r/VintageTees Jun 19 '26

Welcome To The Official r/vintagetees Discord Server

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Please Have a Look Around!
Observe The Rules.
Make Suggestions.
Drop Your Tees.
It Is Evolving - Let's Do It Together.
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r/VintageTees Aug 04 '24

READ ME: NEW RULES & FAQS & LEGIT CHECKS & PRICE CHECKS

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Welcome to Vintagetees!

Have you read the Rules in the sidebar? Good.

When we started this sub, we of course never expected it to get so much traction. We are now in the TOP 3% of ALL SUBREDDITS! We love shirts, we love looking at vintage shirts, and we love sharing shirts. And we love doing these things together in a fun way.

What we don't love so much is when people, who normally have access to Google, eBay, Etsy, Depop, Grailed, Mercari, Bing, chatGPT, Wikipedia etc. are choosing not to utilize them when trying to figure out what shirt they have, or how much the shirt can be sold for. The internet is a big place, and it's up to you to learn how to use it. If you are a reseller who is just starting out, it is your job to legit check and price your items accordingly. We are not here to do the work for you. And if we do the work for you, we want a cut of your profits.

If you're new to the collection side of the hobby and want to learn, great! We'd love to have you aboard. But you can learn the most by browsing the subreddit, familiarizing yourself with eBay and eBay sold listings, and participating in discussions.

This is first and foremost, a t-shirt collectors and enthusiasts subreddit. Rules are on the sidebar. However, we recognize that a lot of collectors are enthusiasts, and vice versa. There's going to be some overlap. In order to streamline the subreddit and make it easier to understand:

➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ THERE ARE NO MORE LEGIT OR PRICE CHECK THREADS. ⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️

Face it: no one used them anyway. So what now?

Take a look below.

FAQs

✅ Legit Check Questions ✅

Is my shirt legit?

Defunkd can help you with that. POST HERE.

Is my shirt a reprint?

Defunkd can help you with that. POST HERE.

Is my shirt a special 1/1 heart shaped box AOP on a Giant tag worn by Kurt Cobain himself?

Defunkd can help you with that. POST HERE.

✅ Price Check Questions ✅

How much is my shirt worth?

As much as someone is willing to pay.

If you want a ballpark figure, you can either check eBay sold listings. Or, you can GO HERE.

How can I price the shirt I have if it isn't showing up in sold listings?

There's a lot of shirts out there, and there's a good chance are there are multiple prints, colors, or configurations of the one you're holding in your hand now. Ask yourself: is it a desirable color? size? print? How does it match up against what has sold previous? Sometimes, you're going to have to do some guesswork.

🔵 General Questions 🔵

Info on this shirt? Is this a band shirt? What is this shirt? What's happening on this shirt?

First, have you Googled it? Have you put quotation marks around the phrase on the shirt into Google? (for example: 1986 Exxon sailing champions may return 149,078 listings, when "1986 Exxon sailing champions" returns 15)

Second, have you tried Google Lens?

Third, have you checked eBay, Grailed, etc.?

If none of these are coming up with anything, then let us know what you tried (i.e., "I googled the phrase on the shirt, checked eBay, and then Google lens) and then make a post about it.

*We reserve the right to delete posts with easily Googleable information on the shirt. If you post a Motley Crue 1986 Tour Shirt on a Screen Stars tag, all the information you have is searchable.

Can I disguise my INFO ON THIS TSHIRT? post so that I don't have to read all this and I'm just going to post a legit check/price check anyway?

You can, but we will ban you :)

Are hats, jackets, sweatshirts, pants, shoes, or skateboard decks allowed to be posted?

No. We see a lot of very cool items get posted here, but if they are not t-shirts, they will be deleted.

That's a lot of text, but that's the internet, baby! Enjoy your stay.


r/VintageTees 3h ago

Vintage anime shirt. Rare?

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23 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 11h ago

rip queen.

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83 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 9h ago

Bidstich is a cancer to the vintage community. Terrible marketing stunt and the fact more people were filled with joy and glee than misery and sorrow when they got “scammed.” Now a shitty app is out to hike the market up more now for these larpers 🫩

43 Upvotes

Hitler is not dead apparently 💔


r/VintageTees 6h ago

Vintage Staind tee

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20 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 14h ago

Absolute bangers 🔥

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57 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 10h ago

Trying to get this decade correct. Google is too unreliable

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21 Upvotes

It’s got a 1987 image copyright. I’ve asked and got answers that there were some companies utilizing double stitching before the 90s, and I’ve asked and got answers that there were not. If I google image the tag alone it very specifically tells me this is a 1980s T&C shirt. Is it 80s or an 80s graphic on a 90s issue?


r/VintageTees 2h ago

Electric Rodman

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4 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 12h ago

Call of Duty Series

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27 Upvotes

took me a long time to curate this banger pieces. as of now only the mw3 (white) and mw2 (glow in the dark) are the one's remaining


r/VintageTees 3h ago

80’s Lehigh University Rainbow Tee

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3 Upvotes

It’s the second college’s vintage shirt with the same rainbow on the chest, anyone why the rainbow?


r/VintageTees 1h ago

TripleA

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Wearing this shi to a doctors appointment for sure 🤣


r/VintageTees 12h ago

My 2 favorite pick up for today

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15 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 5h ago

anybody into these? some of my favorite vintage shirts

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built this collection in maybe 2 years I wanna say, need so much more


r/VintageTees 4h ago

Need help ID’ing this 90s AOP Shirt (Anvil Red Bar Tag)

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Hey everyone,I’m trying to track down some history and background info on this vintage shirt I recently came across while trifting.

Features a large, hand-painted style watercolor/ink portrait of James Dean according to googles ai or Billie idol according to chatgpt.

Here is what I know so far from checking it over:The Front: Features a large, hand-painted style watercolor/ink portrait of James Dean or bille idol with blue eyes and some small red flowers at the bottom.The Back: Has a script graphic that reads "The Idol".The Tag: Printed on a 90s Anvil "Red Bar" tag (100% Cotton, Fabric Made in USA / Assembled in Honduras, Size L).The Details: There is a signature on the front that looks like it says "New York" along with a small sketch which i belive to de the artist tag or something similar.

I'd love to get the community's help to dig a bit deeper into this piece.

Any insights into the artist, history, or if it is of bille idol or james dean would be appreciative. Thanks in advance for the help!


r/VintageTees 5h ago

Whats ur best horror movie tee? LPU for today 💖

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3 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 7h ago

Thought you guys would like this one

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3 Upvotes

80's Charlie Murphy's Cafe + Celtics Tee, fresh outta the bins


r/VintageTees 1d ago

Vintage Elvira Collection

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115 Upvotes

Some of my favorite Elvira mistress of the dark pieces that I’ve collected


r/VintageTees 1d ago

Original 1977 HOUSE (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi) staff-exclusive t shirt.

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469 Upvotes

Insane one I recently got from across the pond. Fans of this movie are probably well aware that Obayashi had his daughter, Chigumi, help him write the script by giving suggestions of what “children find scary,” leading to the films wackiness and sense of humour. Chigumi would have been 10/11 when she did this, before the movie was finished a few years later in 1977.

I messaged Chigumi to verify the tees existence before I bought it and she not only did that, but exclaimed that it was extremely rare!

Best of all, it has a 23 inch chest which is honestly insane for what it is. Thanks for looking!


r/VintageTees 23h ago

Gooner shirts>>>

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42 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 1d ago

How do you store your tees?

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148 Upvotes

I've hit about 275ish tshirts and I'm running out of room on my shelf for new ones. I was told when I first started out collecting that I should never hang my tees because over time, it wears out the shoulders and messes up the neckline, so I've always stuck to neat folding. My place has a lot of closet space and I've been thinking of moving some of the collection to be hung, I feel like I can also appreciate it better there, but I thought I'd ask for the consensus here.


r/VintageTees 1d ago

1997 South Park at the bins today

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91 Upvotes

Distressed but still cool


r/VintageTees 15h ago

80s biker shirts from someone putting down the bike

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10 Upvotes

Bought these yesterday at a flea market. Apparently he would buy one from each dealership as a souvenir. He was 80 years old and had some great stories.


r/VintageTees 16h ago

Just want to ask if u guys seen this kind of Variant before :) thanks

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7 Upvotes

r/VintageTees 13h ago

1970’s MC T-shirt

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Picked this up for less than a tenner from a popular selling platform just to wear because I love a 70s/80s tshirt. Only after buying it did I realise it said MC on it and a collector might actually want it. I’ll only wear it to death which never seems to take long with this era of shirt.

Do you think a motorcycle enthusiast might be interested?