Eye Candy: Ties! Post pics of your best ties!

[pinky-a-gogo]

I LOVE men's ties.
Post pics of some of your faves from your collection....(No links to selling sites please)

Hand painted dog sled~

Classic pin up gal

Risque bathing beauty

Nude~

Pin up with 3-d glasses!

Never enough rhinestones and bling on a tie~

Or sequins and beads~

Great graphics~

my 2 all time favorite jazz ties~

Best fathers day tie by Rooster~

The original steam punk tie by Rooster~

 

[thespectrum]

Some NOS Bowties

1940s Silk Handpainted Tie signed V Galet

Back later with more...

 

[thespectrum]

NOS Arrow Ties

 

[cmpollack]

Your ties are AMAZING, Tiffany and MS! (My favorites are the pin up with 3D glasses, and the V Galet handpaint--wow!)

I love love love ties. All of them, indiscriminately, and will be waiting with baited breath to see more on this thread! Here are a few of my own faves:

1. GOP kipper, Dior birthday brocade, handpaint, "Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"

2. Red for fall!

3. 40s moire silk Sulka bowtie w/Deco stars

4. A tie I deeply regret having sold, a c 1940 shark damask that went to a woman's lawyer friend for his birthday...

5. Countess Mara pictorial ties (the far right tie is a Tina Leser)

6. Late 20s tie in box

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

Wow! Excellent ties.....MS--love the deadstock bowties and Carrie, the "Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" tie is wonderful!!

 

[thespectrum]

1940s Oil Well Satin Necktie

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

omgosh am LOVING these!!

I think my favorite that we've owned (which sold long ago) is this 1950s rockabilly clip on with glittering, dancing horseshoes:

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

You can't go wrong with glittery horse shoes!

I love hand painted ties...like this sailing ship.

 

[thespectrum]

LOL, you opened a Pandora's box here...

Carrie, love the 20s tie in box, here's one I have, in a folder:

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

I love seeing the original packaging.
Very cool!

 

[jauntyrooster]

FIRST - I am really drooling over some of your finds. What amazing ties you have all found. I love this thread.

I have this crazy love/hate relationship with ties. I just sold off a lot of 50 of them to another dealer. This way I can buy more ties and sit here and hate them...until I buy more to hate. Then sell off another big lot and start over again

Anyway, some of my favorites - these have all been sold but stick out to me as some of the best I have had:

Found this one hidden away at a digout estate sale.

Drunken man tie -

Business in the front, party in the back - Jayne Mansfield:

Was never able to figure out the characters

Carmen Miranda Style:

Lips:

Glow in the dark:

A tale of serious agony and despair. This tie is HIGHLY collectible and I had the great fortune to find it in NWT in mind condition. Sold quickly and I sent off the tie immediately and was happy with my sale. A week later, it STILL hadn't been scanned into the USPS tracking system and my buyer didn't have it. I began bugging the post office until I finally got an email from them - they had ruined my tie - right at my local substation. Wah wah.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Last picture - I had the VERY good fortune to one day walk into the Salvation Army and notice the cashier sorting ties in between customers. I glanced at them and realized they looked a bit earlier so walked over to take a look. Imagine my surprise to find a cache of deadstock ties ranging from the 20s to 40s. Every single one had their original tags. It was crazy. Needless to say I bought them all and the best part was, I got them before they started using their damn gun to stick price tags through the fabric. YAY!!

KEEP EM' COMING - this is really fun!

 

[cmpollack]

I'm dying of delight! Oil wells! Horsehoes! Sailing ships! And that 20s handpaint is beyond gorgeous, MS. (The apostrophe in "paint'ed" on the folder is adorable, too... )

 

[cmpollack]

Maureen, the tie gods have shed many blessings on you... I would have been unable to sell some of y ours, especially that flapper with 3D shawl...

 

[thespectrum]

Wow Maureen!
The shawl lady is exquisite.
So sad about the ruined tie!

Raxons Globetrotters:

Photoprint party-on-the-inside pinup tie from France
(the whole photo is too risqué to show here):

Love your Marlins Laura, here's one of mine:

 

[joules]

NOS Adrian paisley

Christian LaCroix

 

[thespectrum]

Two 40s hand painted neckties:

NOS Techni-Color Handpainted Tie:

 

[thespectrum]

This one's kind of funky but... did someone say glittery horse?

And an elegant Chanel:

And hand painted ducks:

 

[Pinkcoke]

I don't have any images worthy of this thread at the moment, but thought I saw a couple of connections in some of the prints already shown:

1. GOP kipper, Dior birthday brocade, handpaint, "Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"

'scuse my ignorance, but is that last one the real design name or made up? because I immediately saw an Irish themed tie (you know, green, shamrocks, irish stew etc.)

and Maureen I wondered if this print was based on the song 'Leaning against a lamppost' from 1937 - would the period fit?

Drunken man tie - found hanging at the Sally Army for $2 - another really quick sale.

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[jauntyrooster]

The tie is 40s so certainly could have been an inspiration.

 

[cmpollack]

Wow, MS, KILLER ties!

Melanie--"Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder" is an actual song, associated with St Paddy's Day. (I learned of the connection from the gent who bought the tie; I had listed it only as "Irish-themed").