What Would Your Vintage Hat Cost In Today's Currency

[T Jones]

Pick the year and the original price of your vintage hat. What would it cost in today's currency

http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/dollars.php

 

[RJR]

Pick the year and the original price of your vintage hat. What would it cost in today's currency

http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/dollars.php

Interesting,thanks for posting.

 

[jlee562]

Well, that was interesting. I picked 1966, to approximate.....my Stetson 100 is $744 in today's dollar.

 

[addison]

As an interesting experiment, I have a hat for sale on eBay right now.
...and I have the original price tag from sometime in the 1960's!

So...since that hat is in essentially new condition, we'll see exactly what it translate to in today's dollars.
By the calculator, guessing the year 1964 (my birth year)...
$9.95 comes out to $76.16 today...

 

[Orvil Newton]

Pick the year and the original price of your vintage hat. What would it cost in today's currency

http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/dollars.php

My vintage 1960 Resistol came with a price tag of $20 = $160 today, but I doubt you could find anywhere near the quality 100% beaver hat today at that price. ($11 on ebay)

 

[Rogera]

My 1940's Dobbs 40 translates to $530.

 

[moehawk]

My ca. 1950 3XBQ Stetson which I was told was a 15 dollar hat would be $150 today.
My early 60's Stetson 25 about $200.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Very interesting, however no matter what the price "was" and compared to what our purse or wallet has to today, if all of us purchased all the hats we "coveted" we would be as broke as ever! You can note for your own personal financial history, I bet at least once you had your wallet or purse commit mutiny! Haha!

 

[LuvMyMan]

My vintage 1960 Resistol came with a price tag of $20 = $160 today, but I doubt you could find anywhere near the quality 100% beaver hat today at that price. ($11 on ebay) View attachment 54862

The Resistol thin ribbons are so super nice. I keep my looking for them in sizes we here would wear and am darn sorry we ever sold any of them off. For the normal 3x level vintage, resistol has most other hats beat!