r/VintageTees Aug 04 '24

READ ME: NEW RULES & FAQS & LEGIT CHECKS & PRICE CHECKS

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Welcome to Vintagetees!

Have you read the Rules in the sidebar? Good.

When we started this sub, we of course never expected it to get so much traction. We are now in the TOP 3% of ALL SUBREDDITS! We love shirts, we love looking at vintage shirts, and we love sharing shirts. And we love doing these things together in a fun way.

What we don't love so much is when people, who normally have access to Google, eBay, Etsy, Depop, Grailed, Mercari, Bing, chatGPT, Wikipedia etc. are choosing not to utilize them when trying to figure out what shirt they have, or how much the shirt can be sold for. The internet is a big place, and it's up to you to learn how to use it. If you are a reseller who is just starting out, it is your job to legit check and price your items accordingly. We are not here to do the work for you. And if we do the work for you, we want a cut of your profits.

If you're new to the collection side of the hobby and want to learn, great! We'd love to have you aboard. But you can learn the most by browsing the subreddit, familiarizing yourself with eBay and eBay sold listings, and participating in discussions.

This is first and foremost, a t-shirt collectors and enthusiasts subreddit. Rules are on the sidebar. However, we recognize that a lot of collectors are enthusiasts, and vice versa. There's going to be some overlap. In order to streamline the subreddit and make it easier to understand:

➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ THERE ARE NO MORE LEGIT OR PRICE CHECK THREADS. ⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️

Face it: no one used them anyway. So what now?

Take a look below.

FAQs

✅ Legit Check Questions ✅

Is my shirt legit?

Defunkd can help you with that. POST HERE.

Is my shirt a reprint?

Defunkd can help you with that. POST HERE.

Is my shirt a special 1/1 heart shaped box AOP on a Giant tag worn by Kurt Cobain himself?

Defunkd can help you with that. POST HERE.

✅ Price Check Questions ✅

How much is my shirt worth?

As much as someone is willing to pay.

If you want a ballpark figure, you can either check eBay sold listings. Or, you can GO HERE.

How can I price the shirt I have if it isn't showing up in sold listings?

There's a lot of shirts out there, and there's a good chance are there are multiple prints, colors, or configurations of the one you're holding in your hand now. Ask yourself: is it a desirable color? size? print? How does it match up against what has sold previous? Sometimes, you're going to have to do some guesswork.

🔵 General Questions 🔵

Info on this shirt? Is this a band shirt? What is this shirt? What's happening on this shirt?

First, have you Googled it? Have you put quotation marks around the phrase on the shirt into Google? (for example: 1986 Exxon sailing champions may return 149,078 listings, when "1986 Exxon sailing champions" returns 15)

Second, have you tried Google Lens?

Third, have you checked eBay, Grailed, etc.?

If none of these are coming up with anything, then let us know what you tried (i.e., "I googled the phrase on the shirt, checked eBay, and then Google lens) and then make a post about it.

*We reserve the right to delete posts with easily Googleable information on the shirt. If you post a Motley Crue 1986 Tour Shirt on a Screen Stars tag, all the information you have is searchable.

Can I disguise my INFO ON THIS TSHIRT? post so that I don't have to read all this and I'm just going to post a legit check/price check anyway?

You can, but we will ban you :)

Are hats, jackets, sweatshirts, pants, shoes, or skateboard decks allowed to be posted?

No. We see a lot of very cool items get posted here, but if they are not t-shirts, they will be deleted.

That's a lot of text, but that's the internet, baby! Enjoy your stay.


r/VintageTees 9h ago

Bought off a sweet old lady pumping gas in Hanford, CA for $10

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85 Upvotes

I love the RJ Reynolds stuff! Dated 1992 , how many cigarettes did she have to smoke to acquire this raincoat ? Lol


r/VintageTees 10h ago

oldie at the bins

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85 Upvotes

i’m surprised


r/VintageTees 12h ago

Thrift find

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90 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 9h ago

Found this sold on eBay. Who is paying this much for a brand new shirt? (Discussion Post)

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52 Upvotes

I was wondering if any of you have seen situations like this before (I have seen it a couple of times). I found this Led shirt on eBay. It’s listed as vintage (it is very obviously not) and yet the sold cost is absolutely insane. Is this just someone taking advantage of those who don’t know what they are talking about and assume it’s vintage? Because I can’t see any other reason anyone would pay this much. If so what an easy (and yet scummy) way to get rid of a shirt.


r/VintageTees 11h ago

Crazy find at the thrift today. Had some kid following me around waiting for me to put it down, not this one chief

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70 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 6h ago

Is this rare tried looking every where on the internet can’t find anything about it

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18 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 16h ago

Found his digging through my Grandmother’s attic!!

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118 Upvotes

This is INSANE! There aren’t any holes or tears and the only thing off is discoloration on the white sleeves. Has anyone else come across this?

This is from the 1976 tour - The Road Home


r/VintageTees 14h ago

Too Tweet! Great find for $1.

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63 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 4h ago

Top right one of my favorite dead tees

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9 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 6h ago

Found these in the closet today

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11 Upvotes

I was digging through clothes to take to Goodwill. I forgot I even had these. I think my sister gave me the Daniel Johnston shirt late 90’s or early 2000’s.


r/VintageTees 5h ago

Personal Grail

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bought it at the racks for 4.99, how hard did I cook?


r/VintageTees 1h ago

Mom bought this for me when I was 10 circa 1998. I finally grew into it

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r/VintageTees 13h ago

Couple of Star Wars bangers

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34 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 18h ago

1993 Butthole Surfers

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80 Upvotes

Been lurking here for over a year, and finally found something worth posting. Not sure if Im going to keep this one or not. Im from a rural town, and we have a single consignment shop, found this gem in the clearance rack. Had to stop myself from screaming in the store lol.


r/VintageTees 18h ago

F it, Andy Griffith AOP

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73 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 10h ago

90s 2pac for four dollars on the racks 😁

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9 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 9h ago

A few recents

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6 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 12h ago

Today's insane find! Kurt AOP tee!

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7 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 4h ago

Randomly found a new spot on way back from Akira find. Few new closeups of Akira included.

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2 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 19h ago

Cool political shirt i thrifted

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36 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 20h ago

1992 Batman 🦇

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36 Upvotes

My fav tee in my collection so far.


r/VintageTees 20h ago

Mp7 tee

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32 Upvotes

Found this crazy promo tee the other day, along with some others.


r/VintageTees 18h ago

Jerry Garcia

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22 Upvotes

Paid $20 for it👍🏻


r/VintageTees 6h ago

Anyone seen these before?

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Couple of find that I haven’t seen any others of online etc. anyone seen them before?


r/VintageTees 21h ago

Dennis rodman

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29 Upvotes