Stetson Cowboy Hat Information

[RPGriffin]

Hello, I can not find any information on this hat. I e-mailed Stetson, they couldn't identify it (which I thought was strange). Maybe someone here can help. Thanks!

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[The Vintage Vendeuse]

Looks like all the info is on the labels shown... what is it you want to know?
The printed pictorial liner, called "The Last Drop", was used from 1970s onwards.

 

[RPGriffin]

Thanks for the reply. I was curious of the approximate year it was made (thank you), and what it would be worth. I can not find any information on the Midland style.

 

[Jen S]

Do a search of sold items on eBay and you’ll get a general idea of what they go for.

 

[MagsRags]

The suggestion by Jen S re: searching similar sold items on eBay is a good one. As laid out in our forum FAQs, we cannot authenticate or price items.

 

[The Vintage Vendeuse]

Is there a union label anywhere? Check under the hat band.

 

[RPGriffin]

Is there a union label anywhere? Check under the hat band.

Yes it does.

 

[The Vintage Vendeuse]

Please provide a photo of it. It can help narrow down the age.

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

It looks more contemporary to me. By that I mean made in the last 40 years or so. In general, the older Stetsons have the real value, those made after about 1960s not so much unless they have some special feature or provenance. Cowboy hats generally do not fetch really high prices unless they are antique or really old and from the actual Old West time period up to about the 1920s. Now if it was a Stetson fedora you would be talking a higher value.

 

[RPGriffin]

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Is there a union label anywhere? Check under the hat band.

Here is the label.

 

[RPGriffin]

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It looks more contemporary to me. By that I mean made in the last 40 years or so. In general, the older Stetsons have the real value, those made after about 1960s not so much unless they have some special feature or provenance. Cowboy hats generally do not fetch really high prices unless they are antique or really old and from the actual Old West time period up to about the 1920s. Now if it was a Stetson fedora you would be talking a higher value.

Thanks for the information. It's much appreciated!

 

[RPGriffin]

Do a search of sold items on eBay and you’ll get a general idea of what they go for.

Thanks! I have tried looking on ebay and other places online.

 

[RPGriffin]

Looks like all the info is on the labels shown... what is it you want to know?
The printed pictorial liner, called "The Last Drop", was used from 1970s onwards.

Thanks!

 

[MagsRags]

According to the VFG Label Resource entry on United Hatters & Millinery Workers Union, they were folded into the ACTWU in 1983, so your Stetson should predate that. Donna's info about the use of the pictorial liner narrows it to no earlier than 1970s.

So 70s to early 80s.

 

[RPGriffin]

That's good to know. Thank you!