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

[bolthead]

Nice Lids.....

Disney and Portis

Of course I'll post better pics when they show up.

Love that Disney.....and the Ribbon treatment on the Portis is very nice.

....but 22" on a 7 1/4....? [huh]

 

[GWD]

I noticed that too Bolt, I'm a 7 1/8 so I can stretch it a bit.

 

[bolthead]

I noticed that too Bolt, I'm a 7 1/8 so I can stretch it a bit.

If it doesn't work out, I can take it off your hands for ya......[huh]

 

[GWD]

You'll be the first to know!! lol

 

[Graemsay]

I missed out on a Dobbs Golden Coach on Ebay yesterday:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220234156271

Someone sniped me at the last minute to win the auction. I was probably asleep at the time.

 

[AlanC]

Disney and Portis

You'll love that Disney.

 

[Feraud]

A "Rat Pack" straw fedora..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200223992492&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010

 

[Tango Yankee]

Finally--respect for a homburg!

We've seen a number of times where someone has bought a very nice homburg for relatively little money, then talked about converting it to a regular fedora. It's an understandable temptation. Homburgs, no matter how nice or what the size, just didn't seem to pull in the big bidders.

Until now. Here's a Stetson St Regis Royal Deluxe, size 7 1/2, that went for just under $200.

Abberation or new trend? Only time will tell!

Regards,
Tom

 

[Brad Bowers]

It's a trend...

I have a bad feeling that this one won't be a homburg for very long (check out the buyer's second item down on the feedback list). Demand for brown vintage hats is going to be increasing for a while, and many a noble homburg will suffer a horrific fate.

Brad

 

[thunderw21]

We've seen a number of times where someone has bought a very nice homburg for relatively little money, then talked about converting it to a regular fedora. It's an understandable temptation. Homburgs, no matter how nice or what the size, just didn't seem to pull in the big bidders.

Until now. Here's a Stetson St Regis Royal Deluxe, size 7 1/2, that went for just under $200.

Abberation or new trend? Only time will tell!

Regards,
Tom

I was watching that one. Very nice, glad it went for more than usual.


I ended this one early with buy it now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=320252060823

Turns out the seller lives about an hour away.
Unfortunately after a week it still hasn't come. I messaged them earlier and heard nothing. Their feedback is good but I'm starting to worry something is wrong.

 

[AlanC]

... many a noble homburg will suffer a horrific fate.

RIP

 

[Tango Yankee]

I have a bad feeling that this one won't be a homburg for very long (check out the buyer's second item down on the feedback list). Demand for brown vintage hats is going to be increasing for a while, and many a noble homburg will suffer a horrific fate.

Brad

Yikes! I hadn't checked his prior buys; at least a half-dozen IJ items, including an official hat! I do hope that he didn't spend that kind of money just to try to make it into an Indy hat.

Thunder, that's one very nice-looking Lee at a heck of a price! Hope it arrives soon.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[thunderw21]

Yikes! I hadn't checked his prior buys; at least a half-dozen IJ items, including an official hat! I do hope that he didn't spend that kind of money just to try to make it into an Indy hat.

Thunder, that's one very nice-looking Lee at a heck of a price! Hope it arrives soon.

Cheers,
Tom

Thanks.

I too missed the buyers other items. Ouch! Such a nice hat. Please oh please don't butcher it!

 

[cookie]

Milan Straw

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140233092422&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT

I have wanted one of these for a while ...Eureka...!

 

[Woodfluter]

Thanks.

I too missed the buyers other items. Ouch! Such a nice hat. Please oh please don't butcher it!

It was a very nice-looking homburg, and I bid on that early but it ran surprisingly high and soon I was out of the game. It would be kind of a shame to see it converted. The binding on the edge is not symmetrical I think - wider on the bottom where it is turned up - so if they do some kind of conversion they'll probably remove the binding.

Notice the question and answer posted by a "friend of a bidder" - said he thought it was a regular fedora, and the seller said it wasn't and had a stiffer brim. I was hoping maybe they will not be satisfied with it and it might eventually get re-sold to someone who would appreciate it as is - perhaps a "bah - homburg" reaction.

- Bill

 

[rmrdaddy]

Hey, any fellas bidding on a Dobbs 7 1/8 in olive on our fave auction site?
I'm considering snatching it up, but hate to rob a fellow FL'er in the process....

 

[GWD]

Hey, any fellas bidding on a Dobbs 7 1/8 in olive on our fave auction site?
I'm considering snatching it up, but hate to rob a fellow FL'er in the process....

All is fair in hat warfare! I maybe bidding against you though.

 

[rmrdaddy]

Sorry killer, I beat ya!

I have an olive one already, so this may pop up in the classifieds.

Hat warfare, love it....

 

[Crane's]

An old Hobb's derby

I just won this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110253634794

I'm not well versed on vintage hats by any means, however I do like bowlers very much. Did I do good?

 

[Matt Deckard]

I do get agravated when i see threads so long that i haven't read through...

Very nice brown homburg. looks perfect. Now show it on your head.

i think my greatest ebay find was a cream Borsalino

Too bad it was stolen on the Queen Mary