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

[jeffgarf]

Snagged a brown 50's Stetson Twenty-Five today that was listed as a wool Stetson Indiana Jones.

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I love folks who have no idea what they have. Nice find.

 

[Gary in NC]

Snagged a brown 50's Stetson Twenty-Five today that was listed as a wool Stetson Indiana Jones.

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Congratulations, Don! That's a serious mis-title, lol - I'm glad you noticed it!

 

[Gary in NC]

No matter what they did to it, it's a Borsalino. You can undo it. Great deal, especially at that size.

Thanks for the encouraging words. I agree - I’m very happy with it.

 

[Blare]

Yes, definitely that, but I was wondering about that low price even for a modern. I received it today, and really it’s got nice potential. It needs a lot of work. The sweatband is absolutely gross, as is the liner with some very sticky hair product (I guess) caked all over it. The pictures don’t show it well, but there’s no way I’m putting it on until I get rid of all that funk, lol. I think it’ll be nice to wear as a very cool beater, especially nice for the money.




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Nice grab. I’m sure you will get it spiffed up in no time.

 

[Blare]

Snagged a brown 50's Stetson Twenty-Five today that was listed as a wool Stetson Indiana Jones.

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Good job!!!

 

[RickP]

Has anyone else noticed lately an avalanche of dirty/beater/abused hats up for auction that are listed as "fishing hats", "driving hats", "Hat with character" or "hat with patina" What amazes me more than the description, is the fact that SOMEBODY is evidently actually buying them. Almost as funny as hats that are listed as an "Open Road trilby fedora hat" or how anything with a brim morphs into an "Indiana Jones" hat. And we havent even touched on the "Distressed" hats... things that look like what once was a decent hat thats been branded, felt ripped, or oil poured on it,Thinking I should break out a box of wooden matches and see if I can pass off some of my beaters as a custom Nick Fouquet hat. LOL

 

[Rollin Rains]

Has anyone else noticed lately an avalanche of dirty/beater/abused hats up for auction that are listed as "fishing hats", "driving hats", "Hat with character" or "hat with patina" What amazes me more than the description, is the fact that SOMEBODY is evidently actually buying them. Almost as funny as hats that are listed as an "Open Road trilby fedora hat" or how anything with a brim morphs into an "Indiana Jones" hat. And we havent even touched on the "Distressed" hats... things that look like what once was a decent hat thats been branded, felt ripped, or oil poured on it,Thinking I should break out a box of wooden matches and see if I can pass off some of my beaters as a custom Nick Fouquet hat. LOL

What I don't understand is all of the people who are taking vintage hats and burning them or drawing lines all over them with an electric wood-burner and then trying to resell them as if they are fine art...
Who is buying this stuff?

 

[Gary in NC]

What I don't understand is all of the people who are taking vintage hats and burning them or drawing lines all over them with an electric wood-burner and then trying to resell them as if they are fine art...
Who is buying this stuff?

I saw something like that on eBay recently and I thought it was a joke at first. It looked awful, and the guy was wanting over a grand for it.

 

[Pellie]

Has anyone else noticed lately an avalanche of dirty/beater/abused hats up for auction that are listed as "fishing hats", "driving hats", "Hat with character" or "hat with patina" What amazes me more than the description, is the fact that SOMEBODY is evidently actually buying them. Almost as funny as hats that are listed as an "Open Road trilby fedora hat" or how anything with a brim morphs into an "Indiana Jones" hat. And we havent even touched on the "Distressed" hats... things that look like what once was a decent hat thats been branded, felt ripped, or oil poured on it,Thinking I should break out a box of wooden matches and see if I can pass off some of my beaters as a custom Nick Fouquet hat. LOL

Not my cup of hats!!!! Awfull!

 

[RickP]

And then there are a couple different ebay sellers that always look like they have nothing on while modeling their hats.... Makes me feel like I should go wash my hands or take a shower or something when I see their ads. Not good marketing.... PUT A SHIRT ON!

Makes me think of druggies selling used clothing

IF I ever bought one of their hats, Im not sure Id try it on without a good sanitizing first...

 

[RickP]

Receive a couple nice ebay hats today. First is a really clean 3x Open Road in 7-1/4 Long Oval. LO Fits really well. Brim snaps really nicely but not very much, ( its almost flat). Havent done anything to it yet at all so Im rather happy. I MAY eventually steam and reshape a bit, but for now Ill leave the Cattlemans Crease, and snap up in back and down in front. Time to do some bushing

 

[RickP]

Todays SECOND ebay sucess is a nice light taupe Champ Featherweight... 2-1/4" brim ( My others are darker brown and black) Love the way these lightweight hats feel on the head. Guess I need to get serious and find a silverbelly too. One of my grandfathers had a silver Featherweight that really looked almost like an Open Road ( slightly bigger brim)

Hat looks absolutely perfect... I hit it with a tough of steam and the iron sputtered.... those spots on the crown are just damp water spots that hadnt quite dried . Not a mark anywhere on the hat. Super happy with this one. Just need to clean a little dried hair dressing off of the sweatband.

TWO almost perfect ebay hays in one day are almost too much to believe