Cream Colored Courreges Woman's Coat

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Jeffrey_C

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Cream Colored Courreges Woman\'s Coat

Hello, this is my first post to this forum. I generally just search for vintage audio stuff at thrift stores, but came across this really cool coat. I am trying to date it and figure out how much I should sell it for. I've seen similar coats listed from $100.00 - $500. I am meeting a dude who collects Courreges tomorrow.

It has never been worn and still has the tags on it. There are a few minute moth holes on it, but otherwise is in excellent shape. I totally would give it to my girlfriend, but it is too small.

Anyways any insight would be much appreciated, and thank you so much!

Here are a few not so great photos.....


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Nice coat, great color for spring! just noticed you said it was cream colored, it appears pale pink on my monitor.

This looks like an 80s one which would be less desirable than one from the 60s or early 70s. It is the MOD styled ones which are most in demand, the space-age look.

It's difficult to say what to ask for one from this time period but I should think if there are no flaws you should be able to ask $250 or so for it.

You can try to get $500 depending on this collector but in general it is the older ones that fetch the higher prices.

By the way Manteau is the French word for coat.

Good luck with your collector, hope you make a nice sale and too bad it would not fit your girlfriend!
 
moth holes typically will put a pretty big dent in $$$. also, did you put it in a deep freeze yet? moth hole= put in freezer RIGHT AWAY for at least a few days, if not a week. we always put all wool items in the deep freeze for a week if not longer, and as soon as we bring them home, holes or not.
 
The colour is misleading - looks pink on my monitor too, and the last photo looks peach, but the price ticket says "beige" so from that alone I wonder if it's late '70s? I agree that moth holes can greatly lower the value - I won't buy anything with moth holes now unless it's pretty special as they're hard to fix cheaply and invisibly.

Nicole
 
I think it's earlier than 80s--likely, as Nicole says, late 70s. And, into the freezer with it immediately!

Moth holes will devalue it; but how much depends on who's buying it their size, location, and severity. If they are very small and have not gone through to the lining, and are, for example, down near the hemline, they won't be as noticeable as if they are up on the chest area. If someone wants to wear it, they're apt to take "where and how big" the holes are into consideration. If it's a collector looking for pristine pieces, then it really won't matter so much--the value will go down considerably. I would totally wear that even with moth holes (I'd take the trouble to mend them for myself).
 
Thank you so much for the info! I brought the coat into the vintage clothing store and the owner said that it was most likely late 70's/early 80's. He has a very picky clientele and passed on the coat due to the few small holes on it. These holes were there when I bought it (none of which go all the way through but are noticeable if one is to look up close.) He suggested I try and sell it on e-bay, with full disclosure, which I think I am going to do.

Once again thank you all and I hope to post some more of my finds up here soon - I have kind of a cool smoking robe/jacket that I picked up fairly recently that I am curious about as well.

Once again thank you so much!

Jeff
 
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