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

[randooch]

It has some very small moth nips in it that mostly came out with a little pin work, sponging, and brushing. Other than that I will say that it might be the nicest felt that I have touched. The felt on my 100 is softer to the touch and molds to any shape like clay, but is a little stiffer than this felt. This one is almost as soft, almost as moldable, but not stiff at all. I have it in open crown now and will experiment with a bash I saw michaelshane and alanf put on one of their similar stetsons a little later tonight. I'm keeping this one for me and plan to wear it often. I may pass along some of my other open roads since I obtained this one.

Superb! Looking forward to fresh pics. My main reason to not bid was maybe having to stretch that beauty a little, and I couldn't tell how deep the nips were. Good score, and congratulations.

 

[Rodkins]

Superb! Looking forward to fresh pics. My main reason to not bid was maybe having to stretch that beauty a little, and I couldn't tell how deep the nips were. Good score, and congratulations.

Thanks. It was a bit of a risk but I had to go for it. I'm very happy for $159 plus $9 shipping.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

A vintage 1920s or '30s newsboy cap. I concur with Dinerman: at present, none of the new cap makers have nailed the look and feel of the old caps. Perhaps they're not trying to.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310349480849

 

[Johnny J]

A vintage 1920s or '30s newsboy cap. I concur with Dinerman: at present, none of the new cap makers have nailed the look and feel of the old caps. Perhaps they're not trying to.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310349480849

Thats a great looking newsboy, and I didn't even see it posted! Congrats Marc!

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I tried, but lost. Congrats to the winner of this really interesting "Costume" hat

The Mannequin winking was enough for me to have my Wife pass bidding on that hat.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

People amaze me. If you've looked for any particular item on ebay, doesn't matter what it is, if you've looked long enough, you'll begin to notice that some idiot sellers re-list the same item over, and over, and over again at idiotically, stupidly high prices. Naturally they never sell anything. Like in hats the guy that keeps relisting that horseshoe creased Stetson western for $400!! No one is ever going to pay $400 for that hat you moron.

Yet, these fools relist their items without seeming to take the slightest hint that they are dumb as a box of rocks about what they think their item is worth.

It just says a lot about the foolishness of humanity.

I saw a beat up Stetson hat box that some idiot listed for $124! Oh, it's raaaaare, ya know? Of course the very same box rarely goes for more than $20 for everyone else, but this numbskull thinks he's getting $124! Moron.

OK, rant over. Back to your regularly scheduled hat sales...

Edit to add.... I just saw another idiot selling a bowler that was not made by Stetson as a "stetson era" hat. What the hell does "stetson era" mean!? Another moron.

The term, "Rare" and "Vintage" is also something getting beaten to death with many listings. There is a Stetson on eBay now, a light almost cream colored perhaps from 1985 to 1995 and the hat is listed as Vintage, I requested to the listed owner, how old the hat was? "Vintage" they said, but you know the original price tag is in the hat, $92.50. I point that out to the listed owner, and they said, "oh, it is still vintage even if from 1995 purchase date"! I don't wear a size 7 hat, which is what that hat is listed, but I just had to ask and make the comment to them about it not being "Vintage". Not a bad looking hat, but not for me.

The "Mad Men" term also being used....please....it makes me think of using a cigar cutter on someone's fingers for them even typing that onto the listing. Do they not realize as soon as any real hat buyer see's the words, "Mad Men" for the most part it is going to be known the hat is more than not, junk?!

 

[LoveMyHats2]

A vintage 1920s or '30s newsboy cap. I concur with Dinerman: at present, none of the new cap makers have nailed the look and feel of the old caps. Perhaps they're not trying to.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310349480849

Was there not a "custom" hat maker doing a decent job making those?

 

[LoveMyHats2]

It has some very small moth nips in it that mostly came out with a little pin work, sponging, and brushing. Other than that I will say that it might be the nicest felt that I have touched. The felt on my 100 is softer to the touch and molds to any shape like clay, but is a little stiffer than this felt. This one is almost as soft, almost as moldable, but not stiff at all. I have it in open crown now and will experiment with a bash I saw michaelshane and alanf put on one of their similar stetsons a little later tonight. I'm keeping this one for me and plan to wear it often. I may pass along some of my other open roads since I obtained this one.

Any of your Open Roads a 7 3/8 long oval?

 

[Rodkins]

Any of your Open Roads a 7 3/8 long oval?

I believe most are 7 3/8.

 

[alanfgag]

Cool early pencil curl that caught some radar action.

 

[Joshbru3]

I just won this late 1800's straw. I've never seen a triple optimo crown before. I can't wear it because its a size 6 1/2, but its SO cool.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380374457155?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

[delectans]

Cool early pencil curl that caught some radar action.

Switched off my radar when the size was clarified. Cool hat indeed.

 

[delectans]

I just won this late 1800's straw. I've never seen a triple optimo crown before. I can't wear it because its a size 6 1/2, but its SO cool.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380374457155?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Very interesting child's? hat, Josh. I am uncertain as to how they managed to block in the triple crease. [huh]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

A vintage 1920s or '30s newsboy cap. I concur with Dinerman: at present, none of the new cap makers have nailed the look and feel of the old caps. Perhaps they're not trying to.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310349480849

Was there not a "custom" hat maker doing a decent job making those?

IMO, not really. Lofgren brand caps are getting close, but they're not quite there yet.

 

[alanfgag]

Very interesting child's? hat, Josh. I am uncertain as to how they managed to block in the triple crease. [huh]

I admired that unusual form too... glad you got it Josh.

 

[alanfgag]

Switched off my radar when the size was clarified. Cool hat indeed.

I thought it might go for a song, but it was headed for the whole libretto. It is very similar to my 1920s Stetson 1x Nutria, otherwise I might have gone in deeper. Then, of course, I found something else to buy with the money I didn't spend. :eusa_doh:

 

[delectans]

I thought it might go for a song, but it was headed for the whole libretto. It is very similar to my 1920s Stetson 1x Nutria, otherwise I might have gone in deeper. Then, of course, I found something else to buy with the money I didn't spend. :eusa_doh:

It is always like that, is it not? Had this lid been languishing under a hot sun at a flea market, or covered with a few millimeters of dust and cobwebs at an antique mall unappreciated, I would have felt a strong desire to rescue it from its sad fate. As it was, listed on eBay for all the hat cognoscenti to consider, I felt that my hat rescue fund would be better applied elsewhere.

Come to think of it, as I write this I am deliberating the potential 'adoption' of a beautiful, off-white/light grey '20s lid I found this past weekend, as well as several other hats of good breeding that need a loving home. [angel]

 

[EggHead]

This is a hefty price for a short brimmed hat!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/27082841301...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3611wt_1179

 

[HatsEnough]

This is a hefty price for a short brimmed hat!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/27082841301...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3611wt_1179

Wow. I agree. Wonder why it went so high?

 

[delectans]

This is a hefty price for a short brimmed hat!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/27082841301...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3611wt_1179

Apparently not an aberration, as seen here. 22 bids, no less! :eeek: