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

[rlk]

Some big prices recently for this seller,especially last night with some 50's C & K's:
http://www.ebay.com/csc/cityvintage...&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

(none mine)

 

[Iyor]

I got the borso. It was more than I wanted to spend but it was a hat I was looking for, a feather rollable. His ck got a really nice price and the champ was also georgeous. Probably the best collection I've seen from one seller in a while.

 

[rlk]

I got the borso. It was more than I wanted to spend but it was a hat I was looking for, a feather rollable. His ck got a really nice price and the champ was also georgeous. Probably the best collection I've seen from one seller in a while.

Beautiful light Borsalino, but NOT a pocket hat. Can be rolled(like any soft hat) but has the heavier leather sweatband with front accordion ventilation strip and the thin felt. It will crease the sweat and the felt if you do from the fold in half that begins the roll-up. Pocket hats generally have fabric or ultra-thin leather sweatbands and a pressed in shape.

 

[Iyor]

Beautiful light Borsalino, but NOT a pocket hat. Can be rolled(like any soft hat) but has the heavier leather sweatband with front accordion ventilation strip and the thin felt. It will crease the sweat and the felt if you do from the fold in half that begins the roll-up. Pocket hats generally have fabric or ultra-thin leather sweatbands and a pressed in shape.

Is thin felt not used for a pocket hat?
The seller had a picture rolled up so hopefully he didn't do anything to it. Regardless its not a hat I would roll for a long period of time and I' ll see when it arrives hopefully I can fold it like for the duration of a flight.

 

[bowlerman]

Wait a minute... I just saw an ebay auction sporting this image...

Isn't this a Lounger? But I don't think the ad is being run by a lounger. Plus the auction is confusing. It also shows a photo of a pith helmet, but the auction is not for a pith helmut.

Weird.

This has happened before, yes? Rusty-- I hope you're getting residuals from the seller using your likeness to market their products!

 

[M_Jones]

I love how those "whippet-like" C&K hats sold for so much yet this one sold for peanuts. Sure the 'gay prince' style isn't as popular but $56 for a 'Twenty' isn't bad. The pictures are pretty bad by the way, the hat is pretty darn nice.

And I hope that anyone here who won any of those hats will post pics.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Some big prices recently for this seller,especially last night with some 50's C & K's:
http://www.ebay.com/csc/cityvintage...&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

(none mine)

Roberto Isola sold 'em well, didn't he? A great vintage clothing dealer -- a bit of a legend in Northern California.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I love how those "whippet-like" C&K hats sold for so much ...

Um, they were great-looking, well-preserved hats in (mostly) desirable sizes, and very well photographed, placed and described. When do eBay auctions like these NOT fetch high prices?

 

[M_Jones]

Marc, I wasn't being facetious. Believe me, if I had extra $$ I would have been going for one (or both). I am happy that I got one for a lot cheaper though...

 

[rlk]

Vecchio Borsalino

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130593638258#ht_500wt_1180

 

[Marc Chevalier]

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130593638258#ht_500wt_1180

Dear seller:

Please dust off your hat, reduce the flash, shape the crown, give us a size and/or measurements, and don't tell us that it's in perfect shape when one of your photos shows sweat staining on the sweatband.


Grazie mille,

Potential eBay Bidders

 

[hatophile]

Mama Mia!

 

[Benzadmiral]

Is anyone going to own up to beating me out of the Resistol 'Krushable Kitten' ?. Be sure to let me know if you hate it

MP

Mike, do you mean this one from early October? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300606452068

Don't let my friend Miss Linda hear you say "krushable" and "kitten" in the same sentence. I had a hard enough time convincing her that no real live kittens were harmed in the making of this hat.

I'm liking it, though still getting used to a smaller brim than my norm (I usually go 2 3/8 to 2 5/8).

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I had a hard enough time convincing her that no real live kittens were harmed in the making of this hat.

Show her this hat instead: http://www.etsy.com/listing/7991750...ry&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=

 

[HatsEnough]

Got another Stetson Bantam.

A real pleasing light gray. Never had a liner for the imprint in the top of the hat. Brim is 2-5/8. Is it a late forties or a fifties piece? Anyone?

 

[Benzadmiral]

Show her this hat instead: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79917505...=all&ga_facet=

She'd turn purple. I finally got her over the idea that my buying hats made of rabbit/hare fur meant I was Vlad the Impaler reincarnated.

Peculiar, though; she has no problem with wearing (cow) leather shoes and belts, and eats a cow or bison burger without qualms. . . .

 

[hatophile]

Sweet Bantam, HE.

 

[zetwal]

Sweet Bantam, HE.

+1

 

[DJH]

+1

+2. I really like the styling of your new Bantam, Hatz!

That is a super hat.

 

[Lefty]

fuzzy Borso, 7 3/8