{"product_id":"vintage-ski-jay-peak-vermont-embroidered-souvenir-patch","title":"Ski Jay Peak Patch, Sealed (Tram \u0026 Lodge) — c. 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Ski Jay Peak patch from Vermont, estimated to date from the 1970s, still sealed in the original Apatche-Totem bag, header card intact: washable patch, made in U.S.A. by American Craftsmen, 70 W. 40th St., N.Y.C. Through the cellophane: a slanted rhomboid with a red merrowed border, the dark A-frame base lodge sitting under a blue sky, and the red tram car arriving on its cable from the left. SKI Jay Peak in black script, VERMONT tucked into the bottom corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifty-odd years in a plastic bag. Somebody bought this on a trip north, put it away with every intention of getting to it, and then simply did not — for five decades, through house moves, through the jacket wearing out, through whatever else a life contains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a patch that has never been exposed to daylight. Twill fades, thread fades, and the reds go first; put a worn Jay patch beside this one and the difference is not subtle. This is what the design actually looked like when it left the machine, which is a thing almost no surviving example can show you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bag is part of the object now. Opening it would not improve anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a practical argument for buying sealed stock that has nothing to do with sentiment. A patch you can see through plastic is a patch nobody has repaired, re-backed, trimmed or steamed, and those things are done more often than the trade admits. The bag is a guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered on twill, merrowed edge, unopened in the original packaging. Photos are the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ropetow Vintage Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55920226894129,"sku":"RV-VT-079","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/ropetow-vintage-co-jay-peak-ski-patch_eae77b2c-ea2c-4107-a825-36af70aea41f.webp?v=1787702982","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/vintage-ski-jay-peak-vermont-embroidered-souvenir-patch","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}