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1920's? Palm Beach suit
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What's more, at size 46, that is a very large suit.
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yes, i should have thought that this will realise quite a sum, but I've been tricked by larger sized stuff before, not selling for the price a size 38-40 suit would. Not enough of a market, I guess.
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A bit small for me, otherwide I'd be bidding.
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I could totally get my Sidney Greenstreet on with this suit. I totally can't afford it, but I might jump anyway.
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BTW, people who are more expert than I am on this: Is this really 20s? Or maybe a little later?
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Is it my eyes, or the lighting, but the pants look to be a different shade than the jacket?
There also seems to be a distracting amount of fading.
The seller mentions, "Both pieces have the natural variations in shade that Palm Beach cloth has."
I wonder what the reserve is.
There also seems to be a distracting amount of fading.
The seller mentions, "Both pieces have the natural variations in shade that Palm Beach cloth has."
I wonder what the reserve is.
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Question: This auction says current bid $50. So I put in $55, and it came back saying the reserve was not met, and the bid stayed at $50. Then I put in successively $65, $75, $85 and $95. Each time it said reserve not met, and left the current bid at $50. Is that right?
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The Palm Beach company had a lot of problems with knockoffs, so their label designs were always prominent in their ads. They advertised heavily, so there is a pretty continuous timeline of these logos. They switched away from this particular logo c.1918.
That said, we do know how earlier labels have a tendency of popping up in later suits, especially with something like a fabric label.
That said, we do know how earlier labels have a tendency of popping up in later suits, especially with something like a fabric label.
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tbh, I've never heard of this "natural variation" before. All the Palm Beach I've ever owned has been pretty consistent in shade.[huh]
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me neither. sounds like a euphemism for 'patchy fading and stains'.
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