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

[gtdean48]

I've got a Penney's Marathon & a Sear's Pilgrim. If only Target produced something akin to those, I'd be all over it....

 

[jamespowers]

When did I say my hat was a "product of Target"??? Do you think I am that stupid? Do you think I am such an idiot that I don't realize that this hat was produced years before any Target store existed? Seriously. You think I am that much of a moron?

Uh, no. I was just pointing out the chain of merger. [huh]

 

[jamespowers]

I've got a Penney's Marathon & a Sear's Pilgrim. If only Target produced something akin to those, I'd be all over it....

If Penney's or Sears still produced a decent hat then we would both be all over them.

 

[danofarlington]

Got this latest ebay purchase in the mail today. It is marked as being from the Dayton Hat Company of Minneapolis. Made of "genuine imported fur." It's a nice soft gray with a bluish tint and that wind trolley button I was talking about in another thread.

I have to flatten that back end a tad. It was up against the box there and is curled a bit more than I like. But over all a very nice, clean example.

Dayton's was the most prestigious department store in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where I grew up. at least until the 1970s. It was dominant locally (competitor was Donaldson's), and would be the level of Nordstrom's nowadays. So something sold by Dayton's would probably have been of good quality. The first Target stores opened up in the 1960s in the Twin Cities area as an upscale discount store offshooting from Dayton's, which was very popular, but they wouldn't have had elegant stuff. I myself would value a Dayton's brand hat.

 

[theinterchange]

I just won this little beauty of a Resistol!

Randy

 

[rlk]

Not quite. It was sold off to May Department Stores. Target is the discount store that was funded by Dayton Hudson in the early days. They sold off Marshall Fields(Dayton-Hudson changed their name due to better brand recognition with Marshall Fields.) to the May Department Stores because it was a better fit for May than them at that point. I used to do business with them as a vendor years ago.
You hat is definitely not a product of Target.

See link for detailed timeline. Dayton's last independent Corporate identity was as Target Corporation(2000) before ultimate sale of upscale Marshall Fields Division 2004. Merchandise offerings at Target Stores and upscale (Dayton/Hudson/Marshall Fields/May/Macys) differed obviously and post-dated the hat above.

 

[gtdean48]

I just won this little beauty of a Resistol!

Randy

Nice one Randy. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[theinterchange]

Nice one Randy. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Thanks, gtdean!

Randy

 

[jamespowers]

See link for detailed timeline. Dayton's last independent Corporate identity was as Target Corporation(2000) before ultimate sale of upscale Marshall Fields Division 2004. Merchandise offerings at Target Stores and upscale (Dayton/Hudson/Marshall Fields/May/Macys) differed obviously and post-dated the hat above.

Yes, exactly my point.

 

[Rodkins]

My latest ebay purchase

This stingy came in the mail yesterday...

 

[RobFedoraField]

When did I say my hat was a "product of Target"??? Do you think I am that stupid? Do you think I am such an idiot that I don't realize that this hat was produced years before any Target store existed? Seriously. You think I am that much of a moron?

I think you forgot the emoticon that you were just joking....

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

I think you forgot the emoticon that you were just joking....

Uh, no.

 

[Rick Blaine]

I think you forgot the emoticon that you were just joking....

And there is no emoticon designating "as rude as all hell" I am afraid.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

And there is no emoticon designating "as rude as all hell" I am afraid.

That is exactly why I responded the way I did in the first place. So, yes, you are right.

 

[Rick Blaine]

That is exactly why I responded the way I did in the first place. So, yes, you are right.

Understood.

 

[Lefty]

a couple of floppy hats Strat and RD OR

beautiful 7 1/4lo Stetson

large and nice Knox bowler doesn't hit the opening bid

the old Carhartt cap goes really big

 

[rlk]

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Why is it that people go crazy over vintage "work" wear and denim? Is it just that very wealthy people consider these trendy prestige collectables?(even beyond Whippet-mania)

 

[theinterchange]

Why is it that people go crazy over vintage "work" wear and denim? Is it just that very wealthy people consider these trendy prestige collectables?(even beyond Whippet-mania)

That's insane, I can't see why anyone would pay $250+ for a... cap!

Randy

 

[Lefty]

Most often, the originals are purchased by people (many of them in Japan), who intend to make repros of the item. They spend what seems to be a very high amount on the item, spend all sorts of time researching and obtaining the materials and method/means of manufacture, and then do a small, extremely well-made run of repros - which carry the high price of such quality, small runs. If a perfect repro of the cap is made that sells for $80, it won't take the buyer long to recoup and profit, and he can then resell the cap for most of what he paid.

I'm a big fan - though not a buyer - of the high-end repro workwear. While it's certainly not being used as workwear anymore, the vintage style and attention to detail is appealing to me. It's all about the pride of history behind the company/item, and the craft of the repro - very much like everything we discuss here.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Huh....

Lefty, I never even knew that there was such a market. Interesting.