The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[WoolyLamb]

@Purplelabel are you keeping the suspenders? They niceee

@eddiegreen love that Malmo shirrrtttt

Ill second those suspenders are dope

 

[PGRoadhouse]

last week was mega, to borrow a word from purp-

this was the first thing i noticed at my first stop sunday morning. thickly layered and carved oil on canvas, signed 'vladimir, 003'.

I'm pretty confident after a bit of research that the artist is Vladimir Cora (https://www.artsy.net/artist/vladimir-cora), which makes this my best art find by a lot, maybe my best find period

signed, dated, and inscribed in spanish on verso, though the pencil has faded enough to make it tough to read some of the upper text.

of course the rub is i really like the piece! i just dont know if love it enough to ignore the market forces at work... regardless, the rest of the week was good enough i can afford to think on it some.

been a minute since I found any real english tailoring-

bulletproof tweed in a killer check, tailored just about 50 years ago by JC Wells ltd. First time hearing the name, stumbled on a pretty great little thread on him in the aaac archives: https://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/threads/j-c-wells-london-tailor.63587/

a more familiar label, USA made olive flannel with a pale lilac overcheck.

my boot luck lately has been insane, i need to do a dedicated post, but these are the most recent

obviously the trench boots (in my size are the standouts, i've wanted a pair for about as long as I've been thrifting. Super clean too, with pretty fresh vibram soles... they SEEM vintage (no marks, signs there used to be a cloth label) perhaps resoled? or possibly a good contemporary replica. oh and some osb moc boots! size 7.5

also pictured: crispy alden ptbs in black scotchgrain and the oldest pair of dexters i've ever seen. need some tlc but I like the clean saddle design.

and how about a weeks worth of bb makers blue ocbds? with a white mercer & sons for good measure, you know, for sundays

and it funally ficking happened!! took a decade but hey, thrifting isn't an instant gratification deal.

i've been burned before, almost left it behind, but it just felt right. rolled edges, 90x90 on the dot, extra 'hermes' with the accents and copyright and all

and also i found this old listing from sothebys- https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_hermes-Black-and-Gold-Feux-de-Route-Silk-Scarf
feux de route, designed by Cay Camber, $3.99.

don't sleep on muffy young scarves either, wasnt familiar with the label but really nice handknits in silk etc.
and of course yard sale season is here! I've had a bunch of interesting comeups but I'll wrap up with this personal grail I picked up for $25-

a 60's danish rya shag rug, ~ 6x4 with an incredible handhooked sunburst motif. i got to the sale late figuring most of the good stuff would be gone but found this beauty piled unceremoniously in a corner. in great shape save for a couple small sticky patches I need to work over. as always there's more to share when I can get around to it. til then good luck out there my friends!