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

[ScottF]

Maybe the newby comment refers to me. I assumed the seller was talking about the 1930's fedora style Open Road seen in the 1937 air light ads, rather than the LBJ creased Open Road.

Possibly. This hat has nothing in common with the ones you refer to other than he's changed the bash to fedora-style.

 

[zetwal]

Size does matter (in the world of Whippets).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Roy...-/270831363376?pt=US_Hats&hash=item3f0ecea530

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330627298067?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

 

[alanfgag]

I don't think it was the size. The 7 1/4 has that great color change feature, shifting back and forth between blue and gray. :rapture:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Size does matter (in the world of Whippets).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Roy...-/270831363376?pt=US_Hats&hash=item3f0ecea530

Did anyone notice that the 7 1/4 Whippet has what seems to be a dry cleaning ticket stapled to the sweatband? I've come across the same thing on other vintage fedoras. Which begs the question ... can a fedora be dry cleaned?

 

[rlk]

I don't think it was the size. The 7 1/4 has that great color change feature, shifting back and forth between blue and gray. :rapture:

I doubt it --just poor color control on photos.

This Playboy Air-Lite has the color--but what is with the low price?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/28075741878...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_567wt_1398

 

[Marc Chevalier]

This Playboy Air-Lite has the color--but what is with the low price?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/28075741878...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_567wt_1398

The armchair quarterback in me says that its narrow 2" brim --almost certainly cut down at some point-- kept bids away.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Maybe the first seller paid $149.98 or at least half of that ($74.99) for the box! LOL.

The segment on ebay that thinks they have the Antiques Roadshow Find of the Century is both amusing and annoying.

One good one was the Pale Rider Stetson from the 1980's that was posted a month or two back (don't recall that being mentioned here--kind of a cool style western with a tall telescope crown as worn by Eastwood in the movie Pale Rider). The seller wanted, as I recall, some ridiculous amount like $4,500 for the hat. Now if it had actually been worn be Eastwood during the making of the movie that would have been realistic, but a replica hat--give me a break! A month later the same model, but in a size or two smaller sold on the bay for a few hundred or so (still pretty darn good for a somewhat rare movie tie-in limited edition hat).

Sometimes I'm tempted to email the sellers like that and ask them if they think there really are suckers out there or if they are desperate to make up for lost wages, underwater mortage and wiped out 401K/IRA account that they are such crazy dreamers....

Then there are the few sellers trying to sell beanie babies for several hundred thousand dollars (maybe the seller really paid that much for one during the height of that craze---LMAO)....

Somehow I don't think there are too many, if any, suckers going for outrageous prices.

My Wife has the eBay account however when she see's those listings as you mention, she will ask them questions or make comments to them via the messages on eBay. The Pale Rider hat was maybe originally sold for about $425.00 and to ask as much as it was, well, where is the rider mower coming with it? The boxes listings are a given that people are going to ask some way out prices, unless the box held Abe Lincoln's hat.

 

[Rick Blaine]

Hoo-boy

This joker is still at it...bless his heart.
I think he is sincere. I have seen this on another site where he goes into great detail about contacting Hatco & having them deny such a hat ever existed & so forth.
It may well be quite rare, but he is still way off base as to this items' value. :der:

 

[HatsEnough]

It may well be quite rare, but he is still way off base as to this items' value.

If by "off base" you mean delusional idiot... LOL

 

[HatsEnough]

7-1/8 Whippet goes for about currently average price of $152. Seller said the brim only measure 2 inches. I'd lay a $152 bet that he is wrong. Looks to be at least a 2-1/2 brim on that 50s era Whippet.

 

[John Galt]

Just bought a rather dirty looking black Champ Spaceweight (no pin) on Ebay for ... $.99 - can't go wrong, right?

Also Stetson Standard quality Featherweight bowler that needs to go to Optimo, for $24.99.

Anyone know anything about Weils Menswear of Distinction in Upper Darby PA?:

VTG STETSON BOWLER DERBY MENS HAT FEATHERWEIGHT WEILS UPPER DARBY PA

 

[mattface]

I bid on that one, but not enough.

 

[Lefty]

I can't believe the price for that Playboy.

big Stetson western with all sorts of signatures

 

[Rodkins]

I can't believe the price for that Playboy.

I think it was a combination of the small brim and the size issues. While it says 7.5 in the description they claim the tag says 1/8 and the measurements would suggest a 7 1/8.

 

[Terry "The Hat"]

7-1/8 Whippet goes for about currently average price of $152. Seller said the brim only measure 2 inches. I'd lay a $152 bet that he is wrong. Looks to be at least a 2-1/2 brim on that 50s era Whippet.

I agree with you and if it would have been a 7 1/2 to 7 5/8 I'd have been all over it.

 

[alanfgag]

I think it was a combination of the small brim and the size issues. While it says 7.5 in the description they claim the tag says 1/8 and the measurements would suggest a 7 1/8.

I never noticed the playboy, but the brim dimension would have kept me at bay.

That old No. 1 quality had fantastic written all over it. I would have loved it had it been my size.

 

[Tango Yankee]

Did anyone notice that the 7 1/4 Whippet has what seems to be a dry cleaning ticket stapled to the sweatband? I've come across the same thing on other vintage fedoras. Which begs the question ... can a fedora be dry cleaned?

Some dry cleaners used to clean hats. I had one cleaned in the mid-'80s at a dry cleaner. It came back blocked open crown and since I had no idea about open crown hats and that they could be hand creased I was very annoyed. With the open crown and new handful of feathers in the ribbon it looked a bit like the hats TV shows and movies of the time had pimps wearing. If I recall correctly the hat may have been wool (it was white) but can't say for sure.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I can't believe the price for that Playboy.

Why can't you believe it? Narrow brims are price killers. When was the last time a vintage fedora with a 2" brim sold for any kind of money? (If the brim had been an eighth to a quarter inch wider, the winning bid price would have probably been $50 more -- at least.)

 

[Joshbru3]

Why can't you believe it? Narrowed brims are price killers. When was the last time a vintage fedora with a 2" brim sold for any kind of money?

When it has a 6 inch 52 block open crown......I buy everyone I can get my hands on.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

When it has a 6 inch 52 block open crown......I buy everyone I can get my hands on.

Okay, but do you offer the same bid price for every one?