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

[barrowjh]

Whats up with this?

Look at this - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220629754455&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

$36.99 for a mode edge, looks to be 2 1/2+ brim, nice tan or light brown Stetson 15, no visible damage and no shipping. Where was the competition for that?

Another almost as bad: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130404617900&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
CORDOVA color felt, appears to be a fair quality Resistol, for $42, plus shipping still under $55?

These are an ill wind, combined with the way Whippets have recently sold for prices well down from their lofty peaks of a short time ago.

Are vintage hat auction prices tracking right along with the DJIA, all of a sudden in a down trend?

 

[fluteplayer07]

Anybody get this beautiful heather green Stetson Special? I was out of town, so I missed it.

Was I really the only guy who saw this? Or is it just not as special as I thought?

 

[Dinerman]

Was I really the only guy who saw this? Or is it just not as special as I thought?

It's a really nice hat.

 

[Michaelshane]

Are vintage hat auction prices tracking right along with the DJIA, all of a sudden in a down trend?



I hope so....I'll be buying me some hats.....

 

[57plymouth]

One I just got for cheeeeeep off e-bay. It needs a cleaning very badly.

 

[carouselvic]

Not Mine

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310230012366&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[Feraud]

It's a really nice hat.

I think so too.

 

[BanjoMerlin]

These are an ill wind, combined with the way Whippets have recently sold for prices well down from their lofty peaks of a short time ago.

Are vintage hat auction prices tracking right along with the DJIA, all of a sudden in a down trend?

I wouldn't say "ill wind", seems pretty normal to me.

Tan and brown aren't as popular as gray. Size matters - a lot.

A gray 7 3/8 Whippet sold yesterday for $296, a mocha 7 1/8 sold last week for $154, a kind of rough 7 1/4 in taupe sold a couple weeks ago for $103 and nobody has taken the bait yet on the "what color IS that ribbon" gray 7 1/8 LO on BIN.

I'm a little hesitant with the "tan" hats. I really would like one in tan/khaki but if it doesn't match my slacks exactly the clash is obvious. Sometimes I wonder if these people even look at their photos before they put them up.

 

[barrowjh]

Lighter Colors

I fell in love with a sand-color felt hat that Art wore to Monteagle in March, and have been focusing on filling out my collection of winter felts with lighter colors. For those new to the habit, greys will always be desireable, but I am sort of burnt out on them, especially the silver-belly thin-ribbons / OR clones. I collected enough greys in my first two years of hat-wearing to last a couple of lifetimes, at least, so I am just not interested in picking up another grey hat at all.

Now, if the felt appears to be superb (such as a Resistol beaver 25 in silver belly) and the hat appears to be under-appreciated based on the bidding, I will jump on good felt at cheap prices every day because I have two nephews that also wear 7 1/8th so I can pass those along to them. However, I am not seeking to buy any more greys and let most of them pass me by.

 

[BanjoMerlin]

I just took a look. Seven tan/khaki/sand colored hats. All different colors and not a one matches the color of the slacks I wear most often. I just end up wearing something with a good contrast.

I have five different grays. One of those will work with most anything.

The hardest thing about eBay is those photos. Find a really nice looking brown, read the description and find out the hat is really gray. Or that nice gray hat is really black. Etc.

Better photos matter in auction prices...

 

[Feraud]

One I just got for cheeeeeep off e-bay. It needs a cleaning very badly.

Nice style. I have a couple of similar porkpies. A good brushing with a stiff haired brush will remedy most dirty hats.

 

[Lefty]

someone got a pretty good deal on D'man's 7xCB

not quite as cool as the 7 3/8 that hit big, but this 7 1/4 Knox bowler looks very nice at that price

 

[jwalls]

aluminum derby?

What size was it? I think I need one!:eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh:

 

[Dinerman]

someone got a pretty good deal on D'man's 7xCB

Yes they did. Put a fair bit of work into that one to get it into shape and sold it a loss. I think of the 7x clear beavers I've owned, that one had the thinnest, nicest, most pliable felt of the bunch. I'm not terribly happy about that sale.

 

[mayserwegener]

ECHT BRABANT HAARHUT, Special Negretti Qualität, Modell "Adonis",

I recently won a couple of old Homburgs.

ECHTER BRABANT HAARHUT so might point to a Belgium felt source. Also supposedly NOS condition.

Special Negretti Qualität, Modell "Adonis" so might point to an Italian source.

 

[jamespowers]

I recently won a couple of old Homburgs.

ECHTER BRABANT HAARHUT so might point to a Belgium felt source. Also supposedly NOS condition.

Special Negretti Qualität, Modell "Adonis" so might point to an Italian source.

The Homburg looks like it almost has reverse taper. Good score there. :eusa_clap

 

[SteveAS]

I don't know the model name (Gay Prince?), but it looks very lightly worn and has lots of interesting features: whip-stitiched, heather grey, maybe a little fuzzy . . . and cheap (auction link). It's only a size 7, but a 7 usually fits me if it hasn't shrunken from use . . .

 

[rlk]

I don't know the model name (Gay Prince?), but it looks very lightly worn and has lots of interesting features: whip-stitiched, heather grey, maybe a little fuzzy . . . and cheap (auction link). It's only a size 7, but a 7 usually fits me if it hasn't shrunken from use . . .

Very nice Stetson Tijuana!

 

[gtdean48]

What in the wide, wild world is going on???

There isn't even a hat, keys or guts of the case included...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330448020472&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[fluteplayer07]

shakeshead

I even asked if the hat is included, just in case we're missing something.