OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[belfastboy]

I’d be shocked if it fit me. I bought it to flip it and will be glad to reserve it for you…maybe as a credit against some hat work? I’ll get you details when it arrives.

I have one Batsakes/Gus Miller but it is a navy blue and does not get much head time. A Milan however!!!

 

[BobHufford]

Extra Long Oval ...

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Horrible photos, but I saw something I recognized:

 

[belfastboy]

Extra Long Oval ...

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I have only made one hat for an extra long oval client. Even this block would not have worked as he had a head shaped like a ship. Broad at the back and it narrowed considerably as it reached the forehead. I made the hat, but it worked out to about a buck an hour for my labour.

But it was a challenge that I had to try ONCE!

 

[RossRYoung]

I swear my heads shaped the same way, like a freakin door stop or triangle or something. LO all the way for me

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Did anyone here win this? I thought it was mine, but I got distracted and it slipped through my fingers.

 

[BobHufford]

Did anyone here win this?

I was watching it. I can understand the price it sold for, but don't understand the Lenox Amish hat selling for as much as it did.

A Velour of the era on the left ...

On eBay now:

 

[RossRYoung]

I’ve officially promised my wife I’m done buying, unless it’s a trade or sell to make room for another. That velour would have made for a very tempting addition… beaut!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I was watching it. I can understand the price it sold for, but don't understand the Lenox Amish hat selling for as much as it did.

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A Velour of the era on the left ...

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On eBay now:

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I went $35 on the Lenox but was willing to go higher than the selling price on the velour. I keep telling myself that buyer was willing to go big so all I did was not bid the hat up rather than missing it. It helps me sleep at night.

 

[BobHufford]

I don't get the price on this one either.

 

[Mighty44]

 

[Just Daniel]

Wow, that is pretty high for a campaign hat. Unless I’m missing something, they appear regularly on eBay. WWI hats are not that common, but they do show up and there are quite a few 20s hats.

I don't get the price on this one either.

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[M Hatman]

When out and about, I stopped into a antique shop and I found THIS:
(not the hats, the tri stand store display)

Each branch has the nice wide cupped top (and each at a different angle).
Very pleased with this and I have not even cleaned and oiled it yet.

 

[Rmccamey]

When out and about, I stopped into a antique shop and I found THIS:
(not the hats, the tri stand store display)

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Each branch has the nice wide cupped top (and each at a different angle).
Very pleased with this and I have not even cleaned and oiled it yet.

Very cool find!

 

[Blare]

Arrived. Thanks to @DaveProc tip. Coming to Post New Hats soon.

Box had to stay with seller to keep ship cost reasonable…. I don’t think she had the lids anyhow. She ended up sending the insides of the box which will I’m sure fit in an empty I have around here somewhere

 

[DaveProc]

Arrived. Thanks to @DaveProc tip. Coming to Post New Hats soon.

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Box had to stay with seller to keep ship cost reasonable…. I don’t think she had the lids anyhow. She ended up sending the insides of the box which will I’m sure fit in an empty I have around here somewhere
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Awesome!!

 

[BobHufford]

Not mine ... just an interesting auction result.

Harry S. Truman's personal Stetson.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Not mine ... just an interesting auction result.

Harry S. Truman's personal Stetson.

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I really like the case with the presidential seal. It doesn’t look like a One-Hundred either. Was there any provenance with it? It looks like just a presidential library gift shop hat, but he case is unusual for that.

Thanks for sharing it!

 

[BobHufford]

Was there any provenance with it?

https://historical.ha.com/itm/polit...-hat-with-original-travel-case/a/6267-47050.s

Just that is was out of someone's collection. Listed as a 3X. A Eisenhower hat is coming up soon.

https://historical.ha.com/itm/polit...isenhower-personal-stetson-hat/a/6267-47049.s

It's listed as a 3X also and states that it was "presented as a gift to U.S. Senator and Ike's Assistant Secretary of Defense Frederick E. Seaton."

The giant chuck of missing brim is a deal killer for me ...

It's in a 1965 anniversary box.

From the same collection as the other hat.

 

[M Hatman]

I really like the case with the presidential seal. It doesn’t look like a One-Hundred either. Was there any provenance with it? It looks like just a presidential library gift shop hat, but he case is unusual for that.

Thanks for sharing it!

Yes we reflected on this before...the seal DEFINITELY does not have any of the patina of the case. And of course Truman did not wear a pre-creased hat, he creased his own. I am not aware of him EVER wearing a rancher crease.....he like d a pinch crease.

His favorite to wear was a Stetson 7xcb though he did wear nice Resistols too....AND proper fedoras (usually camber style).

PS: I wonder what size the hat was...Truman wore a 7 3/8. It looks every bit of a Presidential Library Hat that they added the case to. Buyer beware.......