Top Ten Rarest Oakley Sunglasses?

[supersharp]

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Heard of it, but never seen a pic. Thanks for sharing. Was there any packaging with it?

 

[copilot]

@Spenc Did you purchase those from Total O a few years back? Awesome pickup!

 

[cacatman]

View attachment 338878 View attachment 338879 View attachment 338881 View attachment 338882 How about these factory romeo copper

Amazing. Do you know how many got produced?

 

[Spenc]

Heard of it, but never seen a pic. Thanks for sharing. Was there any packaging with it?

No special packaging just a plain black box as they were never meant for sale they were made for promotional reasons and from my knolage 3 to 5 made

 

[cacatman]

Mash Radars and Mash Frogskins. Only 90 produced of each....

 

[supersharp]

3 to 5 made

That's what I've heard too. Congrats on being able to acquire one. Is there anything that would distinguishes it from one that someone custom copper plates?

 

[Spenc]

From some of the first custom copper the originals are a far better finish all I can say is they just look right, and unfortunately they are not mine yet they belong to a friend of mine who acquired them direct from oakley about 15 years ago

 

[mjt42]

From some of the first custom copper the originals are a far better finish all I can say is they just look right, and unfortunately they are not mine yet they belong to a friend of mine who acquired them direct from oakley about 15 years ago

is it a non-serial pair? it would be interesting to see the x-metal font of the etched lens to distinguish when they may have been done (or maybe that is known)...
i trust the provenance on these and would trade a pair of jordans if i had the chance....

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[pjd1234]

the copper is definitely a cool piece, but w/o serial number its hard to determine a custom from an orig finish just my opinion.
I mean some members here perfected the gold/copper platings.

 

[Oakley G]

the copper is definitely a cool piece, but w/o serial number its hard to determine a custom from an orig finish just my opinion.
I mean some members here perfected the gold/copper platings.

Yeah, I agree. That will be the problem for future collectors of factory customs. The coatings do not use a proprietary technique so people are able to unlock that mystery and make their own with perfect accuracy. How much a collector is willing to shell out for a custom will be difficult to decide upon knowing that it will be more and more difficult to sell later on due to more replicas.