Vintage Lee Question

[Whodinihimself]

Hey people, I just picked up a pair of vintage Lee's from the thrift store...I usually walk away empty handed, but these Lee's really caught my eye...beautiful faded blue colour with some decent whiskering, twisted outseams, nice traintracks, sanforized and Talon 42 zipper..theyre not selvage (theyre overlock)...but above all the fit is wicked..straight-leg perfection!...Unfortunately for me I need cash more than I need more jeans so I will probably be putting these up on Ebay in the near future...I was wondering how much you think I could possibly get for them...I dont know much about vintage Lee's

Here's some pics..they really dont do these jeans justice...ill take some more close up ones when I get home:

Approximate measurements:

Waist: 16" across

Inseam: 30"

Leg Opening: 7.75" across

[cheapmuthafukr]

sanforised? and twisted like that? nice jeans.

[mizanation]

^^^ strange, how does that happen?

[Whodinihimself]

I thought the same thing...but the inner tag says theyre Sanforized...go figure

[BumbaClot]

related:

anyone know when Lee stopped putting lables on top of the right back pocket?

70's? 80's?

[Whodinihimself]

I'm also willing to sell these on SF ... pm me with offer if interested

[Whodinihimself]

More pics:

I'll be selling these on Supermarket soon, but I'm still not sure of the style # (inside tag is missing) or how much to ask for.......any suggestions?

[cheapmuthafukr]

id almost say they are fake. ive never seen LEE in capitals like that. no lazy s on back pockets also... which is like levis with no arcuate.

they are very nice looking jeans tho, i may have to talk to you about them.

[Whodinihimself]

wow....good eye CMF!...both the waist button and the black & yellow tab have big E's...that really is weird.......I've been looking at vintage Lee's from all over the map online and none of them have big E's....but the info on vintage Lee's is so scarce compared to Levis info that its hard to really know what I've got here...All I know is that the "lazy s" pocket arcuate wasnt introduced until 1944...or maybe the original owner removed the stitching before wearing them (a la Nudies)..they probably were embarrassed about them not being Levi's .....but that still doesnt help much...all i can say is that they look and feel too nice to be fakes...but who knows..hopefully some all-knowing denim expert can help

[donkaiser]

I think you were at my thread. here is the link.

http://superfuture.com/city/supertalk/showthread.php?t=12870&highlight=lee

You also can see that there's no vintage lee with big E. but the talon 42 and the pockets rivets look real to me. You better find more info before selling them. people may think it's a fake or sth.

[partytaco]

i don't know if this helps but i had a bootleg lee jacket that said LEG (all caps) instead of Lee on it. a friend of mine picked it up in France for me.

I think you were at my thread. here is the link.

http://superfuture.com/city/supertalk/showthread.php?t=12870&highlight=lee

You also can see that there's no vintage lee with big E. but the talon 42 and the pockets rivets look real to me. You better find more info before selling them. people may think it's a fake or sth.

[Whodinihimself]

These jeans are definitely a curiosity...I'm not 100% sure, but I think the arcuate stitching was removed before these jeans were first worn...theres no real evidence of this, but if you look at the pockets close enough you can kinda see the lazy "S" wave lurking.....or maybe thats just wishful thinking......and the big E's are a puzzle all their own......either way, if theyre bootlegs then whoever bootlegged them really knew their stuff

[cheapmuthafukr]

i like them more than most lees ive seen..... i have a weakness for leg twist

[Busted Seam]

Interesting. Never seen anything similar but I guess they're fakes. Why? They look like right-hand denim. Lee use left-hand.

[felakuti]

i recently purchased a denim jacket in a thrift store with LEE in all caps on all the branding (buttons, tag, etc.). I was curious about the all caps LEE as well as it is a pretty nice jean jacket (seems like it might be a Ladies fit though).

[vivaloschet]

The all caps LEE is often a feature of their workwear line. Here is an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-LEE-sanforized-denim-overalls-union-made_W0QQitemZ110014407771QQihZ001QQcategoryZ52401QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Whodinihimself]

The all caps LEE is often a feature of their workwear line. Here is an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-LEE-sanforized-denim-overalls-union-made_W0QQitemZ110014407771QQihZ001QQcategoryZ52401QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hey vivaloschet, thanks for the info!...Do you know anything about the missing "s-wave" arcuate which should have appeared on the back pockets? Is that normal for workwear LEE's?