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

[Tango Yankee]

I couldn't pass it up at that price.

Indeed not! Great catch there, Bolthead! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

(That reminds me, I think I have one around here somewhere... I gotta do that inventory! )

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Tango Yankee]

I took it up to 99, but knew it would go higher. Congrats to the winner of this great Barbisio.

I hope it was someone here. I can think of a few likely candidates. I was in at $125.00 but the auction ended while I was away. Congratulations to the winner.

Thank you, gentlemen! I got in from Kentucky and found I'd won it an hour or so ago.

Just got sniped on THIS ONE, which is cool... I went as high as I wanted to with the sizing questions.

Looks nice, though!

Anj

Umm, me, again. I had set three snipers before leaving for Kentucky, and much to my surprise all three hit their targets--all hats from the same seller. The third was the other Batsakes Bros hat he had for sale:

I have my doubts that this one will look good on me with my often florid complexion, but I thought I'd add it to my Batsakes collection if I could. Didn't expect to get all three! Not sure how I'm going to explain it...

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Jabos]

I am always impressed by this thread. Sometimes I wonder if you guys are looking at a different Ebay than I. Actually, I am learning more about hats by just watching this thread than reading any other single thread on FL. Hope to get my second Ebay purchase in the mail today. Tampahound, for a newbie you are certainly doing great! Nice Disney.

 

[Lefty]

I still don't really know what a Custom V is supposed to be, but this one, a 7 1/2, just sold for only about $80. Maybe the V is the crease, which looks just like the A crown that Graham puts into many Optimos.

Here are some ads from 53 and 54, but note the many differences in style from the auction hat.

This one must be Canadian, with the addition of the "aquanized" feature.

 

[jimmy the lid]

I was thinking of bidding on that one, but, in the end decided not to. It looks like a beautiful lid -- but it also looks like an OR with a slightly wider ribbon, and I'm not in the market for one of those. It certainly has a different appearance than the more typical Custom V depicted in the vintage Stetson ads. In that respect, this one seems to be something of an anomaly.

From reading the ad copy, it seems that Lefty's suspicion is correct -- the "Custom V" appears to be a "custom" permanent crease:

"Creasing a hat...and doing it right...is an art. With the new Stetson Custom V, you know the crease is right because it is built-in by Stetson craftsmen to last the life of the hat."

Very interesting.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Lefty]

I guess the auction hat has passed-on.

 

[jimmy the lid]

I guess the auction hat has passed-on.

R.I.P., Custom V...lol

 

[Ande1964]

I was in the same boat, Jimmy. It looked nice, but I can't spend on another OR clone right now.

Anj

 

[Michaelshane]

Stratoliner.......$76.99

 

[handlebar bart]

Stratoliner.......$76.99

I bid on that one but got scared off by the pictures of mutiple hats. She didn't address my question to my satisfaction. That strat though looks like a great deal.

 

[Michaelshane]

Yea I was afraid she would send me the cowboy hat,so I didn't try too hard to win it.

 

[Hat Head]

Burned off some PayPal balance . . .

And picked up a new straw for the (hopefully) soon-to-arrive warmer weather:

Link

 

[Dinerman]

 

[Brad Bowers]

That's a really neat Stack, Dinerman. Quite the rare find, too!

Brad

 

[Tango Yankee]

Now that's nice D-man!

I've not seen Stack before. Is that a grosgrain sweatband? I wonder how that would hold up to serious sweat.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Brad Bowers]

Now that's nice D-man!

I've not seen Stack before. Is that a grosgrain sweatband? I wonder how that would hold up to serious sweat.

Cheers,
Tom

Stack Hats were made by Hat Corporation of America. It was a private label offered by their plant superintendent and 4-time mayor of Norwalk, Frank T. Stack. He started the line in 1942, but it doesn't appear to have made it out of the '40s. '47 is the last reference I can find. So that narrows the dating of this hat considerably!

Neat to see the natural rabbit/hare color and fuzzy finish. I haven't seen one like this before, and have only seen about four Stack Hats in the past few years. This is a wonderful casual hat.

Brad

 

[Lefty]

HJ/Adventurebilt
link

 

[Lefty]

Panapore 7 3/8 with Disney box

 

[Lefty]

black 7 5/8 Beaver Brand, 100% beaver fedora at a steal of a price

 

[thunderw21]