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

[Garrett]

Yet another ancient topper headed my way

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320551490033

In rough shape but I'll make do

 

[rlk]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320551490033

In rough shape but I'll make do

No ribbon or sweat[huh] , here's some history.
Astor House: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_House

1837 New York Hatters:

 

[Garrett]

Thanks, Robert! Found this article about the death of a Leary & Co employee/proprietor

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A07E2DF1031E033A25751C2A9679C94629ED7CF

 

[Lefty]

not mine
Vita-Felt homburg - size 7, $33

 

[RBH]

not mine

Damn .
....surely your head is bigger than that....

 

[Rick Blaine]

Too bad he didn't just print "Michael Jackson" in gold on the sweat, he might make his goal. Gee, free shipping too!

 

[Mr E Train]

Can't prove a thing, but the story is....we bought it from the widow of World War II General Arthur Maddox. Harry Truman himself gave the hat to the general...

Either way, this is the size he wore (7 1/4 to 7 3/8) and this is the style he wore and it is from that era....

So....mmmmm...go for it!

Sounds like a load of horse hockey to me...

 

[redhawks2]

I have one of these, the Knox 40 Westlite and it is a gorgeous hat. I only paid $40 for mine with the original box so I guess I got a deal.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Another case where perceived sentimental value doesn't quite line up with potential monetary value.

 

[BanjoMerlin]

I have one of these, the Knox 40 Westlite and it is a gorgeous hat. I only paid $40 for mine with the original box so I guess I got a deal.

$40 for a Knox 40 - so much for that "investment" excuse the wife wasn't buying anyway!

 

[fluteplayer07]

I have one of these, the Knox 40 Westlite and it is a gorgeous hat. I only paid $40 for mine with the original box so I guess I got a deal.

:eusa_clap

 

[Dinerman]

I've never seen one of these before- thanks carouselvic for the heads up on it.

 

[carouselvic]

votre accueil

 

[buler]

I've never seen one of these before- thanks carouselvic for the heads up on it.

At a steal of a price too! Nice find.

B

 

[SteveAS]

I've never seen one of these before- thanks carouselvic for the heads up on it.

At a steal of a price too! Nice find.

Do you have a link to the auction?

 

[zetwal]

Do you have a link to the auction?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150460090037&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[fluteplayer07]

Does this mean that it originally cost $150? Or is it another designation that means nothing, like the 'X' Factor? My guess is that this is from past the time period where the number designation matched the price (i.e. the 100 that cost $600). [huh]

 

[Dinerman]

Does this mean that it originally cost $150? Or is it another designation that means nothing, like the 'X' Factor? My guess is that this is from past the time period where the number designation matched the price (i.e. the 100 that cost $600). [huh]

I still stand that the 100 did not at any time cost $600. I saw that hat too, but show me one Stetson ad that shows a 25 not costing 25 a 50 not costing 50 or a 100 not costing 100 and, well, I will have learned something.

I've never seen a 150, as I said, but every hat I've seen with just a number and not an x designation, the number has represented the original sales price.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Possible that the 100 in question was marketed more as Stetson's 100th Anniversary hat by that time than the price designation? If I remember correctly, wasn't that one made in '65? Or at least around that time?

 

[Dinerman]

Possible that the 100 in question was marketed more as Stetson's 100th Anniversary hat by that time than the price designation? If I remember correctly, wasn't that one made in '65? Or at least around that time?

Yes it was. And I've seen 100th anniversary hats which aren't 100s and Stetson 100s from years other than 1965 so I highly doubt that to be the case.