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

[Stetsonian]

Ebay changed the vintage hats categories today.

now there's

Vintage:
Cap
Cowboy
Derby
Fedora
Stetson (it's a brand, not a style, ebay:rage: )
Straw
Top hat
Other

all existing listings in the vintage hats category have been lumped into "other".

What do you think of this? Good or bad? Seems to me like it could be helpful, but they should switch out "Stetson" for "Homburg"

Leave it to eBay to list 'Stetson' as a style! I think regardless of the new categories sellers will continue to mis-identify/list the hats they sell. A lot of sellers have no knowledge of hats or hat style. IMHO

Jay

 

[Lefty]

So, where would you list a Stetson straw homburg?

 

[Lefty]

I know, I know.
Vintage mens' clothing, WWII, other.

 

[Garrett]

Miss the days when you could just type in "hat".....

 

[EVEN-STEVEN]

STEVENS OPEN ROAD OR STRAT CLONE - I THINK

Hello All!

Won this lid a few days back. It's a Stevens with a red lining. What do you think? Did I score?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mans-Vintage-Ha...ryZ52369QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[MattJH]

My first Cavanagh - a dark grey 7 3/4 LO. Almost all of my hats are brown, so this one will be a nice change of pace. I hear great things about Cavanagh from folks here.

It just got here.

It's a 7 3/8 LO, not a 7 3/4 LO.

How in the world do you confuse an 8 for a 4?

Total bummer.

 

[Stetsonian]

That sucks DJ!

It just got here.

It's a 7 3/8 LO, not a 7 3/4 LO.

How in the world do you confuse an 8 for a 4?

Total bummer.

At least it looks like the seller accepts returns which, being that it was wrongly sized on their behalf should be a given. If you sell on eBay, I'd say resell it yourself. 7-3/8ths is a popular headsize, you may get more than you paid for it.

Good luck!
Jay

 

[MattJH]

To lighten the blow, the 7 1/2 Dobbs that I won last week just came in. I'm a 7 5/8 - 7 3/4, but I got this one very cheap at just over $30 in the hopes that it might fit me. It does. 2 1/4" brim and all. Anyone know how to date it from the liner?

 

[Lefty]

I can't say anything about the date, but I was watching that pretty Dobbs and you certainly made out for that price.


Did anyone get this? I wanted it, but forgot about the auction until 2 minutes after it was over. I haven't seen one like it.

 

[Stetsonian]

'Aquanized Stetson'?

I can't say anything about the date, but I was watching that pretty Dobbs and you certainly made out for that price.


Did anyone get this? I wanted it, but forgot about the auction until 2 minutes after it was over. I haven't seen one like it.

In one of the auction pictures of the sweatband does it say 'Aquanized Stetson'? I've never heard that before and assume it meant water-resistant?

Jay

 

[Lefty]

Yep, that's just one of the things that made it strange to me. It's a select quality, which I thought was phased out by the time a hat that looked like that (the general style and liner) came out, and I don't recall Stetson making such a big deal about their hats being waterproof the way that Mallory, Lee, and others did. Maybe it was a model that was only made for the Canadian market, but I've got nothing but speculation on this one.

 

[Dinerman]

Stetsons marked aquanized stetson were made and sold only on the Canadian market.

Though the size tag is missing, and you can't see the reorder tags under the sweat, just for reference, the reorder tags on the canadian stetsons were different, just little rectangular tags. The size tags were done on gold foil instead of manila card stock.

That's a Canadian hat for sure.

 

[HamletJSD]

I won this Mallory/Stetson yesterday ... Not exactly my style, but for $12 I figured it was worth a shot. If I like the color I may cut down the brim, give it a thin ribbon, and see what the reslut is.

Any thoughts?

 

[Selentino]

I won this Mallory/Stetson yesterday ... Not exactly my style, but for $12 I figured it was worth a shot. If I like the color I may cut down the brim, give it a thin ribbon, and see what the reslut is.

I was watching that had and decided against sniping it at the last moment I was going to ask Art or my local guy about cleaning and a new bash and ribbon but for some reson I just let it go. some of the other guys would know more but I thought there's more life in the old hat yet.
Congrats on the win.

 

[MattJH]

Check out this nice looking, bound brimmed Royal Stetson in 7 5/8 that I just missed out on because I was driving home from work when it ended. Oh well. Believe it or not, I don't own a single Stetson.

 

[Dinerman]

I won this Mallory/Stetson yesterday ... Not exactly my style, but for $12 I figured it was worth a shot. If I like the color I may cut down the brim, give it a thin ribbon, and see what the reslut is.

Any thoughts?

it has the woolmark on the front of the sweat.

 

[HamletJSD]

So vintage wool?

Interesting ... I anticipated it being a beater from the beginning, but I didn't know you could tell so readily. Thanks D-man

 

[HamletJSD]

I was watching that had and decided against sniping it at the last moment I was going to ask Art or my local guy about cleaning and a new bash and ribbon but for some reson I just let it go. some of the other guys would know more but I thought there's more life in the old hat yet.
Congrats on the win.

I almost didn't bid to begin with and told my wife (later in the evening) that I was hoping someone would snipe me, lol

The problem is that I'm looking for a few specific colors and this was NOT one of them. I really need a grey hat (or a few shades of grey) and am hoping to find a shade of brown somewhere between dark Indi brown and Light tan.

So far no luck landing deals in either of those categories. Anyway, a hat for under $20 incl. shipping is still a hat for under $20. We'll see how it goes.

 

[bolthead]

DJ.......

Oh well. Believe it or not, I don't own a single Stetson.

for shame rabbit...........

 

[kowalskt63]

Hmmmm?

Just nailed this on Ebay? It says wool? Do they even make wool fedora's? If so, no biggie, I like the color, it looks clean, and wasn't that bad a deal. Thoughts?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260274831614#ebayphotohosting