on Ebay as a standard auction. There are more pics and it's an IAC electrically wired jacket from late 1940. It should fetch around £500-£600 as such jackets are less desirable than conventional Irvins.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-FLYING-JACKET ... 5adbfbd6ab
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-FLYING-JACKET ... 5adbfbd6ab
handworn
Active Member
.....and here's another, a rather sad CC Irvin with the hood cut down, a large patch on the back and replaced zips. The small Spitfire artwork is very unusual on an Irvin though.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-WWII-RAF- ... 3f0309af80
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-WWII-RAF- ... 3f0309af80
Well I've been bidding and will continue to do so but can't help thinking it can't help when somebody who states he isn't going to bid tells the seller one sold for £800 a while back! If I recall that one hadn't had it's 'wiring' panels removed and was in near perfect condition?
philip.ed
Active Member
God I hate people that are so stuck up their own arse they feels it's their business to tell sellers that their items are worth x-amount and shouldn't listen to prospective buyers who say otherwise, and also shouldn't accept less than x-amount.
How are people who don't have unlimted funds meant to build a collection when sellers who are selling potentially 'cheap' items get 'advised' this way? It's ridiculous really.
How are people who don't have unlimted funds meant to build a collection when sellers who are selling potentially 'cheap' items get 'advised' this way? It's ridiculous really.
At least this seller seems honest enough to let it run whatever the bids but as you say it can be harmful when some muppet tries to be clever, there's too many folk who think they're some kind of self-appointed eBay police and experts in all matters, I get them sometimes when I've listed items too.
Andrew
Well-Known Member
Yes, that is stoopid however you would hope that most people contemplating a sizeable purchase wouldn't be swayed by that kind of comment- it may well be a firend/ family etc.
What I hate more is people like the first person asking the obviously bogus question to buy it now because they want to wear it in the chilly winter- it's more likely to reappear in their online shop. That person is Caron Wilson and her hubby Ian, who go by the Ebay name of Bombphoons. They appear to buy cheap and sell big. Here's their newly launched website. No Irvins for sale at the moment but they have an amazing collection of gear so i'm sure they've had one or two previously.
http://www.bombphoons.com/
What I hate more is people like the first person asking the obviously bogus question to buy it now because they want to wear it in the chilly winter- it's more likely to reappear in their online shop. That person is Caron Wilson and her hubby Ian, who go by the Ebay name of Bombphoons. They appear to buy cheap and sell big. Here's their newly launched website. No Irvins for sale at the moment but they have an amazing collection of gear so i'm sure they've had one or two previously.
http://www.bombphoons.com/
