Hardeman
I remember watching that on the bay, but missing the auction end day. Blargh! Such a beautiful hat! Glad to see it end up with ya, Rabbit!
Not sure this fits the bill, Nik... two Panama hats with custom hatter branding
I found this fedora at the Vintage Expo In Santa Monica, it came with a red Thoroughbred hatbox, but isn't a Thoroughbred. Here are some pictures of it. It says "His Excellency- World's Premier Hat" and the crest at the top is a D and an H. Disney maybe? There is makers label inside the sweatband, but the makers name fell off, and there is a price tag of $10.
BREAKING NEWS
I have found info on the brand of this hat!
I always thought The Carlson Company was just a label of the store but not the maker, but oh how I was wrong.
Excerpt from http://www.sentimental-value.com/?cat=14
" This is vintage Stetson hat was sold by The Carlson Company in Britain (see above gold embossed stamp in leather band). I found an interesting tidbit online which referred to the Carlson Company as the place where Humphrey Bogart bought his signature fedoras.
After seeing similar labels, I think this hat was most likely manufactured sometime before 1940. You can see in one of the photos, the actual price when new was $5.00."
http://www.sentimental-value.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/stetson_derby_pricetage.jpg
I have a hat where Bogart bought his, hmmm
. Inside the sweatband, I have the same square tag with cut edges. The Mystery is solved!
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?36708-Mystery-Hat&p=827120&viewfull=1#post827120
I was searching Thorougbred and for some reason came across this thread wherein the OP received a mystery hat and was investigating it's origins. It comes from The Carlson Company in Great Britain.
Most of the other posts in the thread were Lounger commentaries on the hat's similarity to the Stetson Vogue and Stetsonian models.