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

Frunobulax · Feb 13, 2016

Awwwwwwww-RIGHT!

After all this time, scouring eBay, Etsy, vintage clothing stores, and the like, I finally got a Stratoliner!
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pencil box

I really don't know how old this is. Saw it on eBay and thought it was pretty cool. Paid about $18 w/ shipping (hey, I got the pencils, too!). I figure I can keep hat pins, wind cords, and other sorts of hat tchotchkes in it.

RJR · Feb 13, 2016

Frunobulax said:
Awwwwwwww-RIGHT!

After all this time, scouring eBay, Etsy, vintage clothing stores, and the like, I finally got a Stratoliner!
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pencil box

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I really don't know how old this is. Saw it on eBay and thought it was pretty cool. Paid about $18 w/ shipping (hey, I got the pencils, too!). I figure I can keep hat pins, wind cords, and other sorts of hat tchotchkes in it.

Very cool.

Alexander Sommerset · Feb 13, 2016

What do you think that box was for? And who made it?

Brad Bowers · Feb 13, 2016

Somebody got a helluva bargain on a rare type of Cavanagh. I wasn't bidding on it, but would have if finances weren't so tight.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CAV...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Brad
~The Hatted Professor

Frunobulax · Feb 13, 2016

Alexander Sommerset said:
What do you think that box was for? And who made it?

I'm pretty sure it's a pencil/art box, which is what it was sold as. No maker is identified.

Edit: Found a photo of another one on eBay, this one had "Eagle Pencil Company" written on one of the box ends.

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Bob Roberts · Feb 14, 2016

Frunobulax said:
Awwwwwwww-RIGHT!

After all this time, scouring eBay, Etsy, vintage clothing stores, and the like, I finally got a Stratoliner!
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pencil box

View attachment 44301 View attachment 44302 View attachment 44303 View attachment 44304

I really don't know how old this is. Saw it on eBay and thought it was pretty cool. Paid about $18 w/ shipping (hey, I got the pencils, too!). I figure I can keep hat pins, wind cords, and other sorts of hat tchotchkes in it.

...and your stash.

Frunobulax · Feb 14, 2016

Bob Roberts said:
...and your stash.

Well, I never!

Well, maybe...

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Bob Roberts · Feb 14, 2016

Frunobulax said:
Well, I never!

Well, maybe...

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Hahahahahaha...

belfastboy · Feb 14, 2016

I just received my latest Ebay purchase a Royal Stetson with wonderful bow work on it. A steal at $20 in a 6 7/8 as a gift to my wife. The downside is that it has (had) a hole in the brim. Not a moth hole and it was fully disclosed by the seller but some dimwhitt at the thrift store used one of those pricing machines that punch in the plastic price tag thingy that of course left a small round hole. I am well pleased that I fixed it. I have some swatches from Mike at NW Hats and I used my leather punch and punched out a very small round chunk of the swatch and inserted into the hole. I then wet it, steamed it and then tamped it. The mend is seamless. I did not have any suitable glue so it is not "permanent" and may fall out but if need be I will glue the next plug in place.

ofcoursemyhorse · Feb 14, 2016

Alexander Sommerset · Feb 15, 2016

This is the kind of stuff that sort of drives me nuts. This guy is selling a cheapo top hat that isn't more the 30 years old as an "antique" from 1901.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Ant...161068?hash=item3d11c57fec:g:iwcAAOSw~OVWwRud

Ugh.

1mach1 · Feb 15, 2016

Scored this Adam from Michael. Excited to get this one. Thanks Michael!

rclark · Feb 15, 2016

1mach1 said:
Scored this Adam from Michael. Excited to get this one. Thanks Michael!

Nice score, Harv!

1mach1 · Feb 15, 2016

rclark said:
Nice score, Harv!

Thanks Rick!

Frunobulax · Feb 15, 2016

Nice one, Harv. Adam made some great hats.

1mach1 · Feb 15, 2016

Frunobulax said:
Nice one, Harv. Adam made some great hats.

Thanks Jim. This will be my first Adam, so I am excited to see, feel, and wear it.

Frunobulax · Feb 15, 2016

OK, I hope one of the Loungers got this one. If I'm not wrong, somebody got a good deal on a very old Stetson. I wish I could have gone deeper, but the wallet was a little thin this time around.

Bamaboots · Feb 15, 2016

1mach1 said:
Scored this Adam from Michael. Excited to get this one. Thanks Michael!

I was wondering who wore me out on this one. Glad it was you, Harv. Sort of.

1mach1 · Feb 15, 2016

Bamaboots said:
I was wondering who wore me out on this one. Glad it was you, Harv. Sort of.

Lol. Sorry Greg.

alanfgag · Feb 15, 2016

Frunobulax said:
OK, I hope one of the Loungers got this one. If I'm not wrong, somebody got a good deal on a very old Stetson. I wish I could have gone deeper, but the wallet was a little thin this time around.

Interesting hat... perhaps a fabric sweatband? Off to a former member who posts here no longer, I believe.

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