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

[deadlyhandsome]

Here’s a rare one! Made with real caribou fur!

 

[M Hatman]

Here’s a rare one! Made with real caribou fur!



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[BobHufford]

An auction result. Not mine ... just found it interesting.

California-Style Hat Attributed to John Coffee Hays

Description​

Wool felt construction with 4.5" brim and 5" pinched crown. 2" replaced leather sweatband. Thick twisted hat cord covered in bullion wire. Brim of hat intricately embroidered with knot and wave motifs, the crown with an attractive floral embroidery in bullion and sequins. **Fine condition overall. Some scattered moth holes and wear with some minor wear to lining and sweatband. Stitching shows some loss of design and loosening of stitches. Some loss of bullion wrap. A very attractive California-style hat regardless of its attribution.** Provenance Colonel John Hays Collection Harry B. Crozier Collection Texas Centennial Celebration Display Stafford Engraving Company Collection Ormsby Company Collection Estimate $1,000-$2,000

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Sold for $4,250.

 

[Frizzman4]

What did I just buy? Not sure if it’s a win or a loss yet, but it looked good and was $20.

 

[Blare]

What did I just buy? Not sure if it’s a win or a loss yet, but it looked good and was $20. View attachment 502872 View attachment 502873 View attachment 502874 View attachment 502876 View attachment 502875 View attachment 502877

For Twenty dollars you most likely can not go wrong. In fact the price of this hat new in its day may very well have been close to that figure.

It is a store branded hat made for Barney’s clothing stores… this one out of Detroit. Many of these “store brand” private label hats were made by some of the top hat makers. who that could be… might be anyone’s guess. After you receive it if there are any paper labels under the sweatband it might shed some light.

Resistol might be one possibility. But just a guess.

By the way.. the rear bow ribbon style was popular for a while in the 30s and again in the mid to late 50’s. My guess would be for the latter. Nice looking hat. Congratulations.

 

[Frunobulax]

What did I just buy? Not sure if it’s a win or a loss yet, but it looked good and was $20. View attachment 502872 View attachment 502873 View attachment 502874 View attachment 502876 View attachment 502875 View attachment 502877

Looks pretty good to me.

 

[moehawk]

It's a bit spendy bur, well, it's Oviatt's. And Italian.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/118606...0&click_sum=c0db4a42&ref=user_profile-2&frs=1

 

[Rmccamey]

I have not seen a funny description in a while and had to share it with you.

"Stetson Men's White Dented Crown Round Brim Western Cowboy Hat"

If I asked Gannon or Northwest for a dented crown round brimmed western, I wonder what I would get!

 

[wsmontana]

A Gen Z seller? These archaic fonts are becoming a problem.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

A Gen Z seller? These archaic fonts are becoming a problem.

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Nice, but I’ve always preferred the Stetson Domestic.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol Beaver 135. This will be my second 135…the first wasn’t as nice as either of my 100s. This looks to have been better cared for so fingers crossed. Just hope they don’t abuse me on the shipping.

 

[steur]

Resistol Beaver 135. This will be my second 135…the first wasn’t as nice as either of my 100s. This looks to have been better cared for so fingers crossed. Just hope they don’t abuse me on the shipping.

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Nice enough hat by the looks of it, Brent, but you could have saved up for the Resistol "143.60 including tax and inflation correction".

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Nice enough hat by the looks of it, Brent, but you could have saved up for the Resistol "143.60 including tax and inflation correction".

Probably a good thing they stopped naming hats in this manner: imagine what we would be up to by now!

 

[steur]

Probably a good thing they stopped naming hats in this manner: imagine what we would be up to by now!

True. "Hundred" was a good place to stop.

 

[Rmccamey]

Or the "$19.99 a month for 60 months" hat.

Nice enough hat by the looks of it, Brent, but you could have saved up for the Resistol "143.60 including tax and inflation correction".

 

[Frunobulax]

Or the "$19.99 a month for 60 months" hat.

They'd still call it a 100, but it would be a lease, and you would pay $100/mo.

 

[BobHufford]

I hope someone here got these as my morning got away from me and I missed the end of the auction (I had a chance for free oak logs that a logger up the hill on National Forest property was leaving behind as they were too short or just not enough for him to load and make a run with his semi-truck -- I had until today to get them out of there and have been working on cutting / hauling for three days).

The sizes are unknown, but I'm still pretty bummed.

Stetson Royal Deluxe "Vogue".

Stetson Imperial.

 

[Blare]

I hope someone here got these as my morning got away from me and I missed the end of the auction (I had a chance for free oak logs that a logger up the hill on National Forest property was leaving behind as they were too short or just not enough for him to load and make a run with his semi-truck -- I had until today to get them out of there and have been working on cutting / hauling for three days).

The sizes are unknown, but I'm still pretty bummed.

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Stetson Royal Deluxe "Vogue".

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Stetson Imperial.

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Oh my. Some special ones there.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Listed as a 1970s Indiana Jones hat.

 

[Blare]

Listed as a 1970s Indiana Jones hat.

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That time traveling Indy!