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

BobHufford said:

^^^^^ doesn’t “new with defects” describe all his hats?

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Blare said:

I both lay blame and thank some of you gentleman and your fabulous bowler/derby hats you have posted recently.

I thought I was done for a bit... however this Cavanagh derby at a price too good to pass up caught my eye.

I look forward to seeing it in person... for now the sellers photos

Of course this hat led me to two others I will discuss later.

And in thought I was done. [emoji1745][emoji2357]


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Joe

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Héctor Fernández said:

As most of you know, I love stingy brims. Last night I was watching a nice Royal Stetson, but I decided to wait till the morning and when I got up, snap, the hat was sold.

Fast forward fifteen minutes. I'm looking for something else and the hat popped up again. I sent the seller a message and he told me the prior buyer cancelled the sale because it was the wrong size. Yahtzee! I didn't hesitate this time, lol....It looks in pretty good shape and for the price, I gladly took a chance on it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ro...1?pageci=c374886e-bcbd-4940-9625-2fd3fabca1cc

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Héctor Fernández said:

As most of you know, I love stingy brims. Last night I was watching a nice Royal Stetson, but I decided to wait till the morning and when I got up, snap, the hat was sold.

Fast forward fifteen minutes. I'm looking for something else and the hat popped up again. I sent the seller a message and he told me the prior buyer cancelled the sale because it was the wrong size. Yahtzee! I didn't hesitate this time, lol....It looks in pretty good shape and for the price, I gladly took a chance on it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ro...1?pageci=c374886e-bcbd-4940-9625-2fd3fabca1cc

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J Williams said:

The second chance in the hat buying game is probably more of a rarity than the hats themselves! I definitely have had several I missed and still think about..

Good get.


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Blare said:

While I was looking at that Cavanagh derby.. these two Lovelies caught my eye.

Two Borsalino foldable pocket style hats with grosgrain sweatbands in their little coffins [emoji3545] where it appears they have been most of their lives.

Considering a price I might have even considered for the box alone... and the seller willing to combine shipping I couldn’t bear to separate these two for now. So they are on their way.

And yet still... I thought I was done. [emoji1745][emoji2357][emoji849][emoji33]





Best,
Joe

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Blare said:

While I was looking at that Cavanagh derby.. these two Lovelies caught my eye.

Two Borsalino foldable pocket style hats with grosgrain sweatbands in their little coffins [emoji3545] where it appears they have been most of their lives.

Considering a price I might have even considered for the box alone... and the seller willing to combine shipping I couldn’t bear to separate these two for now. So they are on their way.

And yet still... I thought I was done. [emoji1745][emoji2357][emoji849][emoji33]





Best,
Joe

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J Williams said:

The second chance in the hat buying game is probably more of a rarity than the hats themselves! I definitely have had several I missed and still think about..

Good get.


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Héctor Fernández said:

As most of you know, I love stingy brims. Last night I was watching a nice Royal Stetson, but I decided to wait till the morning and when I got up, snap, the hat was sold.

Fast forward fifteen minutes. I'm looking for something else and the hat popped up again. I sent the seller a message and he told me the prior buyer cancelled the sale because it was the wrong size. Yahtzee! I didn't hesitate this time, lol....It looks in pretty good shape and for the price, I gladly took a chance on it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ro...1?pageci=c374886e-bcbd-4940-9625-2fd3fabca1cc

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steur said:

There's a good thread in that experience I think (if there isn't one already): "the ones that got away".

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Héctor Fernández said:

Very nice Joe![emoji106][emoji106]

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steur said:

Ah, good to see someone finally pulled the trigger on those two. They were up there for the longest time and at a low price too. I considered buying them myself several times, but I have a few of the boxes already and the hats are not my preferred style. It is a good catch no matter what though. Nice one, Joe.

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Blare said:

While I was looking at that Cavanagh derby.. these two Lovelies caught my eye.

Two Borsalino foldable pocket style hats with grosgrain sweatbands in their little coffins [emoji3545] where it appears they have been most of their lives.

Considering a price I might have even considered for the box alone... and the seller willing to combine shipping I couldn’t bear to separate these two for now. So they are on their way.

And yet still... I thought I was done. [emoji1745][emoji2357][emoji849][emoji33]





Best,
Joe

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steur said:

There's a good thread in that experience I think (if there isn't one already): "the ones that got away".

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alanfgag said:

interesting finds... looks like an equestrian derby and two ladies hats. Look forward to your photos and thoughts when you receive them.

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Blare said:

Hi Alan.. I also suspected they may be women’s hats based on the ribbon and styling. Will be interesting to have them in hand.

What would you say is difference between an equestrian derby and a non equestrian derby?

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Joe

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