Vintage Stetson Royal DeLuxe Open Road 1955 Hat &box 7 1/8 WindTrolly Near MINT

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Vintage Stetson Royal DeLuxe Open Road 1955 Hat &box 7 1/8 WindTrolly Near MINT :
$430.00

LOTS OF IMAGES BELOW THIS HAT WAS SOLD RETAIL BY \"PORTER\" IN MY MIND IS LIKE BUYING A ROLEX FROM TIFFANY\'SAS YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR CHANGES WITH LIGHT AND SOME WHAT TAKES ON THE COLOR OF THE SURROUNDING LIGHT REFLECTED NEVER STRETCHED AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE MOST THAT I SEE FOR SALE ARE ALTERED NEAR MINT OVERALL 98% CONDITION NO ODOR OR ISSUES AND IMAGES SHOW LESS THAN MINOR WEAR OR ITEMS THAT ARE NOTED Stitching in Sweatband and Liner are excellent and NEVER STRETCHED--clearly shown in images from ever angle under listing description. Beaver felt is pliable and soft. See images in description for condition of beaver felt which is EYE CLEAN, with a few minor NORMAL aging issues AND BARELY NOTICIBLE AND CLEARLY SHPWN in Images in description. THIS HAT WAS SOLD RETAIL BY \"PORTER\" IN MY MIND IS LIKE BUYING A ROLEX FROM TIFFANY\'S A ROYAL De Luxe OPEN ROAD WITH 2 15/16 BRIM AND FITS ME GENEROUSLY AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE HAT IS PLIABLE AND FOR ME IT IS NEARLY LIKE A SELF CONFORMING. IT HAS ALL THE MARKINGS OF A 1955 \'S HAT WHICH HAS WONDERFUL PLIABLE BEAVER FELT AND BETTER THAN 7X\'S I HAVE OWNED THAT WERE MANUFACTURED AFTER THE 1960\'S HAS A WIND TROLLY WHICH ARE ALONE ARE NOT COMMON FOR A TROLLY TO FIT PERFECTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE ADDED OR ALTERED-- ”VERY RARE” ROYAL DELUXE MODEL 1955LOTS OF IMAGES BELOW DESCRIPTIONTHE PROPORTION OF THIS HAT IS PERFECT TO ACHIEVE THE PROFILE OF THE CLASSIC OPEN ROAD LOOKFRONT MIDDLE OF CROWN IS NEARLY 4 ¼ AT PINCHTHIS IS A COLLECTOR’S QUALITY HAT SO THOSE LOOKING FOR HIGH QUALITY VINTAGE HATS ENJOYSO THOSE RESELLER “LOOKERS” READ AS MUCH OR LITTLE AS YOU WANT AND MOVE ON IF YOU LIKESOME HISTORY OF ROYAL DELUXE OPEN ROAD STETSON---SEE WHERE SINCE 1986 THE ORIGINAL COMPANY AND MANUFACTURING STANDARDS NO LONGER EXSIST—INTERESTING HISTORY FEW Are Aware of…..LINER AND SWEATBAND ARE MINT PLEASE SEE IMAGES Brim is at Least 2 15/16 inch measurement of bottom side and at least 2 7/8 inch on top side of BrimWIDE BRIM FOR SURETHIS IS THE BEST OPEN ROAD WIDE BRIM BECAUSE SOME ARE SKIMMY ON THE BRIM WIDETH BASED ON THE YEAR PRODUCED
RARELY ARE THEY OVER 2 ¾ INCHES PLEASE SEE IMAGESSTETSON SOLD TO STEVENS HAT CO IN 1971 SO IN MY OPINION THE BEAVER FELT AS MARKED IN X\'S IS WAY BETTER DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF HATS WHICH ENDED APPROX BEFORE 1965 LOTS OF IMAGES TO LOOK AT BELOW FROM EVERY ANGLE AND ALL THOUGH IT IS STRIKING AND BEAUTIFUL TO WEAR AND HAS MANY RARE COLLECTABLE FEATURES HAS A PATINA THAT MAKES A VINTAGE STATEMENT, BUT THAT IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE AFTER YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGES AND DO YOUR RESEARCH I BELIEVE IF YOU ARE SIZE 7 1/8 REGULAR OR LONG OVAL IT WILL WORK FOR YOU BECAUSE I AM 7 1/8 AND IT FEELS A LIKE A GOOD FIT AND DUE TO THE PLIABLE FELT AND SWEATBAND IT IS IMO NEARLY LIKE A SELF CONFORMING FIT YOU WILL LOVE IT ONCE YOU SEE IT IN PERSON AND PUT IT ONSO TO BE CLEAR INTERNATION SHIPPING AND INSURANCE IS TO GLOBAL CENTER ONLY WHAT YOU GET IS AN EARLY 1955\'s BEAUTIFUL OPEN ROAD WEARABLE HAT WITH A PERFECT ORIGINAL WIND TROLLY, SO IF YOU LIKE A RARE I EYE CATCHER INTERNATIONAL BUYERS ALSO ALL DUTY, CUSTOMS AND TAXES THE ORIGINAL ROYAL DELUXE OPEN ROAD WAS MADE BY STETSON OVER THE YEARS WITH VARIOUS BRIM MEASUREMENT AND BLOCKING BUT NONE SURPASS THE APPEARANCE OF THIS HAT DUE TO THE OVERALL APPEARANCE LARGELY DUE TO THE PORPORTION OF CROWN HEIGHT, BLOCKING AND BRIM MEASUREMENTTHIS IS MY COLLECTORS HAT AND I AM NOT A RESELLER THAT REPAIRS REMOVES AND REPLACES LINERS AND SWEATBANDSTHIS IS 100% ORIGINAL SWEATBAND, LINER WITH ORIGINAL STITCHING ON LINER AND SWEATBAND Felt Beaver Hats/Fedoras of which the height of the hat\'s popularity in the 1920s to early 1950s. In the second half of the 1950s, it fell out of favor in a shift towards more informal clothing styles. By about 1960 there was Marked decrease in manufacturing quality due to reducing Production Quality caused by cost cutting with Companies trying to exist on Increasingly Less Sales Volume. STETSON ceased manufacturing in 1970 but resumed in 1980 and went bankrupt in 1986. The factory equipment and the license to manufacture Stetson hats was purchased by Hat Brands, Stetson hats are now being manufactured in Garland, Texas, by Hatco, Inc., who also produce Resistol and Charlie 1 Horse Hats IIn my opinion buying a Hat with a few exceptions make after the very early 1960’s is a joke. PLEASE SEE HISTORY BELOWThe John B. Stetson Company, founded by John B. Stetson in 1865, was the maker of the Stetson cowboy hats, but ceased manufacturing in 1970 but resumed in 1980 and went bankrupt in 1986. The factory equipment and the license to manufacture Stetson hats was purchased by Hat Brands, and Stetson hats are now being manufactured in Garland, Texas, by Hatco, Inc., who also produce Resistol and Charlie 1 Horse hats.NOTE THE OLDER BETTER SELLING MODELS OF STETSON HATS HAD BETTER QUALITY FELT BEAVER FOR THE SAME MODEL IN LATER YEARSMEANING THEY PUT MORE BEAVER IN THE HATS FOR EACH SPECIFIC MODEL BACK IN THE 40\'S AND EARLY 1950\'s AND THIS CHANGED AS TIME MOVED ON LARGELY DUE TO ADVERTISING BY COMPETITION ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GOT INTO WARS WITH COMPETITORS BASED ON THE EXAGGERATION OF THE AMOUNT OF BEAVER IN THE FELT BASED ON ADVERTISING IN LATER YEARS THIS WAS REALLY RELEVENT AS THE EXAGGERATION OF THE NUMBER OF X\'s USED FOR EACH MODEL HEATED UP ALSO IN THE EARLY DAYS INVENTORY CONTROL WAS HARDER TO MONITIOR FOR BEAVER QUALITY NEEDED FOR EACH MODEL BASED ON NEW EXPERIENCES WITH SALES OF EACH MODEL AND ESPECIALLY THE NEW MODELS SO THEY WOULD MAKE A PRODUCTION WITH BETTER FELT THAN NORMALLY USED AND THIS HAT WAS PRODUCED IN THE VERY EARLY DAYSTHE OUT COME WAS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE CORRECT FELT BEAVER CONTAIN ON HAND AND THEREFORE BEING THE QUALITY COMPANY STETSON WAS AT THE TIME THEY WOULD USE THE BETTER QUALITY FELT IN INVENTORY (THAT WAS EARMARKED FOR A MORE EXPENSIVE MODELBINGO YOU MIGHT BUY AND RECEIVE A $15 DOLLAR HAT WITH THE BEAVER CONTAIN AND QUALITY OF A $50.00 HAT, AND SO ONTO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF ANY SPECIFIC HAT IN MY OPINION IT TAKES EXPERIENCE, AND HONESTY IN THE EVALUATION OF EACH HATTHIS HAT HAS EXCEPTIONAL BEAVER MANY ITMES EACH HAT HAD IT\'S OWN PERSONALITY AND NOT THE COOKIE CUT CHARACTERISTIC OF HATS PRODUCED IN LATER YEARS THIS PROGRESSIVELY CHANGED OVER THE YEARS-SO IT\'S VERY SIMPLE THE OLD VINTAGE HATS HAVE WONDERFUL QUALITY AND THEY EVENTUALLY DECREASED THE BEAVER IN EACH MODEL AND CUT CORNERS ON A SWEATBAND FOR EXAMPLE MAKING IT MORE NARROWIT IS THAT SIMPLE OVER MANY YEARS I HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY SELLERS SAY THE HAT THEY ARE SELLING IS A 1930\'s OR 1940\'s AND FRANKLY CURRENTLY THERE IS A SELLER LSTING A 1960’S HAT AS 1950’S—NOTE 1960’S HAVE A SQUARE SIZE TAG\"THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING\" IN MY COLLECTING OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS PLUS I HAVE SEEN IT ALL SUCH AS STRETCHING REPLACING ORIGINAL LINER AND SWEATBANDI HAVE FOUND THAT SELLERS THAT DO A LOT OF REPAIRS DO IT ALL AND USUALLY STRETCH SMALL SIZES A LOT, BECAUSE SMALLER SIZES ARE MORE COMMON IN VERY OLD HATS BECAUSE HEADS ON AVERAGE WERE A LOT SMALLER THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST COLLECTIBLE HAT I CURRENTLY SEE OUT THEREPLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW MANY HAVE NOTE THAT WILL HELP YOU I PRICED THIS HAT AT $2000.00, BECAUSE THE RESELLER IN MINNESOTA HAS A STETSON ROYAL OPEN ROAD THAT IS NOT NEAR AS OLD AND DOES NOT SLIGHTLY COMPARE, MEAN SLIGHTLY COMPAREIF THAT HAT HAS VALUE OF $600.00 THIS HAT HAS A VALUE OF AT LEAST $2,000.00 PROBABLY THERE ARE A LOT OF IMAGES BELOW TO REVIEWPLEASE READ BELOW THE REASON THIS HAS A VALUE OF AT LEAST $2,000.00ORIGINAL BLOCKING FINISH AND SWEATBAND AND ONLY HAS BEEN HAND BRUSHED IMAGE BELOW SHOWS A SMALL STAIN BLEMISH ON FRONT OF RIBBON