Saturday, July 12, 2008

Vintage Hand Painted Tie - Would you wear this?

Found this at an estate sale thrown in a box with hankies, scarfs, scraps of material, etc. Still in it's original box with the tissue paper, it was a steal at $2.00. Are you thinking it was still in the box because it was never worn? Wrong! It did have some faint wrinkles at the knot area and it had a dark spot right about where you'ld expect a drink or some soup to drip. Good news is that the dark spot was just that, a darker area not a blaring stain. Someone mopped up the spill quickly and did damage control, bless their heart. Don't think it was worn often, if more than once, then placed back in it's box and saved with care. Probably dates to the 1940's or 50's, when liquid arches from little boys seemed to be a big source of amusement - obviously these people never changed a little boy's diaper! And if you're still wondering who would want this thing, just let me say that the bidding on ebay proved it a still popular item - go figure.

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