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

[Marc Chevalier]

I know this one needs some sewing on the sweatband, but it was too pretty to let get away. I finally won my first ever bidding war for a fedora.

:eusa_clap Thanks! Also a good deal. We hear all the time about how difficult it is to find vintage '30s-'40s fedoras in larger sizes. Before the economy tanked, a hat like this one, in a size 7 1/2, would have gone for over $200 -- even with the unattached sweatband.


Congratulations! This is one of the finest vintage fedoras I've ever had. The felt is so, so smooth ...

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[M_Jones]

:eusa_clap Thanks! You got a good deal on this Emerson. It's in excellent condition and looks better than the photos showed. One of my favorites...


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Thanks Marc! I am really looking forward to this hat, it looks awesome!!

 

[M_Jones]

Not fuzzy enough...

Cheers,
JtL

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

 

[Jabos]

:eusa_clap Thanks! It's in superb condition, and I love the color: the deepest, richest dark brown felt I've ever seen.


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Thank you for putting the Mossant up for auction. I'm a huge WW2 fan. When you first posted that hat I thought I could live without it. But, as the week went along, my imagination started to run wild about where that hat has been. Paris, 1940, standing in the crowd fuming as the Nazi's march past. August 1944, watching de Gaulle lead the troops into town. It probably spent the war in Hoboken, but who knows?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It probably spent the war in Hoboken, ...

Probably not. It was made for the French market (the hat store on the sweatband is Sool's, which was in Paris), so it could well have "seen" the German troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe.

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[rlk]

I went for the Brown Heather. Thanks Marc.

 

[ScottF]

The Chevalier auctions

Well, I got nothing but I put in an admirable bid on the Stetson 3X. What a beautiful hat - same for the Mossant...actually, same for all of them.

Marc - great auctions last night and looks like you did pretty good!

 

[Jabos]

Probably not. It was made for the French market (the hat store on the sweatband is Sool's, which was in Paris), so it could well have "seen" the German troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe.

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I saw your '06 post when you picked it up off ebay (dandy profit, too, might I add! lol ). Any clue about its whereabouts when you bought it? From a European seller? Probably not or you would have mentioned it.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I went for the Brown Heather. Thanks Marc.

:eusa_clap Thanks! Another one of my favorites. It's a great country/city fedora. The ribbon is a nice 'burnt umber' color, and the heathery felt is very rare. A cool detail that I forgot to mention in the auction: the edge of the brim has a hidden wire sewn into it, which allows you to easily shape and reshape the brim anyway you want, any day you want. Very cool!


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[Marc Chevalier]

I saw your '06 post when you picked it up off ebay (dandy profit, too, might I add! lol ). Any clue about its whereabouts when you bought it? From a European seller? Probably not or you would have mentioned it.

As I recall, it was an American seller. Perhaps a G.I. picked it up secondhand in Europe?

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[Marc Chevalier]

Marc - great auctions last night and looks like you did pretty good!

Thanks! I'm satisfied. Wish you'd won a hat (and I'm done selling 'em for now), but there will be plenty of vintage suits going up in the following weeks.



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[billysmom]

Poor impulse control

I saw this languishing and put in a last minute bid and won it for $.25 under my max bid. Stetson Fifteen 3X. I know some of y'all have this one. What can I expect? (Besides an unworn hat in yet another Stetson box.)

Sue

 

[Blackthorn]

:eusa_clap Thanks! Also a good deal. We hear all the time about how difficult it is to find vintage '30s-'40s fedoras in larger sizes. Before the economy tanked, a hat like this one, in a size 7 1/2, would have gone for over $200 -- even with the unattached sweatband.


Congratulations! This is one of the finest vintage fedoras I've ever had. The felt is so, so smooth ...

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Thanks, Marc, I can't wait to get it all fixed up and start wearing it.

 

[Blackthorn]

Blackthron, that is a very nice looking hat and the price wasn't that bad for an old vintage hat, even if you have to send it off to Opitmo for a refurb, you will still make out on that deal, plus you got a good looking hat.

Thanks, Duggap!

 

[rlk]

3 unopposed.

Dobbs Cross Country

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7939473&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_956

Dobbs Twenty

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...5172974&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_956

Habig

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123#ht_6682wt_966

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Wow! Are they small sizes?

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[rlk]

Wow! Are they small sizes?

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They are all either 7-1/8 or 7-1/4(I hope).

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Congratulations! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

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[rlk]

Congratulations! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

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Thanks,
The measurements were a bit inconsistent. If they are smaller I'll be reselling a number of 7-1/8 hats.

 

[Michaelshane]

I saw this languishing and put in a last minute bid and won it for $.25 under my max bid. Stetson Fifteen 3X. I know some of y'all have this one. What can I expect? (Besides an unworn hat in yet another Stetson box.)

That's some crease right there......