7.5.

My size I think. If they're still available dirt cheap by the time the sale ends I might take a punt. But I prefer my footwear with less wear.

Of course, Yuca is quite right.  They're going to need work doing to them before long, aren't they?

Are they cordovan?  I can't tell.

'Mid-century' is the latest buzz.  Oh dear.  It can mean anything from about the time Stanley Baldwin was at Number Ten to when Wayne Rooney landed up at Derby County: all points in between.  Even my elder daughter is onto it, with her Miller Price Guide.  London prices.  Is 'shabby chic' still doing the rounds?  There used to be a terrific shop in Nottingham - which An Unseen Scene might remember - called 'Daphne's Handbag', run by a slightly deadpan but very sweet gay.  Now that was an education!  First time I ever saw a 'Drunken Bricklayer'.  Closed now and sorely missed.

Now up to a glorious £1.20.

Last edited by AFS (2022-01-29 00:42:13)

These are now moving slowly upwards.

Calf leather not cordo, you can tell as they have creases in the leather which you don’t get with the latter.

The seller was always going to get a lot of interest and get bids rolling with a low starting price. It encourages people to bid, and will probably give him a higher end price than if putting a BIN or starting higher. It’s the thrill of the auction process

Last edited by Tomiskinky (2022-01-31 01:17:18)

Currently at £51.

Odd perhaps - but I would never wear them.  I might wear Alden smooths or something of that kind but never their loafers. 
I wonder what our American friends make of it all.  I'm a kind of convert to the idea of loafers being just something to kick around in, much like sneakers or desert boots.

Not the sort of creasing like regular calf leather. Cordovan is a membrane so you get welts and rolls rather then creases, and you use a deer bone to ease these out so they look all smooth again. My Aldens have been returned to the US as a little of the stitching has pulled away on the wing.