A beautiful fur felt derby that I've never worn (received as a gift from the owner for some photography I did for him) Really fine felt made in Italy by Guerra 1855. Beautiful pleated liner. Matching gray ribbon and binding. (sells for $315 new, quite a deal here!)
Size: 7 71/8, running a...
Gorgeous W&W (Made by Guerra 1855 in Italy for them) fur felt homburg. The hat is in mint shape, rarely worn. The felt is quite luxurious, velvety to the touch. (New this hat sells for $325, so quite a deal here.)
Crown: almost 5 1/2 with current center dent crease
Brim: 2 1/2 when you un-curl...
Just stumbled upon this thread... A quick word that might be relevant. At the Borsalino Museum in Alessandria, they have a hat in one of their glass cases labeled as the Al Capone hat. Most likely not the one he actually wore, but a reference depicting the style Borsalino made for him.
Looking for a Navy Borsalino Alessandria (the thin ribbon model, just in case) 7 1/8 (1/4 will do or a large 7) vintage preferred but will consider a "late modern" one (80s) PM me if you have one.
Thanks,
Ale-
www.artmerizalde.com
Thank you Rusty for taking the time to elaborate. I might be wrong here (and actually this doesn't affect me since I don't come here that often anymore) but I don't quite follow what you and Tom say here. You closed the Fedoras Afield thread because the amount of photos posted there was huge...
I know I'm no longer a very active contributor to this forum but an occasional visitor who sometimes sells some hats in the classifieds. In all honesty, I have pondered many times about coming back and post. I've been asked by some loungers (you know who you are and you have my gratitude) to do...
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