There was a hat made by Stetson in the 1930's called the Ermine. I heard that they made 10 of them . Im not sure of the cost but it could have been 100.00. I don't think there was any hat that retailed for 100.00 back in the 1930's. That was a lot of money .
I have to admit that even at 500.00 ,the hat would be worth it. New Borsalino Beaver hats are over 500.00 and don't come close to a hat like that. Now all we have to do is wait for a Stetson Ermine to pop up on Ebay again . Then you would see prices!!!!
Here is something you don't see eveyrday at auction:
http://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=77
I hope I got the link right. Its Roosevelt's top hat that he wore at his first inauguration.
Happy bidding!!
Ive seen hats from a few of the custom hat makers out there and for the money , Art Fawcett does a great job. He charges just slightly more than a standard Borsalino and you are getting a fantastic hat.
The problem is that a lot of those overpriced hats are being sold!! I am amazed at hats going for 300+ all of the time . You never saw this five years ago.
Phily is not the hat town that it used to be. At one time there were stores like Stanmore Hats that knew their headwear. But times have changed .......
Ive never seen this thread before. It answers a lot of questions for me . I knew there were two different distributors of Borsalino here in the 1920's. Now I know why . We have a lot of the newer GB Borsalino hats in our store similar to the Kleinhans hat, but they are probably from the...
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