In these months of little mobility due to age limits :) I have spent a long time wandering around my hat collection.
I decided last year to sell part, a good half I would say, of my collection which had grown a bit too much.
Now I have regained control of the situation and I have decided that...
Here we are with the new year and a recent discovery of 2022.
It has come out a new source of Borsalino here half a kilometer from my office, bequest of an old gentleman
Borsalino Qualità Extra Extra Superiore size 6 or 59 cm. and 7 3/8 in the USA.
The color and type of felt is called "M...
A few days ago I said that there would be a sale of hats from my collection, which has become too large, with great regret, I realize that some of them remain closed in the closet or boxes for years.
I did a first screening and I identified those hats that, due to their size, which are too...
Mossant size 6 or 59cm in Europe or 7 3/8 US. The internal measure is 20.5x17 cm.
It fit perfectly my head, so a true size
An antique bowler hat perfectly preserved and large in size. Made in France before the WWII
It arrived in incredible condition for its age and with a perfectly shaped...
Some friends have visited Peru and in the past, I had some contacts with a cooperative of braided women who had a small online market. I knew that in Catacaos, almost on the border with Ecuador, very similar hats as Montecristi, were produced (euphemism not to dislike the purists) the panama...
The "Paglietta" as we call this hat here in Italy is made of simple straw braids sewn together. It came in my collection few years ago with a very usual finish
It was too weird for my head and its shape did not fit my melon.
It stayed a few years watching the parades of felt hats, then I...
A modern Borsalino
Borsalino Qualità Superiore
The size is a 60 cm, 7 1/2 US
As its brother the felt is very soft and malleable
Felt color and ribbon matching and they are two slightly different shades of brown-greenish variations
The hat is new and never worn.
These are the measures of...
A soft and classic Italian felt
Borsalino Qualità Superiore recent production, you notice it from the brand on the bow
The size is a 60 cm, 7 1/2 US.
The felt is very soft, but keeps its shape well.
Felt color is a number as it is used in modern Borsalino production. The color (a light...
An Italian classic
Super Barbisio Extra Lusso made especially for Radiconcini - Rome
The size is a 56 cm, 4 1/2 US.
The felt is soft, indeed very soft and just a puff of wind to change its shape
The color of the felt is "Argento" and the consistency is very soft. The hat is new and never...
Today is time to start to sell some small size hats
The first is a Flechet "Diplomatique" or homburg. Size 55cm.
I bought it without knowing anything else that was "special" for the lining and the brand, never seen in the Flechet production.
I have many and nobody has these "signs", but above...
Second Italian hat with short-haired felt finishing when the market battle was on quality for Italians hats producers
Borsalino Qualità Extra Superiore size 5 or 57 cm. or 7 1/8 US. This is the best rendition of the felt color
The hat is used in good condition, without any anomaly inside and...
For sale today there are two excellent examples of Italian hats with short-haired felt finishing
Barbisio size 5 or 57 cm. or 7 1/8 US
The hat is used in excellent condition, without any anomaly inside and outside.
The color of the felt is "Daino" and the short-haired finish is "Talpa"...
Magnificent French hat from the 30s. Size 55 cm or 6 7/8 US
Built in the French manufacturing capital, Chazelle sur Lyon, branded E.P.
In the classic black color and shape in vogue in the thirties
The felt is soft and with a peachy surface, like other European hats of those years...
A lovely German hat produced in the seventies. Size is 56 cm. or 7 US
Hans Kroner - Dusseldorf. It was the shop that sold hats made by others producers under their own brand. Felt is deep blue and very well finished.
The paper label does not help to understand which manufacturer is behind...
Extra Extra Vanzina - Pavia size 57 cm. or 7 US NEW Old Stock
The brother of "Uranio". Here another splendid hat produced by Vanzina during the Borsalino management.
It has a brother of the same shape in which the color of the felt and the texture of the ribbon change. Brim up and a more warm...
Extra Extra Vanzina - Pavia size 57 cm. or 7 US NEW Old Stock
A splendid hat produced by Vanzina during the Borsalino management
It has a brother of the same shape in which the color of the felt and the texture of the ribbon change. Here in another configuration. Brim up!
The dimensions...
Perfect Borsalino Qualità Extra Superiore. Size 5 (French) or 57 cm. US 7
It is called "lobbia" in Italian language or homburg in the rest of the world in classic black-
Produced in the historic Alexandria factory, this homburg belongs to late historical production when the Borsalino family...
Borsalino Qualità Extra Superiore size 6 1/2 or 7 1/2 US true size
This Borsalino comes in perfect shape straight from the Italian 1950s. Sold in Turin
The hat is in excellent condition inside and out
The dimensions are as follows: the brims are at 7 cm. trimmed in the same color as the...
Iconic Borsalino in a rare finish and color
Borsalino Qualità Superiore size 6 1/2 or 7 1/2 US
The hat is new and never used. It comes from a stock of unsold hats from southern Italy
The hat is one color as it has a ribbon and the finish of the brim in the same color as the felt, this is...
Splendid Borsalino in a size difficult to find
Borsalino "Marca Renna" Qualità Speciale sold in Rome by Carlo Lambardi
The hat is used and in excellent condition without defects, inside and out
The hat is monocolor as it has a ribbon of the same felt and a bow rare to find in the Borsalino...
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