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

[Rick Blaine]

Yeah, I tend to agree with ya there, fedoracentric.

Yup

 

[jlee562]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201108584918

Usually I can only get prices this low on my own size....looking for a gift for a larger headed friend and found this 50's St. Regis.

 

[hatsRme]

That's because it came from Jamaica, Vermont, Jared. That is a land unto itself. Like Hardwick (VT). Congrats my friend. sCORE!!

I was born in Vt

 

[1mach1]

I thought this Resistol would be fun to wear in the shop. Plus, the price was right.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141327712958?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

[suitedcboy]

You buy that hat and the next thing you know you'll find yourself at a state auction looking a Crown Vics. You'd be one bad neighborhood watch commander with that lid and the correct ride.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Nice Resistol and Stetson (but for me needed a bit more brim )

 

[fedoracentric]

Well, I was watching an auction for a Stetson from the 1960s that I wasn't aware they sold. The auction is over now, (And it didn't sell because they wanted far too much) so here are the photos...

It is a Stetson 200!

I never saw a "200" before.







The sweatband is too faded, but it looks like Xs over the words "two hundred." This may have been the start of when Stetson really made the Xs meaningless?

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Well, I was watching an auction for a Stetson from the 1960s that I wasn't aware they sold. The auction is over now, (And it didn't sell because they wanted far too much) so here are the photos...

It is a Stetson 200!

I never saw a "200" before.

The sweatband is too faded, but it looks like Xs over the words "two hundred." This may have been the start of when Stetson really made the Xs meaningless?

<.<
Stetson 200?
>.>
There are some Xs over the words and I count 20 of them...

 

[DJH]

When I glanced at the photo of the 200, I thought there was a huge stain on the felt. It was only after I reached for my reading glasses (getting old *****) that I noticed someone had attached a feather duster to the hat.

 

[fedoracentric]

I'll tell you one thing, If'n I owned that hat the feather duster would be canned and that goofy band would also be eliminated in favor of a nice, traditional back ribbon. The way it is now it looks like a terrible pimp hat!

 

[DJH]

Yep - dump the duster, replace the ribbon - also reblock, but keep the curled brim.

Could be a nice looking hat.

 

[fedoracentric]

Could be a nice looking hat.

But NOT for the $800 they thought they should get!! Ha, ha.

 

[Landman]

I saw that auction too. That suitcase looks like a Stetson 100 suitcase with something covering the Stetson 100 logo on the inside of the top.

 

[T Jones]

When I glanced at the photo of the 200, I thought there was a huge stain on the felt. It was only after I reached for my reading glasses (getting old *****) that I noticed someone had attached a feather duster to the hat.

...maybe it's just really a Stetson 100 without the feather

 

[Landman]

That could be a nice looking hat without the feather and a different ribbon. With a different ribbon or maybe a horsehair band and a little tweaking of the crown it could have the look of a western style Homburg.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I have the same opinion on the ribbon and feather.
Even with a horsehair hatband I would want more brim.

 

[fedoracentric]

That suitcase looks like a Stetson 100 suitcase with something covering the Stetson 100 logo on the inside of the top.

I have seen the occasional Stetson 100 in the red interior with that bumper device on the lid, too. It is a cushion-like thing meant to help keep the hat from jumping around in the case when closed.

 

[LuvMyMan]

That could be a nice looking hat without the feather and a different ribbon. With a different ribbon or maybe a horsehair band and a little tweaking of the crown it could have the look of a western style Homburg.

We may never know, but that hat may have come from Hollywood..."Huggie Bear's" hat from Starsky and Hutch!

 

[fedoracentric]

"Huggie Bear's" hat from Starsky and Hutch!

That was the first thought I had, too!
LOL

 

[Joshua Wilkey]

Hello, all!

I once posted here a good bit, as "thebroker." However, I can't for the life of me remember my old password, and I no longer have access to the email I used to register, so I figured connecting via Facebook might be a good option.

Since I was last a regular here, I decided to make a major life transition. I sold my business, moved back to my hometown, and at age 31, started college for the first time. Now, I'm on the verge of graduation, and I am headed to graduate school. I have made the rather tough decision to sell a portion of my collection - specifically, three of Art's VS masterpieces - to add to the "Move Joshua to Grad School" fund.

There are two felt (a black cherry, and a silver mist ArtLite), and one milan. All three are now up on eBay. I'm not sure what the protocol is these days about posting links, but I figure that we are all enterprising folks, and me simply saying they are there will be enough to point you all in the right direction. I put them up with very low starting prices, no reserve, and three day auctions. I would love it if all three went to Loungers, because I know you folks will appreciate them as much as I have.