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

rlk

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Garrett said:
No ribbon or sweat[huh] , here's some history.
Astor House: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_House

1837 New York Hatters:

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Mr E Train

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Can't prove a thing, but the story is....we bought it from the widow of World War II General Arthur Maddox. Harry Truman himself gave the hat to the general...

Either way, this is the size he wore (7 1/4 to 7 3/8) and this is the style he wore and it is from that era....

So....mmmmm...go for it!


Sounds like a load of horse hockey to me...
 

fluteplayer07

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Does this mean that it originally cost $150? Or is it another designation that means nothing, like the 'X' Factor? My guess is that this is from past the time period where the number designation matched the price (i.e. the 100 that cost $600). [huh]
 

Dinerman

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fluteplayer07 said:
Does this mean that it originally cost $150? Or is it another designation that means nothing, like the 'X' Factor? My guess is that this is from past the time period where the number designation matched the price (i.e. the 100 that cost $600). [huh]

I still stand that the 100 did not at any time cost $600. I saw that hat too, but show me one Stetson ad that shows a 25 not costing 25 a 50 not costing 50 or a 100 not costing 100 and, well, I will have learned something.

I've never seen a 150, as I said, but every hat I've seen with just a number and not an x designation, the number has represented the original sales price.
 

fluteplayer07

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Possible that the 100 in question was marketed more as Stetson's 100th Anniversary hat by that time than the price designation? If I remember correctly, wasn't that one made in '65? Or at least around that time? :p
 

Dinerman

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fluteplayer07 said:
Possible that the 100 in question was marketed more as Stetson's 100th Anniversary hat by that time than the price designation? If I remember correctly, wasn't that one made in '65? Or at least around that time? :p

Yes it was. And I've seen 100th anniversary hats which aren't 100s and Stetson 100s from years other than 1965 so I highly doubt that to be the case.
 

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