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Dennis Auction offers trove of vintage Levi’s Jan. 8  

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
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Vintage Levi Strauss & Co. cinch-back selvedge jeans. The jeans appear to be from the early 1930s with cinch back, suspender buttons and rivets still remaining, measures approximately 24 x 36in. Estimate: $2,500-$5,000. Dennis Auction Service image

STEWARTSVILLE, N.J. – Whether you’re a modern-day forty-niner panning for gold, an old cowhand or still a young buckaroo, you’ll want to rustle up a pair of vintage Levi Strauss jeans to look the part. Dennis Auction Service will conduct an auction on Friday, Jan. 8, that offers 218 lots of Levi’s and other western wear, all from a single collection. The sale consists of both worn and new/old stock, including many group lots. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

Levi collectors will recognize in the online auction catalog the nomenclature – e.g. button-fly fronts, cinch-back, selvedge, Big E, etc.) associated with the famous brand founded by Levi Strauss at his San Francisco dry goods store that opened in 1853.

Highlights include two pairs of 1930s selvedge Levi’s jeans. Both showing wear, one retains the original suspender buttons. Both carry estimates of $2,500-$5,000. (The term selvedge comes from “self-edge” and refers to the woven strip on both edges of a roll of fabric. Selvedge denim is woven using old-fashioned denim-weaving techniques.)

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Vintage Levi Strauss & Co. cinch back selvedge jeans. The jeans appear to be from the early 1930s w/ suspender buttons previously removed, measures approximately 24 x 35½in. Estimate: $2,500-$5,000. Dennis Auction Service image

Another standout is a vintage Levi’s jacket that has the Big E red cloth tag and a cinch back. Assigned a conservative estimate of $50-$100, online bidding had reached $1,525 as of Wednesday.

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Vintage Levi Strauss & Co. Type One denim jacket with big E, approximately 19¾in shoulder to shoulder. Estimated at $50-$100, bidding was up to $1,525 as of Wednesday. Dennis Auction Service image

The auction also features two dozen store mannequins, fully dressed in western wear.

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Boy mannequin outfitted with vintage Levi Red Tab jeans, decorated chaps, vintage Sears western shirt and felt cowboy hat. Estimate: $100-$200. Dennis Auction Service image

“This comes from one man’s collection. He traveled and collected Levi’s from around the world,” said Colleen Dennis, wife of auctioneer Steven Dennis.

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Teen-age mannequin wearing vintage Levi selvedge Big E jeans. Estimate: $2500-$500. Dennis Auction Service image

The auction will conclude with several lots of Levi’s store signs and 10 western saddles.

The sale will begin Friday, Jan. 8, at noon Eastern.

For details contact Dennis Auction Service at info@dennisauction.com or 908-859-3424.

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