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Scheduled to arrive Saturday… but looks like it may even arrive tomorrow. But then again it was showing still for sale at over ten times the selling price days after it shipped. “My Stars” I hope it’s a victory 
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OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
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Just Daniel
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RossRYoung
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A beaut Brent!
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Thanks, gents. The seller wouldn’t look behind the sweatband so the size was based off of some not-so-precise measurements. If it doesn’t fit me it will find a home with someone else.
Fingers crossed it fits you, Brent. These 3x hats are fabulous.
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This was more of a rescue than an acquisition:
Sold as a size 7 1/4…we’ll see.
Sold as a size 7 1/4…we’ll see.
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Wow!
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This was more of a rescue than an acquisition:
I hope that green color is accurate. Good get!
AbbaDatDeHat
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Very very nice green color, Brent, and the ribbon patina really sets it off. You can’t get that in any new hat.
The Dude abides!
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Miller Bros 5X Beaver…the pug is what made me pull the trigger.
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Interesting.
Miller Bros 5X Beaver…the pug is what made me pull the trigger.
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A victory, a defeat and a gripe.
Last week a long-time western-wear store in Ft. Smith, Arkansas had their remaining product, fixtures and odds/ends auctioned off with a on-line auction. Many of the branded (especially Stetson) signage, etc. went for some pretty high prices. I came away with a few things including a commercial Jiffy steamer, an antique (8-foot long) display table with turned legs, sold old (empty) boot boxes, six pairs of new Levi's 517 boot-cut jeans, a vintage stained glass window and some owner-built "hat sticks" (used to get boxes off a high shelf).
The primary thing I was after (and the reason I was willing to make the eight hour round-trip drive) was this old hat display cabinet.
The racks in the bays slide forward on a track and can then spin to show the hats on the other side. One bay had been converted to have shelving and a peg-rack, but could go back to only hat wire-hangers. The was also a third "spinner" indicating that this display used to have a third bay (and that far end is "unfinished"). The glass doors were on tracks and would slide in to the sides of the bays when open.
This beast was 18' long, 6' deep and 7' 10" tall. There was also another "hat cabinet" in pieces as a separate lot (although pics of it were also in this lot). I pointed that out to the auction house in a message and also on the phone, but nothing changed. I wonder if the pieces might have been the third bay as there were enough doors (leaning up on shelves on the other side of the room) for all three.
I could not go very deep, but the opening bids early in the week stayed low throughout the "closing" part of the auction as other lots finished. And the other display cabinets, etc. were going pretty cheap.
Then I won it!
I was super stoked, but also nervous about having to dismantle, move and most likely store somewhere until I had a place to put it. It would fit in our master bedroom, but I would have to lose the bed and two dressers to do it. My wife was not keen on that idea. We might add a room onto the farm house a some point so maybe there. Or sell it. Seems to me that it would be worth a couple grand or more if properly advertised (like on 1stDibs.com or even eBay or Instagram). I could trailer it to Texas for a certain Dentist to pick up.
I had already reserved a U-Haul trailer, "volunteered" the neighbor (a retired cabinet maker) for help and had plans in the works for the trip. I reached out with a text to the auctioneer to see how early they would be there on Saturday. Then, after 10:30 pm I get a call from the auction house. "Sorry ... there was a reserve of $2000 on this piece".
What? That was not listed in the auction! The on-line host site has the ability to set a reserve (as I've seen it done many times). I was not a happy camper. It almost seemed like the "reserve" was an afterthought after a low winning bid. My wife was also mad (but I think she was secretly thrilled to not have to deal with this thing).
When I went to pick up the other stuff I let the owner know how unprofessional their "auctioneer" was. Not only this lack of setting a reserve (hey -- I was bidding in good faith that this was an absolute auction), but that there were few photos, bad photos, lack of description, wrong description/headings, few (if any) measurements, etc. across the board on all the lots. That sometimes helps the bidders if they know what they're looking at, but the not the seller trying to liquidate the last remnants of her late husband's life's work.
So a victory, defeat and a gripe all in one.
Last week a long-time western-wear store in Ft. Smith, Arkansas had their remaining product, fixtures and odds/ends auctioned off with a on-line auction. Many of the branded (especially Stetson) signage, etc. went for some pretty high prices. I came away with a few things including a commercial Jiffy steamer, an antique (8-foot long) display table with turned legs, sold old (empty) boot boxes, six pairs of new Levi's 517 boot-cut jeans, a vintage stained glass window and some owner-built "hat sticks" (used to get boxes off a high shelf).
The primary thing I was after (and the reason I was willing to make the eight hour round-trip drive) was this old hat display cabinet.
The racks in the bays slide forward on a track and can then spin to show the hats on the other side. One bay had been converted to have shelving and a peg-rack, but could go back to only hat wire-hangers. The was also a third "spinner" indicating that this display used to have a third bay (and that far end is "unfinished"). The glass doors were on tracks and would slide in to the sides of the bays when open.
This beast was 18' long, 6' deep and 7' 10" tall. There was also another "hat cabinet" in pieces as a separate lot (although pics of it were also in this lot). I pointed that out to the auction house in a message and also on the phone, but nothing changed. I wonder if the pieces might have been the third bay as there were enough doors (leaning up on shelves on the other side of the room) for all three.
I could not go very deep, but the opening bids early in the week stayed low throughout the "closing" part of the auction as other lots finished. And the other display cabinets, etc. were going pretty cheap.
Then I won it!
I was super stoked, but also nervous about having to dismantle, move and most likely store somewhere until I had a place to put it. It would fit in our master bedroom, but I would have to lose the bed and two dressers to do it. My wife was not keen on that idea. We might add a room onto the farm house a some point so maybe there. Or sell it. Seems to me that it would be worth a couple grand or more if properly advertised (like on 1stDibs.com or even eBay or Instagram). I could trailer it to Texas for a certain Dentist to pick up.
I had already reserved a U-Haul trailer, "volunteered" the neighbor (a retired cabinet maker) for help and had plans in the works for the trip. I reached out with a text to the auctioneer to see how early they would be there on Saturday. Then, after 10:30 pm I get a call from the auction house. "Sorry ... there was a reserve of $2000 on this piece".
What? That was not listed in the auction! The on-line host site has the ability to set a reserve (as I've seen it done many times). I was not a happy camper. It almost seemed like the "reserve" was an afterthought after a low winning bid. My wife was also mad (but I think she was secretly thrilled to not have to deal with this thing).
When I went to pick up the other stuff I let the owner know how unprofessional their "auctioneer" was. Not only this lack of setting a reserve (hey -- I was bidding in good faith that this was an absolute auction), but that there were few photos, bad photos, lack of description, wrong description/headings, few (if any) measurements, etc. across the board on all the lots. That sometimes helps the bidders if they know what they're looking at, but the not the seller trying to liquidate the last remnants of her late husband's life's work.
So a victory, defeat and a gripe all in one.
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Sorry to hear it, Bob. Woulda been a very unique piece and a very ‘unprofessional’ act from the auction house. The after thought idea seems likely, though I’m not well versed on this stuff to know if a reserve needs to be properly disclosed (though this should be the case IMO). Glad you got a few items out of it though, I had an eye on the Stetson Hat neon but figured shipping would be a nightmare. Would love to see your haul though!
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Bummer. That would be a cool addition to a hat collector's home display!
AbbaDatDeHat
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Darn Bob i was hoping for a happy ending on that story. Was gonna suggest building Bob’s Hat Shop.A victory, a defeat and a gripe.
Last week a long-time western-wear store in Ft. Smith, Arkansas had their remaining product, fixtures and odds/ends auctioned off with a on-line auction. Many of the branded (especially Stetson) signage, etc. went for some pretty high prices. I came away with a few things including a commercial Jiffy steamer, an antique (8-foot long) display table with turned legs, sold old (empty) boot boxes, six pairs of new Levi's 517 boot-cut jeans, a vintage stained glass window and some owner-built "hat sticks" (used to get boxes off a high shelf).
The primary thing I was after (and the reason I was willing to make the eight hour round-trip drive) was this old hat display cabinet.
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The racks in the bays slide forward on a track and can then spin to show the hats on the other side. One bay had been converted to have shelving and a peg-rack, but could go back to only hat wire-hangers. The was also a third "spinner" indicating that this display used to have a third bay (and that far end is "unfinished"). The glass doors were on tracks and would slide in to the sides of the bays when open.
This beast was 18' long, 6' deep and 7' 10" tall. There was also another "hat cabinet" in pieces as a separate lot (although pics of it were also in this lot). I pointed that out to the auction house in a message and also on the phone, but nothing changed. I wonder if the pieces might have been the third bay as there were enough doors (leaning up on shelves on the other side of the room) for all three.
I could not go very deep, but the opening bids early in the week stayed low throughout the "closing" part of the auction as other lots finished. And the other display cabinets, etc. were going pretty cheap.
Then I won it!
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I was super stoked, but also nervous about having to dismantle, move and most likely store somewhere until I had a place to put it. It would fit in our master bedroom, but I would have to lose the bed and two dressers to do it. My wife was not keen on that idea. We might add a room onto the farm house a some point so maybe there. Or sell it. Seems to me that it would be worth a couple grand or more if properly advertised (like on 1stDibs.com or even eBay or Instagram). I could trailer it to Texas for a certain Dentist to pick up.
I had already reserved a U-Haul trailer, "volunteered" the neighbor (a retired cabinet maker) for help and had plans in the works for the trip. I reached out with a text to the auctioneer to see how early they would be there on Saturday. Then, after 10:30 pm I get a call from the auction house. "Sorry ... there was a reserve of $2000 on this piece".
What? That was not listed in the auction! The on-line host site has the ability to set a reserve (as I've seen it done many times). I was not a happy camper. It almost seemed like the "reserve" was an afterthought after a low winning bid. My wife was also mad (but I think she was secretly thrilled to not have to deal with this thing).
When I went to pick up the other stuff I let the owner know how unprofessional their "auctioneer" was. Not only this lack of setting a reserve (hey -- I was bidding in good faith that this was an absolute auction), but that there were few photos, bad photos, lack of description, wrong description/headings, few (if any) measurements, etc. across the board on all the lots. That sometimes helps the bidders if they know what they're looking at, but the not the seller trying to liquidate the last remnants of her late husband's life's work.
So a victory, defeat and a gripe all in one.
I’d would have had to return their favor and cancelled my purchases and advised them to kindly KMA!!
Sucks
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Thanks for the condolences everyone.
This was the only auction pic of the table.
The auction house did not return my request for dimensions prior to the auction so it was a gamble.
The top got a bit damp as the tarp burrito wrap I applied let a bit of water in (it rained about three inches on our return trip) and the table was top down in the back of the pickup. The table is 8-feet long and appears to be made of yellow pine.
This was the only auction pic of the table.
The auction house did not return my request for dimensions prior to the auction so it was a gamble.
The top got a bit damp as the tarp burrito wrap I applied let a bit of water in (it rained about three inches on our return trip) and the table was top down in the back of the pickup. The table is 8-feet long and appears to be made of yellow pine.
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The Jiffy steamer. The rod to hang the hose on was included. They had it slid into a piece of electrical conduit and into a metal base separate from the steamer. I will order a hat nozzle for it ($25).
The auction house was using it when I arrived (to try and remove the lot number stickers from the front of some posters).
The auction house was using it when I arrived (to try and remove the lot number stickers from the front of some posters).
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The hat box sticks were made by the store owner to get boxed hats down off of high shelves.
These two were of a more recent vintage.
These two were of a more recent vintage.
