Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[HarpPlayerGene]

Congrats, Mobile. I've got the light grey version of the same hat. I agree with the '50s vintage. Very good fedora!

 

[Mario]

C&K thin ribbon, 7 1/8

Nah. Gotta say, this one leaves me cold. I'm really taken by the look of the 1930's C&Ks, but those newer ones...nah. Ain't mine. [huh]

 

[randooch]

Mobile, that's the first hat I've seen with a logo on the wind trolley button! Very cool.

 

[Mario]

Mobile, that's the first hat I've seen with a logo on the wind trolley button! Very cool.

The few times I've seen a logo on the wind trolley button it was always by Knox...

 

[jimmy the lid]

The few times I've seen a logo on the wind trolley button it was always by Knox...

The Stetson Bantam also comes to mind...

 

[Mario]

The Stetson Bantam also comes to mind...

Ah! I didn't see the wind trolley button on that one. Got a photo or a link?

 

[zetwal]

Nah. Gotta say, this one leaves me cold. I'm really taken by the look of the 1930's C&Ks, but those newer ones...nah. Ain't mine. [huh]

I'm a little surprised that it went so high. Maybe the bidders (some anyway) bought the seller's assertion that it's from the 40s. In my opinion, there is no way that hat is earlier than the 60s.

Still, it's an unusual hat. We don't often see thin ribbons with such a narrow brim. Maybe that was the attraction.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

That wind string button is what attracted me to it. I did not have a Knox, and I've seen a lot of Knox hats with their logo on the button. A really cool thing they had going there. I have seen a trolly button logo a few times, but usually on the Knox not so much on others.

 

[Michaelshane]

Stetson 100....

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[jimmy the lid]

Stetson Bantam...

Oops...I remembered it as a wind cord button feature -- but turns out that this lid has its own distinctive button treatment...

 

[Mario]

Stetson Bantam...

Oops...I remembered it as a wind cord button feature -- but turns out that this lid has its own distinctive button treatment...

Wow...attention to detail, everybody! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[randooch]

Holy smokes! The Stetson 25 I had listed just sold to a chap in England for $357.01. It was at $244 with less than a minute to go, too. I think I'll include something free.

 

[Tango Yankee]

Holy smokes! The Stetson 25 I had listed just sold to a chap in England for $357.01. It was at $244 with less than a minute to go, too. I think I'll include something free.

How about a link to the auction so we can check out the hat and marvel at your good fortune?


Congratulations!

Tom

 

[randooch]

Here 'tis: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280595816298&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT

 

[carouselvic]

You did well!

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Nice one. It looks very much like my 25.

 

[Tango Yankee]

That is a very nice hat, Randooch! How did you talk yourself into selling it? Not your size? Whatever the reason, a great outcome!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[randooch]

That's right, one size too big for me. Next time, perhaps, I'll find one that's juuuuust right!

 

[Brad Bowers]

With this purchase today, I am now only two ads away from having all 14 of the Anderson Knapp-Felt ads from 1929-1930. I feel like a kid collecting baseball cards. lol

Brad

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

That's a great graphic, Brad. Say, how do you know how many ads they made? Is there a book delineating them?