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

[The Wiser Hatter]

Jeff this is always another day. There where alot of this hat made so wait for your day. I bought a Stetson 25 15 years ago for 10 bucks.

 

[Jedwbpm]

I didn't notice your meltdown, but I think you will be happier to wait for an earlier example than this hat.

I took the money and used it to buy a Stetson XXX fifteen (sound familiar) in green that is on the Mailtruck on the the way to my front door today as I type. So all in all I am happy

Jeff

 

[Jedwbpm]

Glad to here it Frank. Ebay has been good to me and my collecting/hording gene. I have had a couple of problems but have always gotten my money back. Enjoy your Large noggin hat.

Jeff

 

[Lefty]

Finally. Watching this clear nutria homburg, 6 7/8 sit for nearly two weeks was killing me.

very nice Peschel velour, 7 1/8

great old Borso, size 7

 

[hatophile]

Finally. Watching this clear nutria homburg, 6 7/8 sit for nearly two weeks was killing me.

very nice Peschel velour, 7 1/8

great old Borso, size 7
I put a first bid on the Peschel, hoping it would be overlook, silly me. Looks like a great hat.

 

[mayserwegener]

very nice Peschel velour, 7 1/8

Yes that is a really nice one and in new condition. I was hoping someone on FL would landed it. It's from Dinkelsbühl probably late 1950s.

 

[delectans]

Finally. Watching this clear nutria homburg, 6 7/8 sit for nearly two weeks was killing me.

Glad you got it, as I have been watching it the whole time as well! Great old Homburg.

 

[alanfgag]

Yes that is a really nice one and in new condition. I was hoping someone on FL would landed it. It's from Dinkelsbühl probably late 1950s.

I'll take the blame on this one. Look forward to receiving it and sharing pictures.

 

[alanfgag]

Finally. Watching this clear nutria homburg, 6 7/8 sit for nearly two weeks was killing me.

Did you buy the teensy beauty?

I was tempted to place a first bid with this seller on this hat, but there is something about the wanton use of unsharp mask in the pictures that always scares me away. If they were in my Photoshop class...

I hope we get to see some good shots of this beautiful liner.

 

[Lefty]

I didn't get either the Borso or the Clear Nutria. They're both great, but I'm just a wearer, not a collector, and they're far too small for my head.

 

[mayserwegener]

I'll take the blame on this one. Look forward to receiving it and sharing pictures.

Super! A. Peschel Dinkelsbühl made really nice hats.

 

[mayserwegener]

Regarding the Borsalino. It has the corrugated vent at the front. Any idea when that came in? I was thinking late 40s early 50s.

 

[alanfgag]

Regarding the Borsalino. It has the corrugated vent at the front. Any idea when that came in? I was thinking late 40s early 50s.

Looking at the liner imprint and the taped rear seam on the sweat, I think this example might be earlier than that. I have the corrugated venting on a Young-Quinlan Borso which I think is late 30s or early 40s... but with Borsalino, it's always a guess.

 

[hatophile]

I'll take the blame on this one. Look forward to receiving it and sharing pictures.

Good catch, Alan, I bid early and low on that one, but it's going to a great home!

 

[mayserwegener]

Looking at the liner imprint and the taped rear seam on the sweat, I think this example might be earlier than that. I have the corrugated venting on a Young-Quinlan Borso which I think is late 30s or early 40s... but with Borsalino, it's always a guess.

The paper label points to early 50s at the latest. It is tough with Borsalinos because they used similar methods all the way up to end of the 1970s (for example taped rear seam).

 

[alanfgag]

Good catch, Alan, I bid early and low on that one, but it's going to a great home!

Thanks... I've been wanting to have a German hat and was lucky to catch this one. It went to the last penny of my bid.

 

[Lefty]

Regarding the Borsalino. It has the corrugated vent at the front. Any idea when that came in? I was thinking late 40s early 50s.

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It's got to be early 50s at least, as my Savoy has an OPS tag and a corrugated sweat.

 

[Garrett]

The corrugation feature of the Borsalino has been around long before the 40's and 50's. Two of my pre-1920's Borsalino's had it. Guessing it debuted around the turn of the 20th century.

 

[Lefty]

fuzzy Dobbs, 7 3/8 not mine

 

[delectans]

fuzzy Dobbs, 7 3/8 not mine

Interesting hat, with edge binding narrower on top, and the row of stitching from the underside of the brim visible topside. It also does not apparently have a model or price designation.