Category: Shirts

This 1982 teen film adaption of the Cameron Crowe book by the same name was an instant Gen X classic. It provided a snapshot, even if a bit embellished, of teen life in the early 80s. While most analyses’ of the movie focus on many iconic scenes, we are going to look at it from a different lens: the T-shirt game. The 80s were a coming of age for the graphic tee. Wardrobe director Marylin Vance sought to closely depict what the youth of the day were wearing in southern California in the early 80s.  Director Amy Heckerling said this ... Read more

2023 is fading like a black tee that was accidentally washed with Oxyclean. The good news is that we now have nearly a year’s worth of Heat Checks to review for the highest-selling vintage tees on eBay this year. We went back and cherry-picked the top 10 most expensive tees (that actually sold) in the last year. Cheers to 2023 and all the dope tees we’ve seen. (BTW, if we allowed standard Nirvana Heart Shaped Box tees on here they’d probably take half the list…borrrring.) 10. Vintage Ramones Look Out Below Ringer T-Shirt $2,397.00 Sold By: candckola 9. Vintage 80s ... Read more

If you’re as old as me you probably haven’t watched the movie Heavyweights since the 90s. Heavyweights featured Ben Stiller and all of my favorite iconic 90s kid actors like Kenan Thompson and Shawn Weiss (who, until this moment, I only knew as “Goldberg”). The movie is a surprisingly dark take on a teenager’s experience at a fat camp that suddenly gets sold to a crazy weight loss guru with daddy issues. Being released in 1994 (a year I’ve personally thought might be the peak of vintage t-shirts), the movie features some serious banger tees.  So let’s dig into some ... Read more

Welcome to Heat Check! In this series, we’ll look at the highest-selling vintage t-shirts on eBay in 2023. We update this list on a bi-weekly basis. Be sure to check the video at the bottom for the full Lootfam Heat Check rundown. We had 4 Heart Shaped Box tees sell from between $1600-2200 Some ground rules before we get into the list: I don’t personally authenticate these t-shirts, nor does Defunkd. I do my best to confirm the transaction is real, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t shill bid or returned. If a sale looks too fishy I leave ... Read more

Hi Tyler, aka @wwfsouthparksigns. How many 90s South Park tees do have? Over 100. Shit, with all the 90s bootlegs and one-offs there is that I have from season one for people’s businesses and spring break-type stuff it’s a lot. How long have you been collecting them? I’ve been collecting them seriously within the last 8 years or so but I’ve always collected 1997-1998 South Park stuff since the show came out. I have plush dolls and keychains and shit from when I was a kid. I was always pretty good with saving things I knew I would be bummed ... Read more