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Vintage 1962 (5) Yards 100% Pure Silk Korea with Original Receipt

Happy Sunday to all of you!

Last week Thrift store found few Asian items:

Here is the 1st one: Vintage 1962 (5) Yards 100% Pure Silk Korea with Original Receipt in Original bag. Also there is a "base" / insert inside of fabric, made from wood parts. I even don't know what is a name for this part.

I am ready to post it for sale, but don’t know what price should be for start. During searching I saw many options, but I didn’t find even one for sale or sold like mine: in original package with original receipt.
Thank you!

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How lovely!
IMHO:
The original packaging is interesting but I don't think it would add much, if anything, to the value. In fact, the buyer may worry about unrolling it to find areas of age discoloration. (I advise that you check for that so you can be reassuring to any potential buyers.)
Your fabric is only a single color, two-color or multi-color Asian silk brocades generally bring better prices. French or Italian brocades bring better prices than Asian brocades.
The pattern on yours is rather generic.
The wooden thing appears to be an old version of the cardboard core that fabric bolts are now wrapped on for store display. I don't think they have a particular name?
HERE is a sold example of three yards of a single-color 45" width vintage Asian yellow silk brocade.
(Item number 135573297275 if the link doesn't work. Use the Advanced Search option. It sold for $20 US. Also, item number 156768469612, 3yd of 48" vintage red silk brocade, sold for $19. Personally, I'd list yours for $50 and see if there was any interest.)

 

That seller doesn't seem to claim that their material is silk. WDIK, but I would have guessed that to be very inexpensive if the cloth is silk.

 

It looks more seafoam green than sky blue on my monitor- a total early 60s color. I'd be worried about toning from sitting on the wood for 60 years. It'll definitely sell, but for how much is a good question.

 

They both state "silk" in the item specifics.

 

Thank you very much! Yes, of course I will unfolded fabric, check it and take pictures for buyers.

 

I see from the side, that there is a white paper attached over the wood. And color in person almost like light Tiffany color and slightly shiny.

 

Thank you very much to all of you for responding. Now I will send another question about my 2nd item. Though it is not expensive too, but I have some question. Just interesting. I will be back.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a PX purchase. There wasn't any tourism to Korea in the 1960s and the label is in English. By way, $14.25 was a good amount of money in 1962. Equivalent of $150.90 in 2025 according to the internet.

Debora

 

It was sold by store in San Francisco .

 

It was bought abroad and shipped into the U.S. via San Francisco. That's a customs declaration tag, not a retail tag.

Debora

 

And I was right about it likely coming from a PX. Now that you've posted a legible close-up of the tag, one can see it reads: APO 301 Army & Air Force Postal Service. APO 301 indicates Taegu, South Korea. Unit 2 may refer to the Army's 2nd Infantry Division that was stationed there in the 1960s.

Debora

 

That's the amount of fabric needed to make a hanbok (which explains the illustration.) Polyester hanbok fabric is selling for over $10 a yard. I wouldn't let vintage Korean silk brocade go too cheaply. Where is an interested buyer going to find more of it?

Debora

 

Oh! I got it. Actually I was thinking that it is tag for shipping from the store in San Francisco to buyer.

 

"I wouldn't let vintage Korean silk brocade go too cheaply." Debora, thank you for all this information!!!! And the main thing is that it's not about "selling something more expensive". It's very important for me to learn something new. It's so interesting. Money comes and goes, but knowledge remains. Thank you! I just don't know what PX means.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_&_Air_Force_Exchange_Service

Debora

 

Post Exchange - a store on a military base in the old days. I think they call them commissaries now. It was a safe place for personnel to go buy necessities and souvenirs. I've heard of guys bringing home Rolex watches during Nam.

 

Nope we still know them as “the exchange” since different branches have different companies. Commissary is usually the food part however it will depend on the base.

 

I sent dried peas to a friend stationed in Japan once, and Jamaican curry powder. Commissaries sometimes have strange holes in what they carry.

 

Yes.