Made from 100% Cotton, this soft, royal blue t-shirt features a purposely distressed image of Captain America's shield as if it was....made of glass. And stabbed, shot at, kicked and dropped from the Space Needle. Yup. Either that, or this was a prototype for Cap's trusty shield. Yeah.....glass was dismissed pretty quickly after the stampeding elephant trials. So, you're noticing the higher price. Well, this is a quality, noticeably softer t-shirt made with a higher, 30 Single thread count. That's why.