Velzy 1959 or #59

Good Afternoon, 

 

I came accross a board Velzy 9’6 x 24". The board is heavy and has a wood stringer down the middle. Under the glass by the Velzy logo has a 59. So, I assume and everyone else thinks its 1959, but.

 

It doesn’t say Velzy Jacobs just the Velzy logo.

Also. Balsa boards were made around 58 and older.

So, since I don’t know much about boards was the board made after 1959 and its just number 59.

 

Either way its a nice board my wife wants me to sell it, but she said if I don’t get a large amount I can keep it.

 

Thanks,

X






     Howit Bill, I think your answer is probably the most likely right one since we all know he had shaped more than 59 boards by then and he might not have even been the real shaper. Before you said the info about the lam not being used before 60 I would have thought it was the year it was made. Aloha,Kokua.

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Thank you for the information.

X

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Here's what I can do...I'll come down to your place...I'll pay you $59 for the board and I'll take you and your lovely wife out for lunch,  or brunch , or dinner...you decide...The resin has yellowed and I can see some dings that need reapir...and to top it off someone let their kid write all over the board with a marking pin! It's going to take a lot of acetone to wipe off all that stuff. What did your kid write?....Robert August, Bing ,Velzy...I can't really read it...

...what do you say Bro?

.... You need to get rid of that thing and keep your wife happy...Do we have a deal??

 

Stingray


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Tell her its worth nothing.

That board was made in 1960, the only year that decal was used.    How do I know that?    I was shaping for Velzy then.   The decals were silk screened in May 1960.    I still have two of them, the date is on the paper backing.   It is #59,  which only means that was the number on the order card.    It could have been shaped in any one of 5 shop locations.   We were still doing  a few Balsa boards in 1960.

so ,if I could submit a humble suggestion,

beyond the lowball levity offered

by my esteemed collegues,

Take the board ,well packed,

to san clemente for apprasial

perhaps the surfing heritage museum is

to be the best  final resting place

for this fine and respected historic 

implement.Though it is not the first or the last

the obvious respect paid to the owner

by signatures of memorable and respected historic

personas it should be protected.

Protected? from covetess and green polution.

 

there is likely to be somebody to pay you handsomely and 

donate it to the museum… foundations with big endowments 

are your best hope.After the appraisal allow them to take possession for a specific

amount of time ,get signatures and insurance and paperwork as the value of pieces like this are exponential.

 

If You Do sell this board

draw an agreement that if the board is sold

within  ten years of your selling it ,you get half

of the profit over which you are paid.

A reasonable deal for all concerned

as the progressive nature of the win win 

transaction is to be fair and not adversarial…

 

…ambrose…

 

Insure this board

for theft fire hurricane

puppy chew kook brothers-in-laws

surfing rincon with no clue

this board with signatures is no longer a rider

any sealer coat  should be carefully selected as the 

marker material could be destroyed by the wrong solvent.

 

sign a post nup removing this board from community property.

pay your wife now for her half of the ya-wenty bucks.

 

For the sake of your marital bliss I’ll give you $20.00 and haul it away for free.

Give Peace a chance.

I’m curious about the signatures. Can you name all of them, as they are hard to read in the pics provided.

Robert August

Mickey Munoz

Corky Carroll

Phil Edwards

Rabbit Kekai

I think Kemp Aaberg

Dale Velzy

 

There are a few more i was told who they were but i forgot. The board was stored and handled a lot.  The board’s original owner got the board from his neighbor that was going through a divorce. I think his father partied with Velzy and other surfers back in San Clemente, but from stories of Velzy’s life who didn’t. The better picture is to large to load.

Looks like Denny Aaberg signed it, above the decal.

fuzzy photo but the one above Velzy looks like “Tubesteak” to me.