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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
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- 15,238
- Location
- Somewhere south of crazy
Wow, good price for that little guy, (although, I am size 7, wouldn't call that "tiny").
Mario
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- 4,664
- Location
- Little Istanbul, Berlin, Germany
I've considered to put in a bid but in the end decided that this is not what I need at the moment...
rlk
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- 6,100
- Location
- Evanston, IL
Looks very nice.
Brad Bowers
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- 4,187
Good win on that for Robert. Looks to be '36 to '40. I wonder if there's a name for this particular style, as the braid is different from a Sennit.
Brad
Half of my watch list ends tonight.
great Mac, 7 1/8
great Mac, 7 1/8
jimmy the lid
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- 5,647
- Location
- USA
Congrats, Bill. Beautiful lid.
MacLachlan Hats ran an ad on the inside cover of the 1953 Hat Life Yearbook:
Very interesting that they tout themselves as the largest manufacturer of $50 and $100 hats in the world.
Cheers,
JtL
Very cool ad Jimmy. Thanks for posting it. Most of us are familiar with the Silver Beaver Mac ad that states it went for $50. I have to wonder what their $100 hat was like? To my eye this Mac I just won seems comparable at least to the Forties out there and maybe a 7X Clear Beaver level.
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fluteplayer07
One Too Many
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- 1,844
- Location
- Michigan
I saw the Mac, but the colored liner threw me off. I thought that would put it at a later date, and a lower quality that the Beaver 50's I've heard so much talk about. Nice score Buler.
I was anticipating the blue Dobbs to go way higher than that.
I was anticipating the blue Dobbs to go way higher than that.
rlk
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- 6,100
- Location
- Evanston, IL
I thought so too. Appears to be pre HCA. First soft hat that old from Knox I've seen
billyspew
One Too Many
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Well done. Did consider that myself, but backed off as I have bigger fish to fry...
Brad Bowers
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- 4,187
Wow, I've been looking for Chase Hats information for a while now, as Crofut & Knapp produced hats for them. Have yet to see one of their hats surface.
Brad
Joshbru3
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- 4,409
- Location
- Chicago, IL
That was an interesting hat. I was going to bid, but didn't understand the hat. It looks like a turn of the century soft hat, but has the liner and sweatband of something much later. Am I totally off base on this?