The eBay jacket photos confirm my thoughts on Durable, a misnomer of a labelThe jacket in questions is obviously overpriced. It is an interesting jacket to me because the plain back styling reminds me of a Monarch jacket. The Durable brand/label does not translate into rarity and value because of the Durable/Brando connection. I owned and sold 2 vintage Durables.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/32XpLFpfMPgEfXCDA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFywS8z2PeeKPVsG6
They were sold because they did not fit me. Both are high quality jackets of their day. Durable made a very standard line of jackets including a MC style jacket.
The Durable/Brando connection is well known. I'm not sure of the current status. Seems enough believe it is true to create a demand for the MC jacket. There are threads on here about this jacket, folks here own them.
I have never handled a Durable MC jacket, so I could not comment on them in comparison to others. I do like the look of them.
That all changed about half an hour ago as I was thinking about this answer. This jacket will ask and answer a lot of questions.
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Maybe I’m just bitter that this one fell apart like a Chinese motorcycle:
It could’ve been a contender….LOL. Now it’s in a hefty bag labeled “parts”