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

deadlyhandsome said:

This showed up and after less than one hour it had double digit watchers. It was cheap and had the “make an offer” option. I made a lowball offer and it was immediately accepted.

Burton Taylor was a line made by Mallory and ceased to exist after the 1947 Stetson merger.

No interior photos. No idea of the size. One in a thousand that it will fit me so look for it here in the classifieds...perhaps a trade?


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deadlyhandsome said:

This showed up and after less than one hour it had double digit watchers. It was cheap and had the “make an offer” option. I made a lowball offer and it was immediately accepted.

No interior photos. No idea of the size. One in a thousand that it will fit me so look for it here in the classifieds...perhaps a trade?

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drmaxtejeda said:

I just bought this on ebay.
I saw Steven @mayserwegener post an Anton Peschel the other day. I said I would put it on my list, and found one. I hope it is a good one. If not, I was the only bidder, and it cost $20.00.
The ribbon seems to be in the front. Can that be right?

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hatsRme said:

That’s a fantastic example of a “back bow,” Max! Excellent!!!

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drmaxtejeda said:

I just bought this on ebay.
I saw Steven @mayserwegener post an Anton Peschel the other day. I said I would put it on my list, and found one. I hope it is a good one. If not, I was the only bidder, and it cost $20.00.
The ribbon seems to be in the front. Can that be right?

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Redfokker said:

No, the seller is un-educated into anything hat. He just snapped the back of the brim down. You could wear it this way, but I'm afraid what the posts about it would be.

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Redfokker said:

No, the seller is un-educated into anything hat. He just snapped the back of the brim down. You could wear it this way, but I'm afraid what the posts about it would be.

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drmaxtejeda said:

That's what I thought, but the other side of the brim seems shorter in the picture. Probably the angle it was taken in, or the optical effect of bending the back "elongates" it.
Hahaha

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drmaxtejeda said:

That's what I thought, but the other side of the brim seems shorter in the picture. Probably the angle it was taken in, or the optical effect of bending the back "elongates" it.
Hahaha

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drmaxtejeda said:

I just bought this on ebay.
I saw Steven @mayserwegener post an Anton Peschel the other day. I said I would put it on my list, and found one. I hope it is a good one. If not, I was the only bidder, and it cost $20.00.
The ribbon seems to be in the front. Can that be right?

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deadlyhandsome said:

German of uncertain manufacture. Steve @mayserwegener helped, but until it arrives I won’t know for certain.

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mayserwegener said:

It was definitely made by VEB Vereinigte HutWerke Guben or Gubener Hüte GmbH. They were the same factory but privatized after unification. Gubener Hüte GmbH lasted to the late 1990s. All Guben (East Germany) Hat Companies were combined as VEB Vereinigte HutWerke Guben post WWII. Guben was the largest hat making center (many hat factories) in Germany up to WWII.

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deadlyhandsome said:

German of uncertain manufacture. Steve @mayserwegener helped, but until it arrives I won’t know for certain.

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deadlyhandsome said:

Thanks, Steve. I’m continuously in awe of your encyclopedic knowledge of European hats.

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Frunobulax said:

Just scored a Dalton hat box - woohoo!

Bob Hufford shared a link to an auction of boxes a few weeks ago, and one of them was a tall Dalton box. I inquired of the auction about shipping costs, but received no reply, so held off bidding. Lo and behold, I'm cruising the Bay in the wee hours this morning and saw the same box listed with a BIN of $20 w/ free shipping. I tossed out a $15 offer to chum the waters and by the time I got to work this morning, they had countered with $17.50. So I took it.

Hell, I woulda paid the $20!


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Wyldkarma said:

I have purchased 6 hats on ebay this last 60 days, 4 were winners. The other 2 were "not as described" and I was able to return for a full refund. Today comes the 3rd "loser". The first picture shows the listed hat, the other photos show what arrived. I paid $135 for this hat, they shoved it into a box too small so it arrived crushed and it was riddled with moth bites. The photos were all a bit low quality and the photos of the underside of the brim were cut off so you could not see the full brim or any moth damage. The liner and sweat band were otherwise excellent

This is what was described:

BEAUTIFUL Vintage 50’s MALLORY ARISTOCRAT QUALITY “THE DALLAS”, Grayish-Green 7 1/8 Fantastic condition. The pictures tell the story.

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