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

[Gilgamark]

Gilgamark, The Knox I won from that same seller arrived a few days ago. I'm still fussing with the bash, and then I'll take a picture. If that one is of equal quality, you should be pretty happy!

Good to hear. I bid on the Knox you won, I believe.

BTW, I agree about the eBay sellers that write novels for item descriptions. Just give me the basics about the hat and its condition.

 

[Belegnole]

Now I have to disagree with that!

There is nothing I enjoy more than an item description that begins with: "It's a dark and stormy night...and you, Detective Jake Steele are on the case"....

Two and a half paragraphs later.......
"and you emerge from the darkness wearing your trusty 7 1/4" Stetson, its ample 2 1/2" brim casting a mysterious shadow over your eyes from the streetlight overhead."

Well, what can I say? Just finding that pertinent information has made me feel like I really am a detective... so then I HAVE to have the hat! I don't even need to see any pictures!

If only ALL sellers would take such literary initiative!

(I've been waiting a long time for the right moment to gripe about that one)

Here's where sellers either grab someone or not. I find myself time after time reading detective novels...they are great!. However when I read the description of a used piece of whatever the last thing I want is some romantic BS clouding the facts. That seller has a nice setup but I now skip everything said except the facts. That seller also often has out of focus pictures as well. The big difference in the "romantic seller" and the seller of the Borsalino is one is a pro and it shows and the other is a regular guy with high expectations.

 

[Bob Smalser]

Now I have to disagree with that!

There is nothing I enjoy more than an item description that begins with: "It's a dark and stormy night...and you, Detective Jake Steele are on the case"....

Enjoy.

But if you lose me, you also lose dozens like me.

I like good stories too. But I prefer to read them at a time of my choosing. All I'm suggesting is size and condition be exceptionally clear, well detailed, and up front, not hidden somewhere in the story line.

Moreover, when it's obvious the pertinent details are being buried, the ad begins to ring of bait-and-switch gamesmanship to bidders who waste several minutes discovering the hat is an unwearable Size 6 1/2. If such sellers think these methods are successful, they are badly mistaken in my case.

 

[billyspew]

Twenty five Champ pugarees NOS in original box. Oh BOY! I am gonna snazz up my straws! Ring-a-ding-ding!

The same seller was also offering these size tags and price tags...

 

[DoctorJ]

There is nothing I enjoy more than an item description that begins with: "It's a dark and stormy night...

Just to be clear, I hope you guys know I was being sarcastic.

 

[carouselvic]

I'm with Bob S. on this one. A good hat will all but sell itself. I avoid a seller who sends all his time blowin' on the fur and never getin' to the hide. I look at far to many hats in a days time, if I want to read a novel I'll go down to the library.

 

[Ande1964]

Wow

That looks like a stunner. I did not see it... thank god.

EDIT- Never mind... it's a 7 1/4. I thought it was a 7 1/2. That's a little steep for the size.

Anj

Hard to imagine that a Borsalino in this condition yielded no bids whatsoever:

Alessandria

Note the use of "Alessandria" as a model name on this Borso thin-ribbon.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Belegnole]

Just to be clear, I hope you guys know I was being sarcastic.

AH HA!....no I didn't because I found the seller to be a touch amusing and could see someone finding it more so. Thanks for the clarification..

 

[Lefty]

late model Sovereign OR 7 3/8

old Stetson Nutria

Stetson Vogue 7 1/8

Whippet 7 1/8

 

[Lefty]

wild old Dobbs

big bucks Borso

 

[Brad Bowers]

wild old Dobbs

I watched that Dobbs, but it went higher than I can afford right now. It's a pre-1928 hat. I'm not convinced it's a man's hat, but it sure is interesting, and very different. Looks like they use Top Hat construction methods and materials on it.

Did anyone here win it?

Brad

 

[Tango Yankee]

Did anyone here win it?

Brad

I was the winner on that one, Brad. I'm not convinced it's a man's hat, either, nor do I have any idea as to whether or not I'd actually wear it, but it sure piqued my curiosity!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[billyspew]

Won this Lee yesterday... not sure of age but I'd probably say early 60's, do like the look of the wide binding though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=220394147922

 

[Brad Bowers]

I was the winner on that one, Brad. I'm not convinced it's a man's hat, either, nor do I have any idea as to whether or not I'd actually wear it, but it sure piqued my curiosity!

Cheers,
Tom

Glad you won it.:eusa_clap

Maybe you can provide some answers once you have it in person, then. It sure doesn't quite fit any style of men's hat from that time that I've run across, unless it has some unique purpose that we don't know.

Let us know!

Brad

 

[Bob Smalser]

Another Dobbs Fifteen, probably excellent.

Seller unsure whether the sweat is 21" or 22" in circumference. For $18.50, I'll take the chance.

 

[Lefty]

Whippet 7 3/8

 

[Lefty]

Henry Heath homburg 7 3/8 from Rogers Peet

 

[Wasz]

Man FRUSTRATION I've been in a few auctions now and I can't come out ahead without bidding up to like 50 bucks. I don't really know what things are worth, but apparently I have good tastes because people are willing to outbid me something awful.

Missed out on a Dobbs that was unbashed and looked very very clean in 7 1/8 LO. Thought I would get this one and really get a chance to mess with a hat and see what it was all about.

Sorry for whining I feel better now though.

 

[St.Ignatz]

Henry Heath homburg 7 3/8 from Rogers Peet

Wow that felt flows like sea foam. Good score.

 

[DoctorJ]

Here's my new Knox