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Expensive Hawaiian Shirt

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I have not seen one go for such a price.
Sorry, already sold.
http://alohavintagehawaiianshirts.com/content/shirtdetail.cfm?prod_id=6&Start=1

[ Edited by: Unga Bunga on 2004-10-25 13:17 ]

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Too bad they're all sold out-I was just about ready to grab a dozen for stocking stuffers.Guess it's candy canes for me!!!

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Whaddryatalkingabout Unga? $65.00. That's not too bad. Err... wait... move the decimal... ACK!

You gotta think that the people collecting these shirts think we're nuts for what we spend on Tiki's.

Hey, I like Aloha shirts as much as any other TC'er or tikifile but 650.00 is absurd for a shirt. I am happy with the 11.00 tiki shirts I found at Walmart this summer. The nicest tiki shirt I own was only 60.00 and that was a custom Mai Kai shirt depicting Rarotongans and Mai Kai logos made by Cybertiki's wife.

DZ

There was an auction a while back for a shirt that went for more than $3600.00!!
Here's the thread on it; the pix are on the second page.
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4793&forum=5


Doctor Z
Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge,
Redondo Beach, CA

[ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2004-10-25 16:18 ]

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There was an auction a while back for a shirt that went for more than $3500.00!!
Here's the thread on it...

Great choice of words! If the shirt is worth $3500, I wonder how much the thread is worth.

-Randy

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Great choice of words! If the shirt is worth $3500, I wonder how much the thread is worth.

-Randy

Hey it just might be Egyptian cotton.

[ Edited by: Turbogod on 2004-10-26 04:51 ]

Vintage aloha shirts are hot, especially the rayon ones from the 40s-50s.
A few years ago, the Japanese were kicking down big $$ for them. You'll still see nice ones go for a couple hundred $ up to $1000+.
I'll stick with my thrift finds and repros for now.
Aloha,
:tiki:

On 2004-10-25 16:16, Doctor Z wrote:
There was an auction a while back for a shirt that went for more than $3600.00!!
Here's the thread on it; the pix are on the second page.
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4793&forum=5

Ya Z,
I totally forgot about this "Holy Grail" of shirts.

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