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gicts · July 18th, 2007

What a cool trip to the past!

I work at a shop which from time to time ran a screen printing buisness. They were going to throw a box out and I grabbed it for ebay. On top were the Rolling Stones and White Russian but when I got home I found it had a bit more. Prolly around 1000 pieces all together. They are all vintage and have copyright dates in the 70's and 80's.
I found out what the Star Wars is worth, close to $40. Sadly I only have 1 of those.

Star Wars - C3PO & R2D2 vintage t-shirt at Transfer Nation

king kong

playmate

rocky!

dukes of hazard

Jimmy Hendrix

budweiser

coors

close encounters

another Rocky

corvette

ants(never heard of them)

the amazing movie CONEHEADS!!!!

Smurfs!

ET

best describes my former roommates

Also have about 100 that say Ky State fair 1989, flintstones, generic ponies etc. I'm guessing I could sell it all for $500-$700 however I am curious what some of you all might gauge the price to be. Are they worthless? I was able to do a fair job of a rougher one with just an iron and it came out well.. Truthfully I am not in the shirt buisness, just got lucky to find a shash of old transfers and don't have a use for them.

dyer · July 18th, 2007

they are really hot japan would eat em up

kriscad · July 18th, 2007

I think if you put them on blanks and sell them on ebay you could get 20+ per shirt

COEDS · July 18th, 2007

I would love to get a papa smurf transfer if you have one.I'm a huge fan of the blue man. ...JB

gicts · July 18th, 2007

I think printing them would be a great idea however I do not have a press and never used one before. Would it be expensive to have someone press them?

dyer · July 18th, 2007

put up a barder on craigslist worth a shot.jeff

Solmu · July 18th, 2007

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	ants(never heard of them)

Adam and the Ants are classic new wave. I'm sure they'd still have fans.

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Originally Posted by gicts


	Are they worthless?

As you've noticed there are sites that specialise in selling vintage transfers; I'm sure they'd be worth something to someone.

MotoskinGraphix · July 19th, 2007

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	I think if you put them on blanks and sell them on ebay you could get 20+ per shirt

No way do you print them if you are looking for a cash out. You run them in an auction with a high reserve as a total lot or in groups to determine value and interest. They look like the old 70s lithos and you may be sitting on a good sum of cash. Dont print the damned things!!!!

shiola · July 19th, 2007

Is it worth trying to scan or recreate the images somehow and then reselling the designs?

Nice collection, well spotted.

AustinJeff · July 19th, 2007

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	Is it worth trying to scan or recreate the images somehow and then reselling the designs?

They are still protected by copyright, so that would be illegal.

SomeSailor · July 19th, 2007

Wowsers... definitely DON'T print them!

I'd get down to the dollar store and buy a handful of $1 frames and get them on eBay. I'd bet some of those will fetch a fair price. Heck... I've owned some of those.

They'd look great on a wall somewhere.