Caps or fedoras?Both??

[moustache]

I can tell that most men here wear at least one fedora.But what about caps?And which brand or type do you prefer??
I have a few.My favourite is a Borsalino Gruppo Doria tweed.

And second is a dark grey Jonathan Richard herringbone cap.Third,a Harris tweed brown/almond colour mixture.
I wear caps during those days when a a fedora doesn't fit right.Or when it rains.Wool always does better then felt in the rain!!

Which caps do you prefer??Any Kodaks???

JD
Vancouver,Wa

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I prefer deadstock 1920s caps with horizontal straps & buckles ... and I forgot(!) to bid on these ones:



http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...2QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...9QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...0QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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[Baron Kurtz]

and I forgot(!) to bid on these ones:

You're not the only one :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh:

bk

 

[moustache]

oooooo!

I prefer deadstock 1920s caps with horizontal straps & buckles ... and I forgot(!) to bid on these ones:



http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...2QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...9QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...0QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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I like the second and third caps.Browns are my favourites!!!
Thanks for the links.

JD

 

[herringbonekid]

me and fedoras don't get on. i wear an 8 piece depression-era style cap made by Bates, London in a sage green tweed. i wear it on bad hair days or when it rains.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I like the second and third caps.Browns are my favourites!!!
Thanks for the links.

The buckles on those '20s caps are incredible. The buckle has an Art Deco design to it. I can't believe the incredibly low prices these caps went for!

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[The Duke]

When it comes to caps I usually wear my black leather newsboy or either my grey bailey ascot.

 

[moustache]

Great prices!

The buckles on those '20s caps are incredible. The buckle has an Art Deco design to it. I can't believe the incredibly low prices these caps went for!

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You are so correct about the prices.On ebay and at Goodwill,etc. A fraction of the price of a new cap(if modern,of course) and usually in good condition.It would be nice to see American men get into wool caps again instead of baseball caps. They are so much classier!!

JD

 

[jake_fink]

I prefer deadstock 1920s caps with horizontal straps & buckles ... and I forgot(!) to bid on these ones:



http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...2QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...9QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FLAT-TO...0QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14065QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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That sale made me more furious than most. You wouldn't have had a chance if you did bid. One vendor (with whom you are familiar) bought them all and may just give us a chance to buy them again - creating a situation where those who did bid are effectively bidding against themselves (since higher bids increase the purchaser/vendor overheads thus requiring higher starting bids... ugh!). Sure, that's their right to outbid EVERYONE, but does dealing on ebay always have to be like dealing with OPEC.

Ebay is starting to lose its lustre chez moi. Sadly, Ebay (and higher operating costs) have put a lot of "old stuff" shops out of business in my area. So it's get gouged or go without. I'll go without.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Yes, I know of the vendor who bought those caps up. My only consolation is that he's not especially successful at SELLING what he buys. Puts his stuff in the wrong eBay categories, for instance.

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[moustache]

And made the shippers happy!!

That sale made me more furious than most. You wouldn't have had a chance if you did bid. One vendor (with whom you are familiar) bought them all and may just give us a chance to buy them again - creating a situation where those who did bid are effectively bidding against themselves (since higher bids increase the purchaser/vendor overheads thus requiring higher starting bids... ugh!). Sure, that's their right to outbid EVERYONE, but does dealing on ebay always have to be like dealing with OPEC.

Ebay is starting to lose its lustre chez moi. Sadly, Ebay (and higher operating costs) have put a lot of "old stuff" shops out of business in my area. So it's get gouged or go without. I'll go without.

It has made millions for the shippers as well ie FedEx,USPS,etc.Imagine their delight with online auctions!!!

JD

 

[John in Covina]

I like those caps and would like to ad a couple of them to my wardrobe. I think the other style i like is called Newsboy caps.

Ain't that right Cappy?

 

[herringbonekid]

That sale made me more furious than most. You wouldn't have had a chance if you did bid.

i don't get it. why wouldn't we have had a chance ?
there was only one bid.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

What he means is that this winning bidder is infamous for placing HIGH bids. If other folks had bid, they would have had to go sky high in order to trump him.

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[jake_fink]

i don't get it. why wouldn't we have had a chance ?
there was only one bid.

There were about a dozen or so available and all purchased by one vendor. They went for different prices depending on the number of bids. The one you're looking at only had one bid, but the vendor clearly wanted those hats and sniped them with a high enough top price to trump every other bid. Presumably, had you bid on that one with one bid, the second bid would have been said vendor sniping you with his/her top price. So you owuldn't have had a chance.

Wow. Does that make any sense?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

vintage unknown but pretty old; brown herringbone 8 panel. Lots of fabric in this cap, enough to cover even my ears... a true newsboy (or goalkeeper in 1920s football (soccer))

bk

 

[jake_fink]

What he means is that this winning bidder places HIGH bids. If other folks had bid against him, they would have had to go sky high.

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Or in a nutshell, as they say.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Wow. Does that make any sense?

Sadly, it does.

From what I've seen, this guy usually buys his merchandise at high prices and ends up making very little profit when he sells the stuff.

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[herringbonekid]

Wow. Does that make any sense?

i think so. but the most ruthless always come out on top.
anyway, i've just bought a 30s belt-back jacket from this seller so i'm not bitter.

 

[John in Covina]

Ebay and the game.

A while back, about the time I join this group, there were several EBay conversations growing rapidly with bidding policies, ethics, sniping and the whole auction aspect of Ebay. In the end, it goes to the highest bidder that get the bid in at the last moment. So, the whole supply and demand function works but the battle tends to go to the wealthy here. Sometimes we luck out and get a great deal that has gone under the radar for the competition.

Problems with description, rating the condition, mis-identification and out and out deception all come into play. And that is the way the game is played.

Even Education is a double edged sword as it tends to raise prices and the expectations of the sellers too!

(He's Tron, he fights for the Users.)

Best regards