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  • Dating Vintage Skate Tees: Label and Print Era Tells

    calendar Jun 16, 2026 / Jun 17, 2026 · 10 min read · Collector Guides Vintage Tees Brand History  ·
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    Two skate tees sit on the same table. Both carry the same late-80s graphic, the same washed-soft hand, the same faded ring of a logo across the chest. One is an original run worth real money to a collector; the other is a reprint pressed twenty years later off a scanned art file. Nothing on the front separates them. …


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