Author Topic: 1960s Mercedes mens traveling vanity case.  (Read 2745 times)

Dave H

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1960s Mercedes mens traveling vanity case.
« on: February 22, 2016, 18:56:54 »
Anybody ever seen one of these Mercedes vanity kits before or anything like it ?
Its very nice quality and would of been very useful back in the day when these things were popular.
Mercedes still do sell men's vanity shaving kits and the like , this may well be be the only one left from the 60s ,you never know. A very beautiful item and quite possibly super rare.
It's side by side with a service booklet pouch to give it a scale.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2016, 10:58:02 by Dave H »
Mercedes 250SL    1967
Mercedes 250SLK  2014
Alfa Romeo 166 3.2 Ti
Fiat 500

Jonny B

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Re: 1960s Mercedes mens traveling vanity case.
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2016, 16:18:04 »
I had not seen this before, very cool. Where/how did you run across this item?
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Dave H

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Re: 1960s Mercedes mens traveling vanity case.
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2016, 17:30:54 »
I bought it on e bay last week.
It was down as a" travelling vanity case for Mercedes benz cars " so would of gone under the radar of anyone searching Mercedes specific items.
Had the seller put the heading as"Mercedes SL pagoda travelling vanity case" it would of got a whole lot more interest.
I was the only bidder, there's a good write up in the advert where it says its from an SL pagoda , the guy sells other genuine and exquisite auto memorabilia items from Bentleys and Rolls so he knows his subject..
You have to get lucky once in a while i guess and it was my turn.

Search e bay item number  151974736858
« Last Edit: February 23, 2016, 17:37:18 by Dave H »
Mercedes 250SL    1967
Mercedes 250SLK  2014
Alfa Romeo 166 3.2 Ti
Fiat 500