What hat are you waiting for today?

[BobHufford]

Wanna see the Gideon cleaned up!!
Looks like a BRE. Way cool!
Size??

Thanks Bowen! No idea on the size yet. Most likely small.

 

[Blare]

Two O'Farrells for $13? Sure! Possibly from before the Glenn family involvement as they have the earlier sweat band markings.

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Cool. Nice find.

 

[wsmontana]

Two westerns for $27. Looking forward to testing the limits of my hat cleaning skills .

 

[BobHufford]

Cool. Nice find.

Thanks Joe!

 

[MikeinRome]

I can't seem to resist the urge to rescue some hats. This unknown brand fedora said to be from 1890's, from the I Greentree store in Cheyenne, WY. I see on the Lounge that around 2012-13, Lounge members bought a number of hats from this same store that were being auctioned off. Some erroneously called it "L" Greentree. They gave 1907 as the year the store finally closed.

 

[BobHufford]

I can't seem to resist the urge to rescue some hats. This unknown brand fedora said to be late 1890's.

1891:

 

[MikeinRome]

1891:

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Wow! Thanks, Bob!

 

[BobHufford]

Wow! Thanks, Bob!

Looks like it might have been gone by 1904:

1904:

 

[MikeinRome]

This 1900 newspaper article was included in the seller's description of this hat I bought. Says Greentree was planning on closing his store in March 1900. I see you've found that it was 1903 when he finally was able to sell his business. The seller said that 10 plus years ago, they bought a lot of 6 new old stock (NOS) hats from the Greentree store inventory, which all of his unsold stock had been in storage for over 100 years. So my hat was 1 of those 6 hats that had been in storage all those years, if the seller's story is taken at face value.

 

[BobHufford]

The seller said that 10 plus years ago, they bought a lot of 6 new old stock (NOS) hats from the Greentree store inventory, which all of his unsold stock had been in storage for over 100 years.

Oh my! Glad you were able to land this one.

 

[Rmccamey]

Lucky men, the both of you!

Two O'Farrells for $13? Sure! Possibly from before the Glenn family involvement as they have the earlier sweat band markings.

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Two westerns for $27. Looking forward to testing the limits of my hat cleaning skills .

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[deadlyhandsome]

A Resistol for me:

And one to flip:

 

[wsmontana]

Lucky men, the both of you!

Thank you!

 

[BobHufford]

Lucky men, the both of you!

Thanks Randy! The $13 bid has been very lucky for me over the last year or so.

 

[BobHufford]

This 1900 newspaper article was included in the seller's description of this hat I bought. Says Greentree was planning on closing his store in March 1900. I see you've found that it was 1903 when he finally was able to sell his business. The seller said that 10 plus years ago, they bought a lot of 6 new old stock (NOS) hats from the Greentree store inventory, which all of his unsold stock had been in storage for over 100 years. So my hat was 1 of those 6 hats that had been in storage all those years, if the seller's story is taken at face value.

Looks like some of the Greentree stash ended up with Lounger @Dinerman (Spencer).

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Not very hopeful, but for the price I took the chance:

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Sucker for a nice shaped homburg and the felt looks very soft:

 

[Rmccamey]

Come to papa!

 

[Mighty44]

Come to papa!

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Quite a haul! My mother used to take me to Altman’s when I was a kid—the building still stands.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Come to papa!

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That “⅛” size tag looks newer the rest of the hat. Maybe I’m wrong?