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

[bolthead]

5 bucks on a vintage boater! That is lucky.

What he said......

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...510223&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_4457wt_941
"self-conforming" trade mark 1934, resistol 1930, no Rolby trade mark. ROLnickBYer? "Grand de Prix"?

Is it really the lavender color appearing in the photos?!

 

[billyspew]

Another nice Adam (7 1/8).
Futura model.

Anyone get it?

 

[ScottF]

Another nice Adam (7 1/8).
Futura model.

Anyone get it?

Looks like a great deal - I liked everything except the color.

 

[Spats McGee]

A victory & a grumble.

I wear a 7 1/2. The really great deals on ebay always seem to be in smaller sizes. After two years of watching the hat listings, I don't usually bother with ebay any more. This weekend, I've camped on it. I've lost on 6 auctions since Friday.

Today, I spotted this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180397440955&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

It was in the "Cowboy, Western" section of Vintage. Clearly, it's out of place . . . and only $8! I got all excited, and put down an $8 bid, thinking that, if I bid, at least that'll sort it out from the umpteen other hats on my Watch List. It's only after I confirm the bid that it dawns on me that I don't know what size it is. . . Of course, it's a seven . . . and it's the only auction all weekend that ends without a flurry of last-minute activity.

So I end the weekend by buying a hat that won't fit. :eusa_doh:

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

The silver lining

That's a great buy Spats! Beautiful hat and original box too by the look of it.

I'm sensing an opportunity to turn a profit! Stick it in the Classifieds.

 

[carouselvic]

The box alone is worth $8.

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

Yep Carousel. I think I'd be keeping that box if I were Spats.

 

[Spats McGee]

No question but that the price was right, but assuming that the seller got the size right, it'll never fit. That being the case, I have every intention of either selling it or trading it through the classifieds here. Whether the hat and the box remain together or part ways remains to be seen.

 

[RBH]

Nice hat Spats.
In the long run you did not get hurt. You have a great hat to trade/sell [more and more Loungers have children that wants hats] and you have a great box that will soon house another fine Stetson I am sure!!

 

[Lefty]

swell, blue Penn Craft 7 1/2 homburg for cheap. Big hats seem to be going for lower prices the last few days.

So, why Penn Craft? Was this a more formal line from a time when the Stetson name was aiming youthful campaigns at returning soldiers? -or is this more of a 30s hat?

 

[Spats McGee]

You did well on that one, Lefty. I eyeballed that one, but I don't really need a blue hat.

 

[Lefty]

Though I watched it, I didn't reel in that one. I caught my limit yesterday.

 

[jonbuilder]

rare vintage 1930's STETSON "Stndrd Quality" FEDORA HAT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270437756196&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
thoese interesting in reseaching and dating Stetons by there linner creast and sweat logo the above recent auction link is worth pulling up.

 

[Mario]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270437756196&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
thoese interesting in reseaching and dating Stetons by there linner creast and sweat logo the above recent auction link is worth pulling up.

Grmbl...leave me alone with that one! I got outbid on it!
Forgot to bid the first time it appeared on the 'Bay, and this time my max bid was too low... :rage:

Oh well...that's life!

 

[jimmy the lid]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270437756196&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
thoese interesting in reseaching and dating Stetons by there linner creast and sweat logo the above recent auction link is worth pulling up.

What's also interesting is that the hat is from Hirsch's -- the johnnyphi treasure trove!

Cheers,
JtL

 

[jdbenson]

Just Won this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380147893490&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123

Now, does anyone know exactly what it is?

 

[Brad Bowers]

If you're asking if it's a homburg or snap-brim, the answer is that it's a snap-brim. A wonderful hat at a great price, too.

Brad

 

[Spats McGee]

All I can tell you is that it was on my Watch List. Congratulations! That's a good-lookin' lid.

 

[jamespowers]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380147893490&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123

Now, does anyone know exactly what it is?

Looks like a very vice fedora to me. It is similar in style to the Stetson Whippet in gridiron gray.