I found a local buyer for my tie collection of 1000-2000 ties. I'm ecstatic. He and his wife are Ebay dealers, so I know they'll survive and get into the hands of somebody that will like them, hopefully somebody who is a gentleman. Gentlemen wear ties and gentlemen seem to be in short supply. ? "A well tied tie is the first serious step in life" - Oscar Wilde.
I thought that at about 2000 ties, I had a large or very large collection. I've not counted them since the turn of the century when I thinned the herd. Mine run from the 1930s to the present. How long have you all been collecting? With me, it's 40 years. I am thinking of selling, but I've no idea how. Ebay or Etsy looks like a full time job and I just retired after working for a living since 1976, and I don't really want another job. They're stored solidly but silk is a heavy fabric and they weigh a lot. Silk may seem light, but it isn't. Mainly, I want to see them go to a gentleman who appreciates such things. Frankly, I'd give most of them to the right person or persons. I don't need the money.
Everyone should have silk knits. (wool too). Most of these are from the "mother lode", when I found and bought 300 or so NWOT Polo by Ralph Lauren ties of every fabric, kind and width at a Salvation Army store in Greenville, NC. I bought them all for a dollar apiece, except duplicates and there were some duplicates there. Never have I made such a haul. I doubt anyone else has either. If you figure an average retail of $100 apiece, that's $30k for a day's work. If you've ever done better, I'd like to hear from you. I still wore some of my Robert Talbots, Turnbull & Asser Neiman Marcus etc... but I mostly wore Polo until I retired. What does a retired man do with 2000 ties? I still haven't figured it out. Here's a secret: Roll them , don't hang them.
Bob Benedetto got a 1954 Gibson ES-295 and this is the result. The gods smiled down on me when I found and bought it. Nothing beats a P-90 for Jazz. It has clarity and depth.
I see an awful lot of collections hereabouts where the owner has 3 Les Pauls or 3 Strats. What's going on there? I have 12 guitars and no two are the same, not even close. I have an ES-333 and a Les Paul with the same 490R and 498T pickups and they sounded too similar, and I regretted having both, so I Peter Green modded the ES. Wouldn't you rather have something different from a fourth Telecaster? I've a fetishistic attachment to my guitars, but they are all way different.
The most interesting ones come from the U.K. Thereabouts, every club, golf course, organisation, company and football team seems to have one. I have about a hundred club ties.
Mostly bought in Florida in the twentieth century.
A grabatologist is a person who collects neckties, bow ties, or cravats. The hobby itself is known as grabatology. I have about 2000 neckties from the 1930s to the present. I have not counted them since the turn of the century. They're all high quality, very little polyester, except for a few novelity ties. They include Polo, Brooks Bros., Charvet, Drakes, Hermes, Armani, Jermyn Street etc... in wide, narrow and in-between. Anybody else have this hobby?
Anyone who claims to have more?
Well, I am getting them out. I stored them by era and genre. I am getting a rough count. Looks like at least 1500. I started collecting with bowties in 1979. Best place to thrift: Florida. That's where the old f***ts lived. They would die and then their kids took everything to the Sally or the Hospice Shop. Nowadays, I collect Hawaiian shirts.
A couple of days ago, I asked about the best way to sell my 2000-odd ties from the 1930s to the present. I am moving and won't have room for them. Somebody wanted pictures so here's one. It's some of my bowties plus a Ralph Lauren, two 1940s "bold look" ties, two Brooks Bros., a Robert Talbott, a Burberry and a Ben Silver. I am now retired and I collect Hawaiian shirts.
I am moving 700 miles and it is summer and it is hot in the southern part of the USA. Should I risk giving my 12 guitars to a mover? Solid bodies can probably take it, but as for my 5 acoustics and archtops I think I'll stick them in my own car with my 2 cats - if I can fit them all - and my air conditioning. Any experience with high temperature moves out there? Any solid body nightmares?
I have 2000-odd ties from the 1930s to the present, to-wit: Polo, Brooks Bros., J. Press, Sulka, Hermes, Charvet, Turnbull & Asser, etc... I am moving and won't have room for them. What is the best way to sell them?
My wife, with vascular, keeps ordering all of this stuff online and there doesn't seem to be a way to stop it. She orders multiple identical things, orders the wrong size or model and basically fouls up when she gets near a computer. Is it right to use a subterfuge to terminate this? Honesty hereabouts disappeared long ago.
