In need of kid gloves, anyone?

[telophase]

I've got three pair of kid gloves that I picked up at an estate sale a few years back that aren't doing anything but sitting around gathering dust, so I thought I'd see if anyone here wanted to buy them. :)

The kicker is - they're for people with hands slenderer than I. And the Collecting Opera Gloves site says that vintage gloves - I have no idea how old these are, but probably date from the 1950s or 60s - tend to run a size smaller than modern gloves.

I can provide pictures if you want to see them before deciding. Photos added :) All in good condition: no rips, stains, or tears.

Best offer. :)

Evening ivory kid gloves, reach over the elbow and are 16" from the base of the thumb to the end (which makes it, technically, the shortest opera glove, I think). 3 buttons at wrist, size 6 1/2. Stamp inside: "6 1/2 REAL KID LAVABILE MADOVA GLOVES FLORENCE ITALY" The company seems to still be in business, so I think they're probably pretty good. :D Photo 1 Photo 2 - Looking closely at the gloves, I noew see that the first two fingers of the left glove have a leeetle bit of dirt on them, but it's not noticeable unless you're looking closely. The shadows in these photos are just that - shadows.

Black gloves, 7" from base of thumb to end, which means they cover most of the forearm. This pair can be dated to the U.S. occupation of Germany, I think - the stamp inside reads "ARIS IMPORTED REAL KID 6 1/2 WASHABLE MADE IN GERMANY U.S.A. ZONE" Ooh, a bit of Googling turns up the infor that Aris became Aris Isotoner (and was acquired by Sara Lee in 1969). Photo 1 Photo 2 - Photo 1 shows a bit more detail; Photo 2 is the true color.

Black short gloves, 1" from base of thumb to hem. Actually hemmed, unlike the other two pair. Stamp inside one of them: "6 1/2 Lionel Le Grand." Stamp inside other: "Neiman-Marcus Made in France." Photo The color's off in that photo - it's pure black, not the weird brown it looks to be here. The medium-sized gloves above are the same color as this.

I think I'm about a size 7-7 1/2, and I can almost get my hand into the short pair. The others - no way.

Comments

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

So how long are the fingers? I have short fingers. The problem I always run into with winter gloves is that the fingers are too long.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I might want them if they fit me, but it's hard to tell without actually trying them on.

[octopedingenue]

Where does one ever find estate sales? I would read about them in '50s kidlit and they always sound so exotic.

(More importantly, where does one find the estate sales of the deeply geeky dead so I can go snag all their comics books?)

[sparkylibrarian.livejournal.com]

I was sooo excited... I love gloves... but I have huge hands. I wear a size 8.5 ladies and my fingers are, of course, also long. I have one pair of leather gloves that fit, and they are a hideous pale teal color.

Good luck selling them! You may want to try theatre companies in your area.

[only-spiders.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I have tiny hands, and I'm always looking for a nice pair of gloves, and those sound ravishing. They run about a size smaller? So if they're a 6 1/2, then they'd be a 6, or an extra small, right? *not sure if she understands this sizing stuff* If so, they'd so fit me. Unless the fingers were too big.

...Pictures?