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

[Lefty]

tiny Playboy

 

[hatophile]

tiny Playboy

Wow, good price for that little guy, (although, I am size 7, wouldn't call that "tiny").

 

[Lefty]

not mine
mothy or not, this Dobbs 40 is very cool

 

[Mario]

tiny Playboy

I've considered to put in a bid but in the end decided that this is not what I need at the moment...

 

[Lefty]

great, older Cav boater, 7 1/4

 

[rlk]

great, older Cav boater, 7 1/4

Looks very nice.

 

[Brad Bowers]

great, older Cav boater, 7 1/4

Good win on that for Robert. Looks to be '36 to '40. I wonder if there's a name for this particular style, as the braid is different from a Sennit.

Brad

 

[Lefty]

Half of my watch list ends tonight.
great Mac, 7 1/8

 

[buler]

Half of my watch list ends tonight.
great Mac, 7 1/8

Hope it runs a little big.....

B

 

[Lefty]

Nice.

 

[jimmy the lid]

Hope it runs a little big.....

B

Congrats, Bill. Beautiful lid.

MacLachlan Hats ran an ad on the inside cover of the 1953 Hat Life Yearbook:

Very interesting that they tout themselves as the largest manufacturer of $50 and $100 hats in the world.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[buler]

Very cool ad Jimmy. Thanks for posting it. Most of us are familiar with the Silver Beaver Mac ad that states it went for $50. I have to wonder what their $100 hat was like? To my eye this Mac I just won seems comparable at least to the Forties out there and maybe a 7X Clear Beaver level.

B

 

[Lefty]

It's the little things...
gray Dobbs 20, bound edge, 7 1/2, under $100

dark blue Dobbs 20, 7 3/8, guild edge, $230

brown Dobbs 20, 7 5/8, guild edge, $152

 

[fluteplayer07]

I saw the Mac, but the colored liner threw me off. I thought that would put it at a later date, and a lower quality that the Beaver 50's I've heard so much talk about. Nice score Buler.

I was anticipating the blue Dobbs to go way higher than that.

 

[Lefty]

IMO, the most interesting hat that sold today was this Knox.

 

[rlk]

IMO, the most interesting hat that sold today was this Knox.

I thought so too. Appears to be pre HCA. First soft hat that old from Knox I've seen

 

[Lefty]

I look forward to your photos of it.

1918 Chase and Co. catalog

 

[billyspew]

Hope it runs a little big.....

B

Well done. Did consider that myself, but backed off as I have bigger fish to fry...

 

[Brad Bowers]

1918 Chase and Co. catalog

Wow, I've been looking for Chase Hats information for a while now, as Crofut & Knapp produced hats for them. Have yet to see one of their hats surface.

Brad

 

[Joshbru3]

That was an interesting hat. I was going to bid, but didn't understand the hat. It looks like a turn of the century soft hat, but has the liner and sweatband of something much later. Am I totally off base on this?