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

[Aureliano]

Saw a photo today of one of Aureliano's hats with the same label - even he had a hard time capturing the color.

Nailed it this morning with a different set of lights. Very subtle green, alder (ontano in italian) Mine has "pocket hat" stamped on the sweatband, as does Alan's gray one. Both came from the same hat store in Florence.

 

[mikespens]

Great color!

 

[hatsRme]

conformateur and formillion, sold outside of the auction. Abu Dhabi hat shoppe?

A like-new one went for around $1400.00 a couple of months back.

 

[alanfgag]

Great color!

+1.

 

[rlk]

+3, I like it so much I have a thin ribbon and a featherweight.

 

[Aureliano]

Thanks, everyone. You're right, Robert. It really is a nice color. I need to wear mine more and stop annoying Alan about swapping Pockets with me! :eeek:

 

[barrowjh]

I must add my praise to the color also. The light olive I crave and cannot find is grey-brown green; I've seen it in a Stetson Bantam and a Borsalino, always get outbid. I think it might also earn a 'sage' name as sagebrush is a grey-green, add a hint of brown and it becomes a light olive. Very nice looking hat.

 

[splintercellsz]

Just won this Stetson Division Penn-Craft.

 

[alanfgag]

Antique 50-X 1915 "STETSON" New Mexico Cowboy Hat w/ Box Horsehair Hatband

Good price for a small size... not green.

 

[rlk]

Antique 50-X 1915 "STETSON" New Mexico Cowboy Hat w/ Box Horsehair Hatband

Good price for a small size... not green.

Is that 50-X moth bitten?

 

[Lefty]

mothy, but great Boss Raw Edge, Real Nutria, factory store, 6 7/8

expo, Extra Light mothy goodness

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Interesting hats, but I could never get past that mothy business. I hate moths and will not knowingly even bring an item into the house that has moth damage! That's just me......

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-1920s-w...VL%2F2A77xOBB3MmPs8X0%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

This is one of those hats that you would only buy if you could get it dirt cheap which I did. The seller listed it as a 1920s hat but I think it's really a 1930s straw hat. I got it for 17 bucks and some change so it was overlooked by other bidders.

 

[alanfgag]

Is that 50-X moth bitten?

Appears to have a bit of chew.

 

[barrowjh]

I agree with Mr. Adams. There are a few hats in my collection that the bugs took a bite of that I bid on because the seller did not reveal (or did not know about) the damage, but only a very few. If the bugs have dined on it, I don't want it.

 

[rlk]

The moth damage is visually unappealing(if actually visible when worn), but usually the moths are long gone and precautions such as cleaning,vacuuming, sunlight, freezing or moth sprays or packets easily end the lives of any stragglers(larvae). Very early hats that are entirely free of any moth damage(same for other clothing items) barely exist.

 

[jskeen]

OK, so who got me on this?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=251235692056&index=0&nav=LOST&nid=54712682047

I thought that I had finally found the perfect stealth auction. Nowhere in title or text do it say "stetson 100" just in the pic. And it looked mint, and was only 1 size too small!

I'm going to go make myself a really stiff tequilla sour to console myself.

 

[fedoracentric]

If this doesn't show how meaningless any "X" designation is these days, check out a Charlie One Horse tag that says: 85% wool, 10% "fur fibers," and 5% "other fibers, yet Charlie One Horse called this a "XXX Fur Blend"??

Triple X?? seriously? Back in the old days (1920s) a triple X would have been quite a lot of beaver. Now it's 85% wool!! Wow, what a major difference.

I won't link to the ebay auction I got this tag info from because it is a live auction, but it is a light tan hat you can find on your own if you are interested.

 

[fedoracentric]

OK, so who got me on this?

I saw that but I don't think a 60s Stetson 100 is anything special. That price seems pretty good, though.

 

[Walt]

"XXX" has been used by Stetson/Resistol and others probably since the late 70's/early 1980's to denote wool---not sure of the exact date. Prior to that Double-X "XX" was used for wool content at least till mid to late 70's. Those old "XX" are also nicer than modern XXX...

But yes, "XXX" used to mean a much better quality hat. My 50's and early 60's vintage XXX Stetsons and Resistols are fine hats.

It's been frequently discussed on this site how the number of X's go up along with the price while the quality goes downward.