, promoting the 1992 Disney animated classic “Aladdin” with a gigundo print of the Genie character grinning his pearly whites.
Earlier in the week, Mr. Smith teased the shirt on his Instagram page to great interest. “CRAZY GRAIL,” wrote one user. Another speculated it would garner at least $1,200. Mr. Smith hoped for $2,000—a princely return for a shirt he’d bought for $500 in December. The sale started at $1, but climbed rapidly, as viewers posted their bids into the chat. It passed $1,200. Then $2,000.
Mr. Smith burst into tears on the livestream when he saw the winning bid. “Before that moment happened, I’ve never had more than like $4,800 to my name,” said Mr. Smith a few weeks later as he recounted the heartracing auction. “And I made more than that off one piece of cloth.” Why would a shirt from a 28-year-old movie be as pricey as a used Camry? Because the vintage movie T-shirt market is mushrooming like never before. Just a year or two ago, “people would struggle to sell [movie tees] for 30 bucks, 40 bucks,” said, 29, a photographer in Washington, D.C., who operates a vintage clothing business on the side. In recent months, interest in movie tees skyrocketed and Mr. Mickal lately sold three movie promo shirts for over $1,000 each.
Scarcity lifts the market. Vintage movie merch is in shorter supply than vintage band T-shirts, which were peddled en masse at concerts around America. In some cases, movie merch never even hit stores. It was doled out at a few theaters to drum up excitement or given as a crew memento., 33, a landscaper and dedicated movie merch collector in Narragansett, R.I., owns what he thinks is a production-team hat from the 1995 Martin Scorcese crime film “Casino.
Everything is good though right Jay (Powell)?
things you see in a speculative mania
Time to go thrift store shopping!
With that being said...Looks like Deja Vu come Nov.3, 2020
I have got Under Siege on VHS if anyone is interested. Sensible offers only.
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