Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece green Trad sport coat 43L

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
A Brooks Brothers Makers "Golden Fleece" ready-to-wear sport coat of an olive green wool twill cloth. Size is marked 43 Long. This three-button (3/2 roll) sack coat is half lined with contrasting sleeve lining, two interior pockets, center vent, lap seams, and two-button cuffs.

An American Trad classic all the way.

When I first saw this coat I assumed that it had been part of a suit. However the size tag does not indicate that it came with a pair of trousers.

CONDITION
Condition is used; excellent. No visible damage or stains.

MEASUREMENTS
Chest, across under arms laid flat: 23 3/4 inches
Waist, across laid flat: 22 3/4 inches
Sleeve, from seam to cuff: 26 1/2 inches (2+ inches extra material)
Shoulders, across at top of sleeve seams: 19 inches
Length, base of collar to hem: 33 inches

Bespoke Confusion
The word “bespoke” is misused far more often than not on eBay.  To clear up some of the confusion, herewith the types of suit-making processes explained:

The first point of confusion is the term itself. "Bespoke" is the term for a fully individualized suit or other garment used primarily in England and Europe. In America is these garments are more often called "custom." As a further complication, to an older American generation "made-to-measure" means what bespoke/custom mean today.

A ready-to-wear (aka RTW) suit is made from a standard pattern in a standard size and customized, if at all, by the buyer's tailor.  

A made-to-measure (aka MTM) suit begins with a client’s basic measurements being taken.  The material chosen by the customer is cut from a bolt of cloth using a standard pattern and then altered to reflect the customer’s measurements as the garment is made.  Usually there are no fittings in the making of a made-to-measure garment.  The finished product is delivered to the customer ready to go and not altered unless there is a problem with the fit. 

A bespoke (aka custom) suit begins with an entire page of measurements (35 measurements is one number given).  A specialist called a “cutter” uses these measurements to draft a pattern on a piece of heavy brown paper (sometimes the tailor is also a cutter).  All of the customer's physical idiosyncrasies are reflected in the pattern.  The finished pattern is cut out of the brown paper and then the shell material is cut from that.  The material then goes to the tailor for assembly. 

After the initial visit when measurements are taken and fabrics and options are chosen the customer returns for a minimum of three fittings as the suit evolves. At the first fitting the coat is only a shell held together with large basting stitches. By the second fitting the coat will likely have some padding or interlining in it. The lining will not appear in the coat until the third fitting. At each stage the tailor makes small adjustments, marking up the material with tailor's chalk and calling out notes to a colleague.  These changes are noted on the customer’s pattern and often a new pattern is cut based on what the cutter and tailor learn during the fittings. 
The suit is not delivered to (I should say "released to") the customer until the tailor is satisfied with it.  Russell Smith, in his book Men’s Style; The Thinking Man’s Guide to Dress, says that “a good bespoke suit is as comfortable as pajamas.”  This is because it fits you as perfectly as a garment can. Note that the above procedure varies somewhat from tailor to tailor.

Loosely speaking, a made-to-measure suit fits twice as well as a properly altered ready-to-wear suit and is usually of better materials and workmanship. There is no comparing either to a well executed bespoke/custom suit.  A second-hand bespoke suit that has been properly altered for the new owner is the equivalent of a made-to-measure suit but in most cases of much higher quality materials and workmanship.

It is important to note that there are excellent suits made of each of these types.  So long as you are getting the suit that you are paying for you can be satisfied.