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

[HarpPlayerGene]

It's the Playboy Mansion...

Cheers,
JtL

* groan *

lol lol lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

When I first started buying hats if you really wanted one you could bid $200 and feel confident you'd win. That number keeps going up; looks like now it's up to $450-$500!

Hope you're right! "From your mouth to G*d's ear!" lol



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[Marc Chevalier]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=200349354877"]


Meanwhile, I'm looking to do something with this hat to make up for my sins.

Please don't alter this hat! It's great as it is -- and vintage Dunlap fedoras (as opposed to Dunlap top hats) are as rare as hens' teeth!


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[Marc Chevalier]

Do we know anything about this french brand?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310145672460&_trkparms=tab=Watching

Based on the brand/hatmaker's very prestigious address (around the Champs Elysees) and the apparent floppiness of the straw, it was once an expensive hat.



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[buler]

Please don't alter this hat! It's great as it is -- and vintage Dunlap fedoras (as opposed to Dunlap top hats) are as rare as hens' teeth!


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No, never! That not what I mean. Believe me.

B

 

[rlk]

Miller Bros 101 Ranch OK. Hat

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...gename=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123&salenotsupported

 

[Tango Yankee]

Hope you're right! "From your mouth to G*d's ear!" lol



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And as a buyer, I hope I'm dead wrong! (I'm still kicking myself over not going all out after that lavender fedora you sold a couple of years ago!:eusa_doh

 

[ScottF]

Portis panama, 7 3/8.

I had that one chalked up as my summer straw...that's what I get for using cheap chalk.

 

[rlk]

MacLachlan in Freems Ltd disguise

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...gename=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123&salenotsupported

 

[billyspew]

I thought this Stetson was interesting
Nice Ribbon:

Interesting liner:

Shame it was 7 1/8.

 

[Lefty]

Maclachlan was mainly just a body maker, who produced few hats under their own name. It's surprising that the example you posted shows the name. It is a really nice hat.

 

[billyspew]

Just won a rough around the edges '30's Stetson Special for 16GBP.

Which according to this price list from 1932 was a high quality fur...

Hoping it's OK to wear and it fits!

Bill

 

[Garrett]

Good score :eusa_clap

 

[jimmy the lid]

Very cool, Bill. Looking forward to seeing more of that one.

I wonder if "Special" Quality ultimately became "Sovereign" Quality in the scheme of things...(the original $20 price point is what I'm focusing on -- the next step up from 3X Beaver).

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Lefty]

I've wondered about those Specials, as most hats that designate a quality use that word, i.e., select quality, nutria quality, etc. Sovereign works similarly. Sometimes, it's a sovereign quality hat, while other times it seems to be a model.

 

[Lefty]

ScottF's ebay hats were quite nice.

A bad click killed this post the first time around. There was a great Rainbow, size 7 that couldn't sell for only $10, but a Game Bird in 7 1/4 that did better.


This Dobbs Hanover Square, 7 1/4 went for only $15.

 

[ScottF]

Just won a rough around the edges '30's
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Hoping it's OK to wear and it fits!

Bill

Wow, Bill - that is some hat! I bet it cleans up nice.

 

[ScottF]

ScottF's ebay hats were quite nice.

A bad click killed this post the first time around. There was a great Rainbow, size 7 that couldn't sell for only $10, but a Game Bird in 7 1/4 that did better.

Thanks Lefty. I picked up some smaller hats as parts of other deals, and this was one of them. That Gamebird was sweet - hated to sell it, but it just looked weird on my head - hopefully one of you won it, as it's a great hat.

I hate auctioning hats in general, but my place is too small for me to be a hat collector. If I can't wear them, they must leave! :rage:

 

[Brad Bowers]

ScottF's ebay hats were quite nice.

A bad click killed this post the first time around. There was a great Rainbow, size 7 that couldn't sell for only $10, but a Game Bird in 7 1/4 that did better.

I thought about getting the Dobbs Rainbow for my research collection, but I have bids in on some other things that I'll need the money for if I win, so I had to pass. I can't believe no one else wanted it!

Brad

 

[jonbuilder]

I had that one chalked up as my summer straw...that's what I get for using cheap chalk.

I was also in the hunt for the Portis ended up in second position. There just one podium position with an auction. Tip of my hat to the winner of this beauty.
cheers :eusa_clap