A customer at Casarama brought in a box of the most interesting woven wool ties. The story behind them is that the brother of the road salesman for the company was the owner of the estate and when they were cleaning it out they discovered the box of ties, left over from the 1940’s when his brother was on the road selling. The ties were manufactured by B.J.Ernst in San Francisco. Needless to say I bought the whole lot. I had them in Casarama for a while and sold a few, but the longer I looked at them and read about new woven wool ties I pulled them from the display case and decided to wear a few. I am still not sure if I want to give them up.
The following is the collection:
I let a few get away for $20 each. Should I keep them or sell them?…
Vintage OCD 
March 28th, 2012 at 8:20 am
It depends what your style is. I think if you only wear them once in a while, keep the few you like best and share the love! If you could wear them several days a week.. say forget it and keep all the beautiful ties to yourself!!
April 13th, 2012 at 11:52 am
@ littleimprints – I took your advice and decided not to hoard. I kept 5 and the rest are up for sale. Thanks for the feedback.
May 10th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
BJ Ernst one of America’s top neck wear designer’s creators a genius in his genre. I am very interested in the ties please contact me at: sjsotnick@aol.com
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Are there any left?? Ernst ties are a lasting obsession. I have 40 in my collection. Contact me: jeffreysmithxo@yahoo.com
November 2nd, 2012 at 8:40 am
Hi i just stumbled upon your page and once again I find myself on the other side of the great Atlantic ocean and across the americas to the west cost and even the pacific ocean!
I’ve been looking for some nice woven wool ties in may parts of the world, but Im not finding what I want!
Anyhow, I agree with the last comment, keep a few and share the love!
if you do you have keen customer in south Sweden! (Seriously you do!)
Beautiful ties!
Regards,
Faiz Mawlayi
July 12th, 2013 at 10:01 am
Hello —
I found your page while searching for more info about BJ Ernst. That’s a very nice collection you’ve lucked into!
If you’re curious, I wrote something many years ago on a LiveJournal group about Ernst and his ties, and some of them in my own collection: http://refinement.livejournal.com/114576.html?thread=1477520
If you ever want to deaccession any of yours or discuss swapping duplicates, please contact me.
Cheers —
Robert
July 13th, 2013 at 3:20 pm
Thanks for the info and the link. If I decide to get rid of any of my collection I will reach out to you. Cheers!
August 9th, 2013 at 1:13 am
Very nice collection! I am interested in a couple if you would be willing to part with them, the red, white and blue striped, and the orange and yellow stripe in the same pix. The next pix down, middle tie with black, gray and white.
December 10th, 2013 at 7:34 pm
Is there any way to buy one?
June 16th, 2014 at 12:47 pm
I once worked at the Ernst factory on Brannan St. in San Francisco in 1966/1967. I was so grateful when they hired me, even though I didn’t make much money. I had just got out of federal prison for refusing to report for military service. They didn’t care! Bought lunch at nearby North Park at a small grocery store.
October 27th, 2014 at 8:22 pm
These are great! Do you have any left?
May 25th, 2015 at 6:47 am
Hello, are you willing to sell a couple of them? I am from Palo Alto, CA currently living in The Netherlands. Pls let me know.Need it for the wedding of my daughter:-)
June 3rd, 2015 at 3:50 pm
Unfortunately I sold most of them on Etsy a year or so ago. Sorry for the late reply.
January 8th, 2016 at 8:17 am
My father was a sales rep for Ernst in the 60’s. We have a large collection of the ties, including a few packaged in tins. I’ve been searching the internet for information about the other items Ernst made. I have several tunics, tote bags and hats. There is no mention of them anywhere. Have any of you heard about them? Please let me know. Items are up for sale.
January 14th, 2016 at 1:42 pm
I haven’t even seen any other products produced by Ernst. I think they were strictly a neckware producer. i might be wrong about that, but have never personally heard of anything else.
January 15th, 2016 at 6:21 am
They were more than a neckware producer. This is a link to a dropbox folder with photos of a tunic and tote bag. I have more tunics, and hats too.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nx39tmz0zc5de70/AADDKJpQ-vilYzsb6UE60-4ja?dl=0
March 14th, 2016 at 7:05 am
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