Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[The Lost Cowboy]

Last month it was a JBS 7XCB and this month a 50s Twenty-Five... both grail hats for me.

The age is difficult for my newbie knowledge: the liner opens to the back instead of the side and it has a plastic tip which makes me think mid fifties.... but with stars on both sweat and liner?

The liner needs some cleaning but other than that it looks pretty good.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in!

But what am I supposed to do when they’re practically giving it away? I even let this one pass by when it was a $37 auction… but a $25 BIN??

This is hat 8 of 7 for the year. I think the deal I make with myself was that I have to get rid of a hat now….

 

[CRH]

Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in!

But what am I supposed to do when they’re practically giving it away? I even let this one pass by when it was a $37 auction… but a $25 BIN??

This is hat 8 of 7 for the year. I think the deal I make with myself was that I have to get rid of a hat now….
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Looks like a good steaming and brushing will perk that one right up

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Looks like a good steaming and brushing will perk that one right up

That’s what I thought, too.

Looks like the sweatband stitching on the outer circumference might be coming unraveled. I hope not because I have no idea how to fix it, but for that price I’ll find out.

 

[billski]

$30. Got it last week. Like new. Fits perfectly.

 

[CRH]

That’s what I thought, too.

Looks like the sweatband stitching on the outer circumference might be coming unraveled. I hope not because I have no idea how to fix it, but for that price I’ll find out.

YouTube will teach you how to sew

 

[Blare]

Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in!

But what am I supposed to do when they’re practically giving it away? I even let this one pass by when it was a $37 auction… but a $25 BIN??

This is hat 8 of 7 for the year. I think the deal I make with myself was that I have to get rid of a hat now….
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Great find!

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Great find!

Thanks Joe!

 

[Mark_O]

Not ebay but another auction hosting site.
https://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=52683082

Just bought this hat for $25 CAD plus shipping Smithbuilt is a canadian hat maker.

 

[Bamaboots]

Not ebay but another auction hosting site.

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/thr...ories-defeats-gripes-items-of-interest.54417/

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

This vita-felt hat has officially been lost in the mail. The seller issued me a refund yesterday. Not a big loss since it was a total beater but it would have been my first vita-felt so I am a little disappointed.

This is the first time the USPS has completely failed a delivery to me. Nobody has any idea where this hat is.

 

[RickP]

Ran across a pair of almost new Stetson Sovereign Temples (Caribou and Sage) on ebay from the same seller today. Ive been looking to address a serious lack of light to medium grey hats on the wall, and had serious trouble trying to pick between the two. Ended up buying the Sage.... and then the seller mentioned that they came from the same old guy and they ought to stay together... made me a Godfather offer! ( one that I couldnt refuse lol). I already have a Mink Sovereign Stetson that Im rather fond of so they just HAD to come home to my place. Thinking they may be the perfect candidates to do some ribbon binding on the brim (just so I have the only bound brim Temples in my little town). Guess Im going to have to add another couple of hat hangers to the walls lol