BanjoMerlin
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rlk said:But not for new ones(or their original prices for vintage)... Is there a syndicate or price-fixing, a secret agreement? Its way beyond merely supply and demand. Sometimes there are many bidders and still no one bids over $30.00. Only Garrett seems to be willing to pay for an exceptional small hat.[huh]
Smaller hats don't (and didn't) cost less to make so the original prices would be about the same (not counting the really BIG hats).
The average hat size is around 7 1/8 - 7 1/4 but I see at least 10 times as many 7-and-smaller vintage hats as 7 3/8-and-larger vintage hats. Statistically speaking, there should be about the same demand for smaller hats as for larger hats so the bigger supply of smaller hats would tend to keep those prices lower.
It really is supply and demand at work.