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

DJH

I'll Lock Up
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6,355
Location
Ft Worth, TX
Thanks Lefty and Alan. I'd not seen many Borsalino's in my size since I'd been looking around so I wasn't expecting to get a bargain price.
I'm hoping the style works out too -if not, I'm sure I will be able to re-sell it for a similar amount.
 

Charlie Huang

Practically Family
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612
Location
Birmingham, UK
Got this chapeau bras (worn with court dress) from eBay for £125:

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Belonged to this guy (he's carrying the hat under his arm):

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Geoffrey Bird, High Sheriff of Warwickshire, 1931.
 

Lefty

I'll Lock Up
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8,639
Location
O-HI-O
Surprisingly, that's not a typo for "original", but for something else. That particular OR was one of those made by Akubra under license, and came in a special box - one that you can't lose, because it always comes back to you.
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delectans

Call Me a Cab
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2,335
Location
Minnesota
Super, Alan! It will be interesting to compare these Fortys to your exquisite Twenty. They look fabulous even from the lackluster listing photos.
 
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15,083
Location
Buffalo, NY
The twenty was on my mind as I bid on this pair. I was a little surprised it didn't generate more interest... maybe too much gray in a very gray period of the year. I asked the seller to look for moth damage - he seemed familiar with the issue and said the hats were clean of moth damage, just a few dirt smudges.

So we'll see...
 

blixa00

One of the Regulars
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104
Location
NorCal
If they had only been a couple of sizes larger (say 7 1/4) I would have placed a SERIOUS bid and given you a run for your $$$...since they were too small to stretch without ruining them I only put in a couple of "hack" bids just in case nobody was watching! Congratulations!
 
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15,083
Location
Buffalo, NY
Yes, I forget that sevens are small for most loungers. My Knox twenty is a generous seven - hoping these are as well. I measure 22 1/8 - right in the middle between sizes. Thanks for not bidding me out into deeper water!
 

danofarlington

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,122
Location
Arlington, Virginia
No Dan, different auction. I avoided the one last week for that very reason. This hat was clearly tagged 7 1/2.

The one I'm talking about didn't list a size, and answers to questions were that he thought it was a 7, but he didn't seem to really know, so I was hoping it was a 7 1/8. It sat at $10 for days, then finished at $64, one dollar above my final bid. Little did the winner know that he was bidding against the Professional Auction Loser, and he was bound to win by persisting a little bit.
 

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