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

[4and1]

Yes I deceived myself or yes it's nice?

Both. It is quality fur. The gamble here is in the condition of the liner and sweat.

 

[Dreispitz]

Won this one. Homburg - Fedora? Also a new company to me. It appears to be new old stock from the late 50s. Looking forward to it's arrival.

That is an interesting one! Congratulations :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I mast have somehow missed it while checking out the US Market lol

 

[feltfan]

Won this one. Homburg - Fedora? Also a new company to me. It appears to be new old stock from the late 50s. Looking forward to it's arrival.

Fedora. Which will be clear when it arrives when you snap down the brim.

 

[mayserwegener]

That is an interesting one! Congratulations :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I mast have somehow missed it while checking out the US Market lol

Thanks! I will take some better pictures when it arrives.

Yes I saw your beautiful Stetson win. Congrats!

Fedora. Which will be clear when it arrives when you snap down the brim.

Yes now that I look at it again. Also the ribbon. The side curl plus front and back made me question.

 

[Tango Yankee]

Things that make you go "Huh".

Like this no-name hat that, for some inexplicable reason, went north of $300! [huh]

I'll bet even the seller is scratching his head over this one! And laughing all the way to the bank, as they say. lol

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Brad Bowers]

Whoa, I wouldn't pay $5 for that hat.[huh]

I sure don't get it. Yeah, I'll bet rilico's real happy.

I may have to put my '40s 7 3/8 Borsalino with Cavanagh Edge on there, as I could use a quick cash inflow like that!

Brad

 

[kaosharper1]

Like this no-name hat that, for some inexplicable reason, went north of $300! [huh]

I'll bet even the seller is scratching his head over this one! And laughing all the way to the bank, as they say. lol

Cheers,
Tom

I bet two guys put in "Hail Mary" bids and sort of went nuts.

 

[ScottF]

Like this no-name hat that, for some inexplicable reason, went north of $300! [huh]

I'll bet even the seller is scratching his head over this one! And laughing all the way to the bank, as they say. lol

Cheers,
Tom

Incredible, the seller even says: "It bears no maker's name, only the phrase "DeLuxe Quality," which appears to be a wild exaggeration"

 

[Michaelshane]

I bet no one on the lounge bought that....:eusa_doh:

 

[Yohanes]

That could be one of rilico's biggest hit so weird that it's achieved by a no-name dirty hat lol whereas he's been selling so many nice hats, I believe he never got this much!

 

[Chiliarches]

So many brown hats...

Too many. I need a grey one particularly. But this was too good to pass up for $23 - here is the original eBay picture:

I had a feeling it would turn out well, since its flaws in the photograph seemed to be the fault of the photographer. It's got hair and dust on it, but is otherwise very very nice. Here's a sunlight pic from when I got it today - it's a lovely deep brown.

Now it looks like this -

Here are some pictures of the lining and sweatband. I think it is fairly recent, maybe the 60's or 70's--does anyone know? I don't know how to tell - the picture is blurry, but the lining is marked "Qualita Superiore" and "Alessandria." It is a "Baskin" (and came in a Baskin box), which I have read somewhere on the lounge might be a department store. It also says "Torino" on the front of the sweatband.

The sad part is that it's a size too large for me...even though the listing said 7 1/8! It's clearly marked 7 1/4 in the sweatband and fits like it, even with some paper in the sweatband...this was the best headshot I got.

EDIT: Added the original eBay picture at the top.

 

[Chiliarches]

Like this no-name hat that, for some inexplicable reason, went north of $300! [huh]

I'll bet even the seller is scratching his head over this one! And laughing all the way to the bank, as they say. lol

Cheers,
Tom

Because the description was funny and because of the lurid color? It has...character of an unsavory sort.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

I bet no one on the lounge bought that....:eusa_doh:

I really wanted to try to convince you guys that I bought it but I couldn't type it with a straight face.

I wish him luck collecting from the 'lucky winner' who discovers his high bid got put to the test.

 

[Tango Yankee]

I really wanted to try to convince you guys that I bought it but I couldn't type it with a straight face.

I wish him luck collecting from the 'lucky winner' who discovers his high bid got put to the test.

I don't think there's anything you could have written that would have gotten us to bite, Gene! lol

I'm looking at the automatic bidding history. The final winner was also the first bidder, and all of his bids were automatic after that--in other words, he'd put in a $315+ bid for that hat at the beginning. A couple of people tried him, but then m***m decided to see if he could find e***o's max bid. He gave it 18 or 19 bids before he gave up at $310.99 with e***o at $315.99. He was at it for over 2 hours, ending yesterday morning!

I can't believe that someone with 695 rated transactions wouldn't have used a sniper instead. :eusa_doh:

Ah, well... as we've noted before, there's no accounting for eBay!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[4and1]

Like this no-name hat that, for some inexplicable reason, went north of $300! [huh]

The bid history on this auction is more hideous than that hat!

 

[jimmy the lid]

Yeah -- I have to say, that one is absolutely absurd...[huh]

Cheers,
JtL

 

[zetwal]

I'll bet even the seller is scratching his head over this one! And laughing all the way to the bank, as they say.

That IS really bizarre. I don't get it at all. I'd hate to take the money in a situation like that. I know it's not the seller's fault, but it seems to me that taking that much money for that hat actually reflects poorly on the seller.

 

[4and1]

I can't believe that someone with 695 rated transactions wouldn't have used a sniper instead.




Still, who would snipe it for over $316?

 

[ScottF]

Too many. I need a grey one particularly. But this was too good to pass up for $23 -

Here are some pictures of the lining and sweatband. I think it is fairly recent, maybe the 60's or 70's--does anyone know? I don't know how to tell - the picture is blurry, but the lining is marked "Qualita Superiore" and "Alessandria." It is a "Baskin" (and came in a Baskin box), which I have read somewhere on the lounge might be a department store. It also says "Torino" on the front of the sweatband.

The sad part is that it's a size too large for me...even though the listing said 7 1/8! It's clearly marked 7 1/4 in the sweatband and fits like it, even with some paper in the sweatband...this was the best headshot I got.

Haha - I hate it when I get a Borsalino 7 1/4 for $23!

 

[Chiliarches]

Haha - I hate it when I get a Borsalino 7 1/4 for $23!

Yeah, what a ripoff.