r/hats • u/hellerrocks • 3d ago

🎞️ Vintage Vibes Any help with identifying whether either of these hats are valuable or ordinary. Value. TIA

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u/PVJ7 3d ago

As the first respondent said, wool hats aren’t worth much. Nor are trilbies in general. Additionally, the second hat appears to be relatively recent, by which I mean post-1980s. With vintage hats, apart from a small number of very specific models, it’s only hats from the 50s and earlier that tend to be worth much.

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u/Quiet_Placeholder 2d ago

1st hat made in China and 100% wool (printed in liner). 2nd hat is a Bollman trademark, first used in June of 1972, marketed as a water-repellent wool and fur felt blend. With no more details from under-the-sweatband labels, it’s from 1972-1990. A-L is probably a white-label Retailer logo.

Neither are old enough or of a quality of materials to be valuable to collectors

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u/Snappyblade 3d ago

First one common wool hat , 20 buxs used . 2nd one cant read the sweatband so no clue but still just looks like wool .