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

[alanfgag]

Good stuff!

You can't have too many derbies, Josh... :eeek: will be fun to see if it has that strange animal and Fray sweatband. With everyone using cellphones and tiny point and shoots with ultra wide lenses and major distortion, you can't believe much of what you see with regard to crown height and brim width. But I bet it will be interesting.

Perry, two intriguing auctions - looking forward to your reports.

 

[SteveAS]

I'll bet that Valentine is a really nice hat, Perry; congratulations on it!

 

[Joshbru3]

Good stuff!

You can't have too many derbies, Josh... :eeek: will be fun to see if it has that strange animal and Fray sweatband. With everyone using cellphones and tiny point and shoots with ultra wide lenses and major distortion, you can't believe much of what you see with regard to crown height and brim width. But I bet it will be interesting.

Perry, two intriguing auctions - looking forward to your reports.

Thanks, Alan! I have my fingers crossed that this derby has a fray sweatband. Has the lounge witnessed a derby with a fray sweatband or do they only appear on soft hats?

 

[Joshbru3]

I'll bet that Valentine is a really nice hat, Perry; congratulations on it!

+1

That's two great wins, Perry! That ribbon color against black felt is awesome!!

 

[hatophile]

I'll bet that Valentine is a really nice hat, Perry; congratulations on it!

Thanks Steve. It was auctioned once before with no takers, and Lefty posted it after it was over. I thought if it came up again I would go for it. I'm anxious to see how it turns out.

 

[hatophile]

+1

That's two great wins, Perry! That ribbon color against black felt is awesome!!

Supposedly it's brown, although the pics make it look almost black. The sweat looks pretty wide, too.

 

[scooter]

I looked hard at that Valentine hat, Perry, but alas, no matter how much I stared, there was no way I can intimidate it into fitting my 7 1/2 head. Congrats on what looks to be a beauty!

 

[hatophile]

Thanks Scooter.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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The blue fedora in this lot has potential. Could be 1940s or earlier. Give the dusty felt a good brushing, clean the leather sweatband with some saddle soap, and hopefully you're good to go.


http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?itemid=9319502

Score! The gamble paid off. I finally received the hats this afternoon. As expected, the three black ones are modern wool felts: on the cheap side, but would make decent costume fedoras. I'll give them away to a local Goodwill.


But the BLUE one ... ah, well ... it's one of those early to mid 1930s hybrid 'homburg-fedoras', size 7 1/4, and (except for a lot of dust) the fur felt is in pristine condition. Has its original leather sweatband, but the maker's name and logo have been completely rubbed off with use. It was made for "McCormack's" hat store in Tacoma, Washington.


I'll post photos as soon as I have dusted the blue "homdora" off.

 

[alanfgag]

formed hat block with stand

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I won this CHAMOIS derby. I needed another black derby like I need a hole in my head. I promised myself that I wouldn't buy another black derby unless it was something unique, rare, or extremely old (1800's). This is the second Chamois brand hat that I've ever seen. Lefty had an extraordinary Chamois thin ribbon and ever since then I wanted one. I'm really curious to see the sweatband on this one.

CHAMOIS derby

Wow, nice find for sure!

I am waiting for a great find like that, and actually keep wishing for maybe the impossible. color wise, but I would love to find one that is a dark blue, with a contrasting lighter ribbon finish.

 

[Mystic]

Classic ebay seller response to questions about item for sale.......


seller email response:

"I sold this hat several weeks ago to a guy who didn't realize until after he had bought it that it is SMALL. But I boxed it up thinking he had bought it. So he backed out 10 days later and the package still sits here. Now I have 1 bid so I don't want to unwrap it to tell you the width of the brim when I imagine you are going to think it is too small to bid on anyway However it is tan or straw color - not white. Looks perfect but is small".

What the _ _ _ _ is this????? Thanks for the inquiry but I'm too lazy to get you an answer.......

 

[TipTop]

Classic ebay seller response to questions about item for sale.......


seller email response:

"I sold this hat several weeks ago to a guy who didn't realize until after he had bought it that it is SMALL. But I boxed it up thinking he had bought it. So he backed out 10 days later and the package still sits here. Now I have 1 bid so I don't want to unwrap it to tell you the width of the brim when I imagine you are going to think it is too small to bid on anyway However it is tan or straw color - not white. Looks perfect but is small".

What the _ _ _ _ is this????? Thanks for the inquiry but I'm too lazy to get you an answer.......

Dear Seller, Based on your response, I gather it fits you perfectly.

 

[TipTop]

Alan, those are works of art. I once had a retired pattern-maker on my staff and he loved wood-working like this; they were easy, compared to the highly technical, engineered patterns he used to make for machinery. And talk about fastidious...never try to hurry Henry along or tell him that was "close enough"; then you'd get a fine lecture.

 

[Lefty]

late model C&K

fantastic Grand Luxe Borso, 7 3/8

 

[feltfan]

Interesting! Here's that sweat band:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?47780-Join-quot-The-Fray-quot&p=1009929&viewfull=1#post1009929

I won this CHAMOIS derby. I needed another black derby like I need a hole in my head. I promised myself that I wouldn't buy another black derby unless it was something unique, rare, or extremely old (1800's). This is the second Chamois brand hat that I've ever seen. Lefty had an extraordinary Chamois thin ribbon and ever since then I wanted one. I'm really curious to see the sweatband on this one.

CHAMOIS derby

 

[rlk]

More multi-X Borsalinos

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-BORSALI...ultDomain_0&hash=item35b96d1a4f#ht_500wt_1413
http://www.ebay.com/itm/27091610870...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_1180

 

[alanfgag]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-BORSALI...ultDomain_0&hash=item35b96d1a4f#ht_500wt_1413
http://www.ebay.com/itm/27091610870...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_1180

Wow... we're not in Kansas any more. Is the first one made from dog fur felt?

 

[bowlerman]

lol Alan, it took me about three straight minutes of looking at the listing to get that one. Ok, a misspelling, and then some stuff about initials and... oooohhhhh.

 

[TipTop]

woof... We're not in kansas any more. Is the first one made from dog fur felt?

lololol