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

mikespens

Call Me a Cab
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Tacoma, Wa
Sitting there looking at my winning bid for a nicely hidden golf cap just to find out that I had forgotten to hit the "confirm bid" button. Haven't done that one in while. LOSER!! :eusa_doh:

I used better technique on this Dunlap Wanderer.

Dang I hate when that happens Alan, guilty myself more than I care to admit. Nice recovery on the Dunlap though, looks to be a real nice one and a nice price too. Coming from my neck of the woods so it should be used to the weather already.
 

bowlerman

I'll Lock Up
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6,294
Location
South Dakota
+1! nice ones there.

As for brown-- I think I like it more than grey with my coloring and general choice of wardrobe. In fact, I really love it on a bowler.
 
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15,072
Location
Buffalo, NY
To my eye they are two different hats and two different auctions notwithstanding the color differences. As a side note, the seller of the brown hat sometimes has a heavy hand with his stretcher. The rear seam of this hat shows possible evidence of a 7 on it's way to 7 1/8.

It was interesting to have a relatively uncommon hat come up for auction at the same time. Look forward to having another 5$ lightweight that I can add to the comparison thread.
 

Chowderhouse

One of the Regulars
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158
Location
San Luis Obispo
Grey Wanderer: sells for decent price

Brown Wanderer: no love whatsoever (well one minimum bid that doesn't meet HE's reserve).


I have an educated hunch that these "Wanderer" fedoras were Dunlap's answer to Knox's very popular "Vagabond" hats -- or vice-versa. In any case, the font of the lettering embossed on the Wanderer sweatbands is nearly identical to the distinctive lettering on the early Vagabond sweatbands. Coincidence? Don't bet on it.
 

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