FDR Fedora

[Mike in Seattle]

Someone here at the Lounge at one time or another asked about FDR's Fedora - here's something I just came across researching another topic:

According to the March 31, 1941, issue of "Time" magazine, Edward G. Robinson and Melvyn Douglas bid $3,200 for the Fedora hat that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had worn during his three successful campaigns for the presidency. They acquired the hat at a special Hollywood auction to benefit the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

 

[W4ASZ]

Someone here at the Lounge at one time or another asked about FDR's Fedora - here's something I just came across researching another topic:

According to the March 31, 1941, issue of "Time" magazine, Edward G. Robinson and Melvyn Douglas bid $3,200 for the Fedora hat that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had worn during his three successful campaigns for the presidency. They acquired the hat at a special Hollywood auction to benefit the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

Then there was the one in this thread that Eleanor wouldn't let him wear :

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...klin-D.-Roosevelt-s-Trademark-Fedora-for-Sale

 

[zetwal]

That grey FDR fedora is really nice!

 

[carldelo]

Here's one of FDR's fedoras - photo taken in summer 2009 in his house on Campobello Island,:

Dig that funky crease...

 

[Chinaski]

Someone here at the Lounge at one time or another asked about FDR's Fedora - here's something I just came across researching another topic:

According to the March 31, 1941, issue of "Time" magazine, Edward G. Robinson and Melvyn Douglas bid $3,200 for the Fedora hat that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had worn during his three successful campaigns for the presidency. They acquired the hat at a special Hollywood auction to benefit the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

I wonder what the same hat would bring today? Would FDR still draw big money? In the hat crowd, it would seem LBJ would bring bigger money than FDR.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Hell, I'd expect it'd go for a million these days.

 

[Chinaski]

Hell, I'd expect it'd go for a million these days.

I wonder. Have we moved on, culturally speaking? It seems entertainers are bigger celebs than politicians.

 

[Tomasso]

In the hat crowd, it would seem LBJ would bring bigger money than FDR.

Possibly, but one Presidential lid would trump all......

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I'd like to have this presidential lid myself.