scottyrocks
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And then again, to someone possessing stupid-large amounts of money, this was a reasonable price to pay.
And then again, to someone possessing stupid-large amounts of money, this was a reasonable price to pay.
And if it is worth it to them, so be it. All in all, it sure is a purdy hat & I'd wear it for sure.
Cheers!
Dan
I believe that I watched one go for $600+ last year.
This is why these hats have suddenly spun out of my price range. I was buying size 7 vintage for $20, $30 and $40 all day long only a few months ago. Now even size 7 hats are getting to $200!! It is crazy, really. What the hell happened in just a few short months??
I've watched prices do this in the Fountain Pen area. An example, I have a MB Miesterstuck 149 from 1948. The firm still makes this pen and it's current MSRP is $750.00 and I recently saw a 1948 vintage come up for sale at a London dealers for OVER $2,000.00 . I paid a little over $100.00 for mine 25 years ago. As folks with more disposeable income look for areas to spend it, they tend to start driving up prices. I'm sure there are several long time collectors here have noticed this and would concurrWhat is it about Whippets that makes prices go crazy? Are they actually built differently, or are we in a Whippet bubble economy?
A tulip, known as "the Viceroy", displayed in a 1637 Dutch catalog. Its bulb cost between 3000 and 4200 florins depending on size. A skilled craftsman at the time earned about 300 florins a year.
What is it about Whippets that makes prices go crazy? Are they actually built differently, or are we in a Whippet bubble economy?
OK -- that is hilarious! lol :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Laziness? The same guys that want the big Polo logo on their shirts?
The model name is an easy way to know that the hat has a specific style. Every hat company made the Whippet style, before and after there was a Whippet. Not everyone wants to figure out what they like in terms of dimensions, bindings, etc.
I don't like the big horse on my shirt, but I like my ORs to say OR - or I refuse to acknowledge their status as ORs. OR-ness doesn't cut it for me. I stand for the purity of the ONE TRUE OPEN ROAD.
I'm voting conspiracy. Stetson is buying back all of their model names, regardless of price, just to destroy the hats. Once there's nothing left but a foggy memory of them, Stetson will introduce the 7th generation of Whippets, ORs, Strats, etc. without having to hear about how the modern hats miss the mark, the vintage hats are better in every respect, and that they're better off sticking to WalMart cologne and a very specific form of code writing that I've mastered. Translated into Stetson-speak, this message reads:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXauthentic superXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
whereas, it once read
XXX
And tulips aren't even as good as Whippets!
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