Motorhead

file under: bad ass

ultra-rare original Motorhead "Eat the Rich" tour t-shirt
year: 1987
tag: screen stars
material: 50/50 cotton-polyester
condition: excellent vintage
value: $500
note: original Motorhead tees are some of the most valuable and sought after among vintage t-shirt collectors. acquired this from the original owner in "no-man's land" Idaho for a fraction of it's value on buy-now option while searching eBay at midnight. score!

original "Rock-n-Roll" album artwork by Joe Petagno

Up the Irons

file under: rusty treasure

rare original iron maiden tour pins
year: (L) 1982 from "beast on the road" tour 
year: (R) 1984-85 from "world slavery" tour

condition: very good
value: $50.00 each

note: if you were like me all your extra cash went to beer at the big arena shows. a t-shirt was gonna' cost too much but you could at least pick up a pin for a couple bucks as proof you were there. these originals in my opinion are even harder to come by than the t-shirts since most have been lost over the course of almost 30 years. 

Somewhere in Time

file under: when we were young

hard to find maiden "somewhere in time" tour tee

year: 1987
tag: missing 
material: 50/50 cotton-polyester blend
condition: very good
value: $250.00

*note: saw them live in the late 80's at what used to be called Irvine Meadows. amazing time in my life. good friends. good times. when you could still party in the parking lot before the show. which was almost as fun as the concert itself.

1988 ticket from Irvine Meadows show

1987 Somewhere in Time album cover

God Save the Queen

file under: a small piece of rock history

rare original pinback from record release 

year: 1977
condition: very good
value: $100.00 (not for sale)

*note: purchased from a collector in sweden. 

signing record deal outside buckingham palace 1977

Malcolm McLaren, far right, watches as the Sex Pistols sign a record deal outside Buckingham Palace in 1977

Dynasty Tour 1979

file under: the final curtain

rare bootleg of the ill-fated Dynasty tour
year: 1979
tag: jockey 
material: 100% cotton
condition: good
value: $150.00

*note: by 1979 tensions in the band were at an all-time high. ace and peter's years of drinking and drugging had taken their toll. peter would leave the band at the end of the tour and kiss would never be the same again. signaling the end of an era and my childhood. teenage rebellion and punk rock were just around the corner.

1979 Dynasty promo poster

Bowie 78

"If it works, it's out of date." - David Bowie, 1978

ultra-rare original bowie world tour tee
year: 1978
tag: hanes 
material: 100% cotton made in u.s.a.
condition: thrashed
value: $500.00
what is there to be said about this one?

the thin white duke

on stage

U.S. 131 Dragway

file under: bygone era

rare original hot rodding championships tee from u.s. 131 dragway martin, mich.
year: 1978
tag: hanes 
material: 100% cotton made in u.s.a.
condition: good vintage
value: $150.00
the official souvenir t-shirt from the 9th annual popular hot rodding magazine championships at the legendary u.s. 131 dragway in martin, michigan. there's something about the 70's that seems more honest and authentic. today's cookie cutter mass produced iphone app media blitz pales in comparison. 

don prudhomme martin US 131 dragway june 1974

dennis white renegade 1978

larry sorg martin dragway 1976