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

[CaramelSmoothie]

I have lost quite a few auctions where the winner ends up with it at $1 over my max. But none of those really sticks in my mind so I don't regret it. Plus, that winner won by the $1 but may have been willing to go way higher. I have sat in at the very end of an auction and bid more than I really wanted to because I "wanted to win". Those stick in my mind.

B

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but just because it shows that the winning bid is $1 over yours does not mean that is what they actually bid. If you and I are bidding on a hat and you bid $32 and I bid $50 then I will win the hat for $33.

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

I've used snipes but, like Buler, I've also just put in the minimum bid to "lock" a seller into a sale, and there's always the chance that no one else will bid. I know, it's not much of a lock. If I'm outbid, then I might move to a snipe or put in a "real" bid in the last seconds.

You know, this is a good idea. I have never thought to do this. I had spotted a cloche that I wanted so I put it in my bidding service just to see that the seller pulled the auction. Now had I placed a bid then the seller might have thought twice about pulling the auction. I have always been hesitant about placing a bid because I did not want to call any attention to the auction that I was watching.

 

[rlk]

Simeon Zlateffs' daughter (who herself must be, well, no spring chicken, eh?) is the source for these slowly trickling out of Bulgaria.
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I cannot understand why someone has failed to BIN this!

For less than the price of a new, inferior, contemporary hat you can instead wear an eighty year old never worn NOS, European Cervo Bantam! Is everyone broke (as am I) or bloody BLIND? [huh]

I agree and would but I already have the identical hat. Very nice.

 

[buler]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but just because it shows that the winning bid is $1 over yours does not mean that is what they actually bid. If you and I are bidding on a hat and you bid $32 and I bid $50 then I will win the hat for $33.

Right, it will only bid you up high enough to beat the highest bid.

B

 

[Lefty]

some amazing stuff lately, none mine.

Great old Stetson western No. 1 quaility, relisted with BIN and sold

same deal for this great Borsalino

really amazing collection of Bee Hat Co. documents

5 old hat stretchers for around $50 shipped

5 hat sizers for right about $300

best deal on an old Stetson stock certificate I've seen

 

[Rick Blaine]

I agree and would but I already have the identical hat. Very nice.

Thanks for the validation, rik, I thought I was losing my marbles!

 

[Lefty]

more great old hat company docs from the same seller

Apple Hat Co. 1920 catalog
Harris Polk Co. 1919 Catalog
the big one - 1899 Stetson catalog - I was the opening bidder on that one, and thought it might go for $30. What a great piece, and well worth the money.

 

[buler]

more great old hat company docs from the same seller

Apple Hat Co. 1920 catalog
Harris Polk Co. 1919 Catalog
the big one - 1899 Stetson catalog - I was the opening bidder on that one, and thought it might go for $30. What a great piece, and well worth the money.

I hope that loungers got those and will scan/share! Although I tried I did not get any of them.

B

 

[zetwal]

Those are great catalogs. I too hope we will get to see them.

Kudos to the buyer ...

 

[hatophile]

some amazing stuff lately, none mine.

Great old Stetson western No. 1 quaility, relisted with BIN and sold

same deal for this great Borsalino

really amazing collection of Bee Hat Co. documents

5 old hat stretchers for around $50 shipped

5 hat sizers for right about $300

best deal on an old Stetson stock certificate I've seen

Dang! I hope a lounger got that black stetson, I was bidding but didn't get to the computer yesterday, didn't know it went to BIN. Today I saw it was gone and wondered what happened. Oh well!

 

[alanfgag]

Dang! I hope a lounger got that black stetson, I was bidding but didn't get to the computer yesterday, didn't know it went to BIN. Today I saw it was gone and wondered what happened. Oh well!

Sorry to bid it out from under you... I jumped on both that No.1 Stetson and the black Vanzina (with Borsalino keyword) yesterday. Hope they fit!

 

[hatophile]

Sorry to bid it out from under you... I jumped on both that No.1 Stetson and the black Vanzina (with Borsalino keyword) yesterday. Hope they fit!

Glad you got it, Alan, looks like a nice hat. Knowing someone that will really appreciate the hat makes losing it easier. Enjoy both!

 

[randooch]

cervo bantam

Simeon Zlateffs' daughter (who herself must be, well, no spring chicken, eh?) is the source for these slowly trickling out of Bulgaria.

I cannot understand why someone has failed to BIN this!

For less than the price of a new, inferior, contemporary hat you can instead wear an eighty year old never worn NOS, European Cervo Bantam! Is everyone broke (as am I) or bloody BLIND? [huh]

If it would fit my capacious bean, I'd be all over it.

 

[rlk]

I hope that loungers got those and will scan/share! Although I tried I did not get any of them.

B

I recognize two of the bidders initials(beat me previously on catalogs/mags) and have yet to see anything they won appear on the Lounge.

 

[Jedwbpm]

Here is an Auction that I won last night http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320624161853&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT any reason that more of you or others did not bid on it?

Jeff

 

[Michaelshane]

too big for me......

 

[Lefty]

C&K thin ribbon, 7 1/8

killer, factory store, Stetson topper goes really big

 

[KBGummy]

Here is an Auction that I won last night http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320624161853&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT any reason that more of you or others did not bid on it?

Jeff

i was the other bidder

 

[Chinaski]

C&K thin ribbon, 7 1/8

killer, factory store, Stetson topper goes really big

Yeah, what do you make of the winning bid on that Stetson top hat? Is it a really nice example?

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Just go back from a work related trip and this had come today...

A Brown Knox Twenty Five from around the 50s I'm told.

Brim is a little too stingy for my tastes, tho. 2-1/4 is as small as I'll go. But a nice Cavanaugh-style edge.

I didn't have a Knox, yet. So, I went for a Rilco ebay sale.