Ah, small blast from this past summer. Here are two pieces from the Lambretta Jamboree, the US’s largest vintage Lambretta rally. There were only 200 or so made of the pin on the left.
Thanks to Tom C. for these!
Monthly Archives: September 2011
This Week’s Rare Bit O’Swag:
Collector’s Corner –
Martin Long in the UK, Part Deux
Martin was kind enough to send me some more photos of his stupendous scooterswag collection.
And here’s a link to Scooterswag’s first post about his collection.
Enjoy!
Casting a spell with a wave of your hand.
Here’s a wonderful treasure trove of scooter charms and jewelry.
The links are in order of top to bottom in the links below.
Here’s call out to my friend Lin in Brighton, proprietess of Soul Jewellery.co.uk.
(Hi Lin! It’s Tracy from Portland!)
Scooter Charms Galore from souljewellery.co.uk
(Thanks to Julie G. for all these great finds.)
Lambaaahretta?
Nah, just another sheep on a scooter.
He’s a very generous sheep on a scooter though! In this picture only kids book our sheep shaves off his own wool, dyes it and then has it made into a sweater for a friend. Drawn by illustrator Sylvia Van Ommen. An extreme cuteness factor of 10.
Thanks to Cassie M. for this find!
Of course not all sheep are so willing to give up their wool. For your viewing pleasure I give you the story of Shrek the Sheep:
This Week’s Rare Bit O’Swag:
Scooter Girl Pin
A vintage piece from “Far Fetched,” a maker of limited editions of sterling jewelry.
Thanks to Julie G. for this find.
SF Scooter (Swag) Centre!
If you find yourself in San Francisco, be sure to stop by the San Francisco Scooter Centre. Not only do they have a great shop but a vintage Lambretta Museum on their second floor!
Thanks to Julie G. for these photos!
This Week’s Rare Bit O’Swag:
Wind-Up (or Friction?) Scooter Toy
Ultra rare to begin with, this tin wind-up toy features a woman rider! It was spotted recently on an antiques auction site.
Thanks to Julie G. for this find!
I’m crafty!
I did this embroidery earlier this year on tea towels and thought ScooterSwaggers would enjoy seeing how they turned out. The tracing pattern is from Sublime Stitching .
Fleet street.
These are better made than a lot of other “third world” models – Vietbodge anyone? And you can own one of these for £20.13. They measure 11 cm long, 3 cm wide and 6.5 cm tall.
Thanks to Julie G. for this find.
“25 Scooter Drawings”
Christine Berrie is a Scottish artist and illustrator and has a real knack for detailed drawings fetishizing technology. In this print she captured the vast assortment of vintage Vespas, Lambrettas and other motorized bikes (25 to be exact) she sees on the streets of London.
This print comes in two sizes. 14″ X 11″ at $50 in an limited quantity of 500 and in 20″ X 16″ at $200 in an edition of 50 prints.
Thanks to Tim T. for this great find!