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

[RayR]

Great eBay buy!

I feel very fortunate to have gotten this excellent Adventurebilt, Steve Delk hat a few weeks ago on eBay. And it's great for my first post =)
This fedora is in excellent condition. It is a charcoal gray and I've tightened the pinch since these shots were taken. Steve tells me it is one of his earlier hats. It has already gotten several unexpected compliments. Such quality, I love it. I am going to have him make one just for me next.

 

[alanfgag]

good catch... and welcome!

 

[DRB]

VERY nice RayR. Welcome

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Good one, Ray!!

I only hope you are not a size 7. I am starting to get more competition than I like these days!!

 

[Viktor]

Here's a great cap that sold on British eBay. I got a very similar one at a vintage fair, though mine has ear flaps.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=150515390919&si=CuAGIQizvbgNmvnjpWLsV7bMm5Y%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Beauty of a cap, but tell me about the hat stand, it looks like DIY, very interesting.

 

[scottyrocks]

I feel very fortunate to have gotten this excellent Adventurebilt, Steve Delk hat a few weeks ago on eBay. And it's great for my first post =)
This fedora is in excellent condition. It is a charcoal gray and I've tightened the pinch since these shots were taken. Steve tells me it is one of his earlier hats. It has already gotten several unexpected compliments. Such quality, I love it. I am going to have him make one just for me next.

Nice one, Ray, and welcome. I was watching that hat, but not with the intent to buy it. Being an IJ fan, I especially like both Steve's, and John Penman's work.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Welcome to the Lounge!

That's a beauty of a hat right there. I seriously considered throwing a bid in there, but it was a size large for me.



Cheers,

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

Another Whippet just sold tonight,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=KSIaCFVMjv75njZtep3AZfvw32c%3D&viewitem=&ssp

CC

 

[Dinerman]

I feel very fortunate to have gotten this excellent Adventurebilt, Steve Delk hat a few weeks ago on eBay. And it's great for my first post =)
This fedora is in excellent condition. It is a charcoal gray and I've tightened the pinch since these shots were taken. Steve tells me it is one of his earlier hats. It has already gotten several unexpected compliments. Such quality, I love it. I am going to have him make one just for me next.

Glad you like the hat, and that you found the Lounge. It's definitely got some stories to tell.

 

[jimmy the lid]

Another Whippet just sold tonight,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=KSIaCFVMjv75njZtep3AZfvw32c%3D&viewitem=&ssp

Now, that is a nice hat. Just gorgeous, and worth every penny.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

I think it was funny that the seller put that it was the "real deal and not "Whippet Style or Whippet-esque or even Whippet-ish."
LOL

 

[jimmy the lid]

I think it was funny that the seller put that it was the "real deal and not "Whippet Style or Whippet-esque or even Whippet-ish."
LOL

The seller is one of our own...

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

It was funny. I am about sick of everything being called a Whippet these days. I've even seen plaid woolie trilbys with the word Whippet in the auction description!

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

Ebay fraudster

This seller should be reported,I has asked the seller once to correct their auction description.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Royal-S...268?pt=Vintage_Men_s_Women_s_Accessories&hash

CC

 

[rlk]

This seller should be reported,I has asked the seller once to correct their auction description.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Royal-S...268?pt=Vintage_Men_s_Women_s_Accessories&hash

CC

It is a genuine Whippet liner. Actually a finer and 100X more rare hat-- probably a mid 30's Homburg with apparently very nice felt and sweatband other than the loose stitching.

 

[danofarlington]

It was funny. I am about sick of everything being called a Whippet these days. I've even seen plaid woolie trilbys with the word Whippet in the auction description!

I don't blame them. I'm thinking of adding Whippet to the description when I go to sell my 1994 Saturn in the hopes that it will increase the value. Maybe then I can at least get the $249 for it.

 

[RobFedoraField]

I feel very fortunate to have gotten this excellent Adventurebilt, Steve Delk hat a few weeks ago on eBay. And it's great for my first post =)
This fedora is in excellent condition. It is a charcoal gray and I've tightened the pinch since these shots were taken. Steve tells me it is one of his earlier hats. It has already gotten several unexpected compliments. Such quality, I love it. I am going to have him make one just for me next.

That's a great catch right out of the gate! but be warned, the more time you spend on here, your wallet will become thin and your closets will become full!

 

[danofarlington]

I have put in bids on a fair number of E Bay fedoras recently, but I thank my luck that others eventually outbid me.

 

[GWD]

It was funny. I am about sick of everything being called a Whippet these days. I've even seen plaid woolie trilbys with the word Whippet in the auction description!

That's why I put that in the description, it's amazing what they'll tag with "Whippet" these days.

My Whippet purchases and re-sells are the only investments in the last 2 years that have done well. I have two more, but I love them too much to part with them.

 

[Rick Blaine]

New (to me) Peter Bros. "Michaelson Indy" Borsalino- Clipper Gray

Stoopid cheap on a BIN some months back. Nice felt, my first time to handle a contemporary Borsalino. Can't compare to vintage, needless to say, for one thing; the felt is much thicker. A thickness not unlike a western, but soft w/ very little stiffener it seems. It's quire resistant to stretching up a size & staying there.
I'm thinking I need to bring more steam to the party.