Finally, a green Stetson!

[Pilgrim]

I've been looking for a nice green fedora for months - and I think I just scored it. The seller says the brim is 2 and 3/16 inches wide, and the crown is about 5 inches.

The auction has ended.

I'll definitely post pictures when this one comes in.

BTW, I don't know why hat prices seem to be lower in the last couple weeks - I've bought a couple of hats lower than I expected. Perhaps people are shifting to Christmas purchases and leaving us hat aficionados a clearer field??

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Perhaps people are shifting to Christmas purchases and leaving us hat aficionados a clearer field??

That, and people are wary of auctions that end so close to Christmas. They worry that the items (bought as gifts) won't arrive in the mail on time for December 25.


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[Feraud]

That is an amazing looking hat! :eusa_clap

 

[deanglen]

Way to go, Pilgrim, you scored a winner!

dean

 

[RedPop4]

I saw that one the other day.
Nice.

 

[Dinerman]

that's quite an interesting color on that hat. more blue in it than most of the green hats that occasionally pop up.

 

[DOUGLAS]

Good for you man. I was looking at that hat. I'm glad it was had by some one here.

 

[Solid Citizen]

You Kept The Green In Your Jeans

AND on your head, a fedora @ a
realistic $$$ :eusa_clap

SC

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Not a realistic price: a *lucky* price!


Speaking of which ... a nearly identical green vintage Stetson fedora (size 7 1/8), in excellent condition, was on eBay two weeks ago. Opening bid price: $35. Ended with no bids whatsover. The seller then reposted it on eBay last week. Same opening bid price. Again, it ended with no bids at all.


Why?



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[Pilgrim]

Douglas, if you didn't go after it you must already have one!

All I can say is that the next couple of weeks may be a GREAT time to look for bargains at OFAS. while others are buying gifts, we can look for neglected fedoras. I also picked up a nice straw with a black hatband and ribbon edge at a bargin price this past week. I am astounded at my good luck.

 

[Fletch]

Frankels, Des Moines??? I used to SHOP there!!!
Of course, that was the 80s. They no longer had anything this cool.

I'm wondering whether you passed up forest green non-Stetsons to wait for the holy grail.

 

[Pilgrim]

Hey Fletch, I had forgotten that - but it happens I was born in Ames, IA just a few miles from Des Moines - possibly around the time this hat was sold there. Kismet, perhaps?

I've been hunting for a green fedora in a tasteful color for some time - really wouldn't have cared if it were any number of different brands, as long as it was a decent quality piece. I have seen more that are on the olive side of green, but although this is a more pure color, it's dark enough that I think it will work. As all of you know, it is not easy to find decent quality hats in green felt of any color variation.

I work at Colorado State University where the colors are green and gold, so I wear a lot of olive, khaki and earth-tone clothing, especially on days around big games and alumni activities. I've always thought that a tasteful green hat would be handy, but NOT a bright color that would make me look like a wanna-be Notre Dame leprechaun.:fedora:

 

[Fletch]

I lived in Ames 19 years. My family still has a house there and we still go back on occasion.

Last time I returned I learned that Younkers' downtown DSM store went the way of all flagship retailers. I was very sad - my great-aunt worked there in 1918 or so when it was Younker Brothers. I got my first pair of glasses on the mezzanine at age 7 and looked down on the big main floor with its 1939 Electric Stairs. It looked acres big and I could SEE EVERYTHING.

All gone now. In fact Younkers will just become Macy*s, another superconglomerate. Tsk tsk...