I bought a Vietnam era USAF shirt today with the correct patches (Tactical Air Command) and sergeant stripes. I bought this shirt at a thrift store for less than a dollar.
The bad part is that someone cut the sleeves on this shirt...prolly some wannabe hipster thinking it would be cool to have a short sleeve shirt from their dad's or grandfather's Vietnam uniform.
I'm not sure what I should do with the shirt.
Do I remove the patches and list those on ebay, or try to sell the shirt as is?
On one hand, no one is going to pay much for a hipster-modified shirt, even if it is a true-blue Vietnam issue with correct patches. On the other hand, they aren't making any more of these authentic war issued shirts, and I hate to destroy a piece of history.
(Yes, I have a soft heart for historical items, even if most people think it is crazy. Can you imagine the tens of thousands of Revolutionary and Civil War uniforms that got cut up and tossed 50 years after each of those respective wars?)
Last year, another ebayer gave me 5 dress blouses that were also early Vietnam era, but these were utterly destroyed. That other ebayer listed those shirts 4 times without them selling, and declared them trash. I removed the sergeant stripes from those and sold all five sets within a few days for $10 a set.
So, what do you think I should do? List the shirt as is, or cut the patches off and make more profit with less time involved??
The bad part is that someone cut the sleeves on this shirt...prolly some wannabe hipster thinking it would be cool to have a short sleeve shirt from their dad's or grandfather's Vietnam uniform.
I'm not sure what I should do with the shirt.
Do I remove the patches and list those on ebay, or try to sell the shirt as is?
On one hand, no one is going to pay much for a hipster-modified shirt, even if it is a true-blue Vietnam issue with correct patches. On the other hand, they aren't making any more of these authentic war issued shirts, and I hate to destroy a piece of history.
(Yes, I have a soft heart for historical items, even if most people think it is crazy. Can you imagine the tens of thousands of Revolutionary and Civil War uniforms that got cut up and tossed 50 years after each of those respective wars?)
Last year, another ebayer gave me 5 dress blouses that were also early Vietnam era, but these were utterly destroyed. That other ebayer listed those shirts 4 times without them selling, and declared them trash. I removed the sergeant stripes from those and sold all five sets within a few days for $10 a set.
So, what do you think I should do? List the shirt as is, or cut the patches off and make more profit with less time involved??