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- Thread starter Tim P
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Tim, It would be your size. Size 48s by Poughkeepsie are very rare. Despite what the seller says the knits are clearly replacements. The photos could make one think there are two different jackets for sale. The poorer quality pictures of the jacket on the floor do not do it justice and they seem to show it with out a label or is it just that the lining has pulled over it? It would be worth you making a stab at it IMO.
Peter Graham
Well-Known Member
The jacket looks OK but no photos of the upper back which is quite woorying. If that's OK then a coat of pecards will work wonders. Oh yeah, and a new set of knits.
Lignemaginot
New Member
I only ever pay serious money for (or take gambles on) no-excuse jackets.
As everyone can plainly see, this jacket has replaced cuffs. As an investment jacket, this leads to self-convincing about "just" doing this, or "just" doing that in order to be able to sell it again for some kind of profit... and instantly you have an "excuse" jacket, which drastically lowers the price.
As long as everything is original, intact, and in working order, I don't mind taking an educated risk on the condition of the leather (but that would involve more detailed photos and answers to questions). The profit that one then makes on selling such a jacket justifies (and is justified by) the risk that one took.
In this instance, after having replaced the cuffs professionally, and if the leather is ok, the jacket might fetch $1200 (by my estimate, anyway). Even if it sold for the current price of $700, you'd be looking at having invested another $300 by the time you've shipped it around, fixed it, and sold it. All that to make $200? No thanks.
And as someone else said, if it's just a wearer, why not buy an excellent repro to start with?
As everyone can plainly see, this jacket has replaced cuffs. As an investment jacket, this leads to self-convincing about "just" doing this, or "just" doing that in order to be able to sell it again for some kind of profit... and instantly you have an "excuse" jacket, which drastically lowers the price.
As long as everything is original, intact, and in working order, I don't mind taking an educated risk on the condition of the leather (but that would involve more detailed photos and answers to questions). The profit that one then makes on selling such a jacket justifies (and is justified by) the risk that one took.
In this instance, after having replaced the cuffs professionally, and if the leather is ok, the jacket might fetch $1200 (by my estimate, anyway). Even if it sold for the current price of $700, you'd be looking at having invested another $300 by the time you've shipped it around, fixed it, and sold it. All that to make $200? No thanks.
And as someone else said, if it's just a wearer, why not buy an excellent repro to start with?
