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Post #803524 by uncle trav on Sun, May 15, 2022 5:46 AM

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Here’s a fun one. Found this pair of Carhartt overalls out thrifting for $16. I knew I had something special the instant I pulled them off the rack. Much searching on the net yielded nearly zero info about the overalls. I was finally able to get ahold of the head archivist at the Carhartt company. Yep the really do have an archive and museum. To say the least the guy was blown away at my find. Turns out the overalls date to pre 1925! He offered to buy the overalls and his first offer was $1,000. I know the vintage denim market pretty well and knew the overalls could sell online for a boatload and would probably end up in a collection over in Asia. Now being that Carhartt is a Michigan company and I live in the same state I decided to sell the overalls to the Carhartt archive. We settled on a price of $1,400 which he jumped on instantly. Being a working man who wears overalls and being proud of my state history I believe they are now in the right place. A time machine find for sure. Thanks for taking a look.

Hummmm. Pics won’t load. Oh well their pretty cool anyway

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[ Edited by uncle trav on 2022-05-16 16:15:28 ]