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Also from Douglas - just arrived
DOUGLAS said:I,m glad the hats worked out Gentlemen.
I didn't know you even had lids in a size 7 for sale man. :eusa_doh:thunderw21 said:Man, Douglas is just giving hats away!
I will do that for you.jimmy the lid said:Missed this the first time around, Bolt. Very interesting. Could you please post a close-up of the ribbon -- looks fairly unique to me, in terms of other Playboys I have seen. Also, I have an idea about the age, but could you please post a shot of the liner? That will help to nail things down a bit.
Happy Birthday -- and congrats on finding a Wish List hat!!!
Cheers,
JtL
Mario said:
Midwest Boater said:i guess no one in the lounge got that 7 3/8 Disney that was on ebay it went for $215 US, a bit more than i wanted to pay
but i was hopeing to see it here.
jimmy the lid said:Looks like this lid originally came from Detroit, and now it's headin' home...
Cheers,
JtL
Mario said:This one came in as a real surprise. Some time ago I won a brown Whippet on the 'Bay. A few days later the seller sent me an email and told me that there will be two packages arriving at my door, as she sent off a wrong hat (she couldn't remember what kind of hat but it was a brown one, too) by mistake and shipped the Whippet one day later. She was very nice and told me to keep the other hat and consider it an early christmas present...!
So I was anxiously waiting for the mysterious hat and yesterday finally arrived - a Homburg!
The color is a rich chocolate brown. The binding and the ribbon (heavily soiled, as can be seen in the photos, even though it doesn't really look that bad in person) were originally in a deep cherry red. The overall condition of the hat is ok, and a new ribbon should be put in place.
I gave the hat a naptha bath, steamed out the old crease, put in a center dent and also decided to go with side pinches for now.
The brand name - Carli The Hatter - is a complete mystery to me, but the label says it that the hat was custom made.
I think this is a really nice christmas present!
Mario said:This one came in as a real surprise. Some time ago I won a brown Whippet on the 'Bay. A few days later the seller sent me an email and told me that there will be two packages arriving at my door, as she sent off a wrong hat (she couldn't remember what kind of hat but it was a brown one, too) by mistake and shipped the Whippet one day later. She was very nice and told me to keep the other hat and consider it an early christmas present...!
djgo-cat-go said:You happen to have a nice 7 1/2 lying around? I would be very interested..