Who lives near St. Jo, MO Stetson plant?

[Solomon Kane]

Open Road, 7 1/8.

 

[jamespowers]

Geez, I can't go there---really. No requests taken. All I have for hats is a bid in for five possibly ten hats(depending on price). Sizes are from 7 1/2 to 7 7 7/8. Now if you fall into that category and don't care too much about color choice (mostly dark colors---grays maybe charcoals and blacks), then I might have something---if I win that is. I am also taking the risk that they might be a little newer than I would like---hopefully not by the description but....... Then there is the cost of shipping all that lot here. [huh]
The ads, well, you know what I do with ads. You'll probably get sick of seeing them once in a while. I love ads. No ad gets away from me without a struggle.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Brad Bowers]

I am not not telling you anything. They are just safe. Believe me---all 50-70 of them.

Glad to hear they are safe! Good job!

Brad

 

[besdor]

James would you consider parting with any duplicates if you win?

 

[photobyalan]

For heaven's sake...if you're going...buy up everything you can that's over 7 3/8. You will not have any trouble reselling it around here. I would be thrilled to have a chance to buy a light gray fedora with a 2 1/2"+ brim, or a light gray Homburg. If anyone lays their hands on one, PM me for sale or trade. Same thing for one of those nifty electric hat stretchers.

For anyone who buys at this auction: please consider offering up your surplus items on the FL classified board before you ebay them.

 

[jamespowers]

James would you consider parting with any duplicates if you win?

Duplicates of the ads or the hats? In either case I would if there are duplicates. :cheers1:

Regards,

J

 

[jamespowers]

For heaven's sake...if you're going...buy up everything you can that's over 7 3/8. You will not have any trouble reselling it around here. I would be thrilled to have a chance to buy a light gray fedora with a 2 1/2"+ brim, or a light gray Homburg. If anyone lays their hands on one, PM me for sale or trade. Same thing for one of those nifty electric hat stretchers.

For anyone who buys at this auction: please consider offering up your surplus items on the FL classified board before you ebay them.

That's the problem. I am not going. I would buy up everything I could over 7 3/8 if I could. Load up the semi.
I have a feeling those Cahrley One Horse Hats will sell better than the dress stuff anyway---at the auction site.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

If anyone goes

I'll take a boat load of 7 3/8 myself. JP, please leave a little for the Dustman, I can't never get enough brown and tan hats. 7 1/2's are a tad too big for me anyway! I got a ton of cash laying around after selling off some of my Blue Angels memrobillia so I can't think of a better way than to spend some of it on some more hats LOL Oh wait, I do gotta put gutters on and furnish my new house. Hmm hat...gutters....hats....sofa.....hats...TV for the living room......hats....dining room table......hats! Hmmmmmmm I'll take the hats. Seriosuly, is anyone going? I thought about it until I saw it would take 17 hours to drive there, and I'm in a class for work. I could see it now: I'm calling in Monday morning saying I can't make it back because I'm Mo with a U-Haul full of hats! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dusty

 

[jamespowers]

I'll take a boat load of 7 3/8 myself. JP, please leave a little for the Dustman, I can't never get enough brown and tan hats. 7 1/2's are a tad too big for me anyway! I got a ton of cash laying around after selling off some of my Blue Angels memrobillia so I can't think of a better way than to spend some of it on some more hats LOL Oh wait, I do gotta put gutters on and furnish my new house. Hmm hat...gutters....hats....sofa.....hats...TV for the living room......hats....dining room table......hats! Hmmmmmmm I'll take the hats. Seriosuly, is anyone going? I thought about it until I saw it would take 17 hours to drive there, and I'm in a class for work. I could see it now: I'm calling in Monday morning saying I can't make it back because I'm Mo with a U-Haul full of hats! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dusty

They did mention that there was a NOS Dobbs in brown. Go ahead and get all the 7 3/8 you want. Too much work for me to stretch them when I can get new ones that fit.

Regards,

J

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

God Bless ya

They did mention that there was a NOS Dobbs in brown. Go ahead and get all the 7 3/8 you want. Too much work for me to stretch them when I can get new ones that fit.

Regards,

J

We'll see what pops. And I feel your pain when I do that to some really outstanding 7 1/4's I find. Pain in the forehead LOL
D

 

[Solomon Kane]

Is no one going? I am rather new here but in my humble opinion, it would be a tragedy for those hats to fall into the wrong hands.

 

[jamespowers]

By now it is far too late anyway. The hat auction started at 9 am their time. It is 12:15 their time now. I doubt there are any hats left to be auctioned after three hours but then it could take a while to get rid of 70 or so hats.
I also hope the hats that were sold didn't fall into the wrong hands that have no idea what vintage is or was. :kick:

Regards to all,

J

 

[besdor]

James did you know anyone who went to the auction? You had mentioned something about catalogs that might be there . I was interested in them . I just wanted to know if anything interesting was there .:cool2:

 

[D. Hats]

Follow up

Strange... "Vintage"

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I thought I'd be real clever and just call the Stetson Hat Co. in St. Joseph, Mo. @ 816-233-3286 and ask if I could purchase an "old" Whippet or Flagship. The individual that answered the phone sounded like it was no big deal... they took the size and color I was looking for and put me on hold for 5 to 10 min. finally they came back and said they didn't have any, the closest was the Chatham... I then told them that I heard thru a reliable source that they were supposed to have vintage hats available thru that outlet. The lady said she could go over to their other warehouse and check. When she came back she had found a "VINTAGE" Stetson Fedora, size 7 1/2 in light brown for $55.00.
She says the hat is called the #1 Vintage... never heard of it before, but for $55 I went ahead and bought it.
Does anyone here know what a Stetson "Vintage" is ????


I received this hat yesterday, as you may recall I bought it sight unseen from Stetson in St. Joesph over the phone last FRiday during all the pre-auction hype... it turns out its a Stetson Sovereign. It says Sovereign on the sweatband, but on the paper tag attached on the inside it says "Vintage" on the paper tag on the outside of the box it says "Vintage". The sweatband itself is a dark brown. The hat is a brown, what they call a Bronzine. Also on the seatband is the name of a store in New York that it was obviously made for. The fur felt is actually fairly thick, thicker that a newer Borso I have. The hat is an obvious factory reject. There are a couple subtle flaws that would be noticable to any FL member, but probably not most ordinary folk would notice in passing. I wouldn't say the hat is all that vintage, regardless of the name on the tag. But, all-in-all I'm not too disappointed for a brand new hat @ $55.

 

[jamespowers]

Strange... "Vintage"

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I thought I'd be real clever and just call the Stetson Hat Co. in St. Joseph, Mo. @ 816-233-3286 and ask if I could purchase an "old" Whippet or Flagship. The individual that answered the phone sounded like it was no big deal... they took the size and color I was looking for and put me on hold for 5 to 10 min. finally they came back and said they didn't have any, the closest was the Chatham... I then told them that I heard thru a reliable source that they were supposed to have vintage hats available thru that outlet. The lady said she could go over to their other warehouse and check. When she came back she had found a "VINTAGE" Stetson Fedora, size 7 1/2 in light brown for $55.00.
She says the hat is called the #1 Vintage... never heard of it before, but for $55 I went ahead and bought it.
Does anyone here know what a Stetson "Vintage" is ????


I received this hat yesterday, as you may recall I bought it sight unseen from Stetson in St. Joesph over the phone last FRiday during all the pre-auction hype... it turns out its a Stetson Sovereign. It says Sovereign on the sweatband, but on the paper tag attached on the inside it says "Vintage" on the paper tag on the outside of the box it says "Vintage". The sweatband itself is a dark brown. The hat is a brown, what they call a Bronzine. Also on the seatband is the name of a store in New York that it was obviously made for. The fur felt is actually fairly thick, thicker that a newer Borso I have. The hat is an obvious factory reject. There are a couple subtle flaws that would be noticable to any FL member, but probably not most ordinary folk would notice in passing. I wouldn't say the hat is all that vintage, regardless of the name on the tag. But, all-in-all I'm not too disappointed for a brand new hat @ $55.

Now you've got me curious. We need pictures or just send it over to me. Specifications would be good too: Brim width, Crown height, liner sewn in or glued in. I know what Sovereign is but the vintage ones usually said The Sovereign and the ones you find now are usually homburgs.
What is the name of the hat shop in New York? Maybe someone over there can tell us if that place is still in business or when they closed so we can get an idea of when it was made.
Like I said interesting.

Regards to all,

J

 

[D. Hats]

I'll get the particulars and add them to the post.
It's not a bad lookin' hat. I have a newer thrift store Royal Deluxe Temple which I don't really like too much because the crown is too shallow. The hat I just received has a taller / deeper crown and over a 2" brim width. And... It is most definitely not a Homburg. There is no sharp curl to the brim and the edge of the brim is not treated in any way, i.e., it's not bound or anything else. The thickness of the felt feels thicker than the Temple I have and the inside liner is solid white with the Stetson emblem rather than the funky checkery looking white of the newer Temple.

What methods are FL members using to attach photos? I have access to a point and shoot digital camera, but I'm not sure how to attach or insert the photos here...

 

[jamespowers]

What methods are FL members using to attach photos? I have access to a point and shoot digital camera, but I'm not sure how to attach or insert the photos here...

After you take the picture, save it to a place that hosts pictures such as photobucket.com or some such free service. Then copy the URL and come back here. Post to a thread and notice this

fella at the top of the reply to thread window (see I did it ). Click it and insert the URL form the picture hosting service and press OK. It will appear as a URL between two IMGs and it will appear as a photo in your post. I hope that helps.

Regards to all,

J

 

[jamespowers]

I'll get the particulars and add them to the post.
It's not a bad lookin' hat. I have a newer thrift store Royal Deluxe Temple which I don't really like too much because the crown is too shallow. The hat I just received has a taller / deeper crown and over a 2" brim width. And... It is most definitely not a Homburg. There is no sharp curl to the brim and the edge of the brim is not treated in any way, i.e., it's not bound or anything else. The thickness of the felt feels thicker than the Temple I have and the inside liner is solid white with the Stetson emblem rather than the funky checkery looking white of the newer Temple.

Hmm the unbound edge is unusual for the Sovereign not to have an edge of some kind. I am interested in the pictures.

Regards,

J