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

[Lefty]

I just got this one with a BIN. (listing photos)

 

[randooch]

Sweet!

 

[alanfgag]

Nice grabs there Baron and Lefty.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Go on then, torture us with the BIN price for that Whippet! :eusa_clap

I just got this one with a BIN

 

[Lefty]

Pretty good for a typical hat of its size, and about half of its Whippet price. This isn't nearly the story of Mr. Lucky's $28 Whippet.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Or my $15 Whippet, Stratoliner, Playboy bag of legend …

bk

 

[Aureliano]

Nicely done, Lefty!

 

[Lefty]

It seems like these short topper-styled hats are everywhere.

 

[fmw]

It seems like these short topper-styled hats are everywhere.

Except in public on peoples' heads.

 

[HatsEnough]

Except in public on peoples' heads.

That's because women don't wear that style hat anymore and haven't since about 1910!

 

[HatsEnough]

Wow. That was cheap for a 1920s Stetson The Avenue.

 

[Mulceber]

The only thing stopping me from going for that one is that it's at least 2 sizes too small. Gorgeous though. -M

 

[alanfgag]

Wow. That was cheap for a 1920s Stetson The Avenue.

I've lost track what happened to that hat when it came up earlier this month... if memory serves me, no sale the first time with high reserve and then relisted with a companion hat? Interesting old fedora, clearly with some battle scars.

 

[Justin B]

I'm sure Josh will be posting it soon. (And knowing him we'll all be jealous after he does a quick brush and steam that shows it's actually in perfect shape.)

 

[Joshbru3]

I'm sure Josh will be posting it soon. (And knowing him we'll all be jealous after he does a quick brush and steam that shows it's actually in perfect shape.)

LOL, this one wasn't bought by me. After reading the auction description, I think it will take a bit more than a steam and a brush to bring this one back to life. The auction said it was a 5 1/2 inch crown and a 2 inch brim......a have a couple 50's hats with those dimensions. After wearing these tall crowns lately, even the 5 1/2 inch open crowns seem low to me....[huh]

 

[Lefty]

Small but great Stetson 25 western

It would be interesting to visit the grave of the person who once wore your hat.

 

[HatsEnough]

I just found an odd... all I can call it is a device... in a hat I just got in.

Inside the hat, under the sweatband, I found a piece of stiff, spring steel covered in a sleeve of knitted cotton. It is 21 inches long and about 1/8 of an inch on the flat side.
The steel has about 5 little pointed tabs poking through the cotton sleeve to grip into the hat body. When I found it, it was fixed under the leather sweatband at the base of the hat. There are no marking on it at all. Just the 1/8 flat steel inside the cotton sleeve.

I've never seen anything like this in any other hat. What does it do? What the heck is this thing?

 

[Justin B]

I just found an odd... all I can call it is a device... in a hat I just got in.

Inside the hat, under the sweatband, I found a piece of stiff, spring steel covered in a sleeve of knitted cotton. It is 21 inches long and about 1/8 of an inch on the flat side.
The steel has about 5 little pointed tabs poking through the cotton sleeve to grip into the hat body. When I found it, it was fixed under the leather sweatband at the base of the hat. There are no marking on it at all. Just the 1/8 flat steel inside the cotton sleeve.

I've never seen anything like this in any other hat. What does it do? What the heck is this thing?

Picture?

Also as a side note, who won this http://www.ebay.com/itm/150665364619?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 anyone here?

 

[HatsEnough]

Picture?

There isn't much to see. It's just a flat hunk of spring steel with a cotton sleeve (that looks like a hollow shoe string). Not much to it.
And I won the Homburg.

 

[Justin B]

No idea what it might be. Best guess would be some sort of device to keep the hat stretched?

So you're the one...Alright, guess I have to be mad at you now.