Vintage Photos - Fashion Models

mojjax · Jul 20, 2014

I bought 2 banana boxes full of high fashion ephemera from the mid 60's . I pulled out 108 black & white large photos of models wearing designer clothes and the designers who made them .
Yeah Baby !

mojjax · Jul 20, 2014

Here are some of the designers .

BryanM362 · Jul 20, 2014

That's pretty cool! Are they worth anything, or just fun to collect?

mojjax · Jul 20, 2014

BryanM362 said:
That's pretty cool! Are they worth anything, or just fun to collect?

Yes they are worth money - most of the photos have documentation with them , which makes them more desirable .
I also got a few Fabric sample catalogues , Dozens of letters , Fashion Show brochures , newspaper clippings , I have a lot of research to do before I sell any - I paid $5 per box .

tamrock · Jul 20, 2014

That's one of those perfect, open minded, ya never know and til ya go out lookin finds. I think you found treasure and something a few folks will give you more money to own. Condition looks great. Rare for the age of those kind of things.

vpnavy · Jul 21, 2014

Nice buys. Thanks for sharing...

steif · Jul 21, 2014

Yep, gold mine for sure.... I would say the best outlet for that kind of stuff is Ebay for sure. I have done very well on old fashion related items on there from time to time. Those sample catalogs could bring big money, who knows... personally I think at least a hundred each, but you never know about an auction. could be 20 bucks, could be couple hundred....

any documentation with the photos will bring the prices up as well, as you know. I would say the least valuable would be the clippings, but if they are tied in with either the photos or swatch books, it wouldnt hurt to bundle them in as well.

steif · Jul 21, 2014

I would double or triple your money right now if you are interested in selling..... lol.. just kidding of course, but that's a great find for sure. you will be pulling in money off of those boxes for quite a while.