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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
randooch
I'll Lock Up
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- 4,869
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- Ukiah, California
Alan Eby, that looks like a beauty. And don't let the photo-posting hurdle trip you up; it's easy once you get it down. Looking forward to a shot of it atop the ol' noggin!
SteveAS
Practically Family
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- 841
- Location
- San Francisco
Very nice proportions on that hat!
not mine
great looking blue Dobbs, 7 3/8
great looking blue Dobbs, 7 3/8
Tango Yankee
Call Me a Cab
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- 2,433
- Location
- Lucasville, OH
The seller on that one noted in an answer to a question that his grandfather, the hat's previous owner, was a senator in the Nevada senate. I did a Google search and came up with a reference to him in a letter discussing the gambling situation in Cuba in 1958 and the Americans involved in it. Seems he was one of the operators of the Havana Hilton Casino.
rlk
I'll Lock Up
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- 6,100
- Location
- Evanston, IL
Longley vented curvy Derby
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...UQZXK8cyejBBK8vskw%3D&viewitem=#ht_500wt_1156
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...UQZXK8cyejBBK8vskw%3D&viewitem=#ht_500wt_1156
CaramelSmoothie
Practically Family
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- 892
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- With my Hats
This was listed on Ebay some months ago for about 130 bucks. I was watching it waiting for the price to go down but it never did. Lo and behold I was on Etsy and found the same hat that the seller relisted at 70 bucks. I jumped on it:
The front:
The back:
The front:
The back:
bolthead
My Mail is Forwarded Here
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- 3,905
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- Pennsylvania, United States
Mario
I'll Lock Up
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- 4,664
- Location
- Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
not mine
Yet another Stetson model I've never seen - in an ad or as a hat. Take out the pins and it's a winner.
HatCo sued Stetson over the name, claiming that a Railbird was identical to the Dobbs Gamebird. Stetson won.
Royal Stetson Railbird, 7 1/8
Yet another Stetson model I've never seen - in an ad or as a hat. Take out the pins and it's a winner.
HatCo sued Stetson over the name, claiming that a Railbird was identical to the Dobbs Gamebird. Stetson won.
Royal Stetson Railbird, 7 1/8
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billyspew
One Too Many
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Lefty, I was intrigued by that one and did dig up an ad from 1955 featuring this and two other models. Will dig out and post tomorrow.
CaramelSmoothie
Practically Family
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That's about the most elaborate headwear I've seen in a long time...
Yes, very elaborate and very unique. I bet I am the only person in the world right now who owns this very hat. lol.
Mario
I'll Lock Up
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- Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
Which leads me right back to a question I asked you before: how about an elaborate-hat-in-action photo? In the WHAYWT and/or WAYWT threads? Yes? Please!
CaramelSmoothie
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Which leads me right back to a question I asked you before: how about an elaborate-hat-in-action photo? In the WHAYWT and/or WAYWT threads? Yes? Please!
No prob. As soon as it arrives, I will post a pic of myself in it. I believe I posted a pic of myself in a mint condition green cloche way back in this thread. I will be out of town next week so I will post when I get back in town. Promise!
Mario
I'll Lock Up
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- Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
Agreed! Whatever you're going to do when you're out of town - have a great time!
CaramelSmoothie
Practically Family
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Agreed! Whatever you're going to do when you're out of town - have a great time!
I'll try. I'm heading up to Boston for a little under a week. I am going to hit up Bobby's of Boston while I'm up there to see if I can luck up on some vintage lids.
Mario
I'll Lock Up
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- Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
Good luck!
danofarlington
My Mail is Forwarded Here
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- 3,122
- Location
- Arlington, Virginia
There's a store up there called Salmagundi that has a lot of new-design ladies' hats, as well as cool men's hats. I've been on the phone with them over the weekend. Definitely also worth a look IMHO.