Searching for Captain Asa Bartlett's Slouch Hat

[Dr.Mike]

I am searching for the brown felt slouch hat of Lt/Cpt. Asa Bartlett, who served in the 12th New Hampshire and the Signal Corps.

Jim Stamatelos owned the Bartlett hat, along with Bartlett's line officer's frock coat, royal blue vest, small Signal Corps insignia from the front of the hat, tin cups, notebook, pocket book, and other ephemera. Jim sold the clothing, tin wear and other items in 1979, while retaining the hat. Years later, the hat surfaced in the collection of John Henry Kurtz.

The Bartlett hat's most recent public sighting was at the John Henry Kurtz collection auction of Nov. 21, 2008, where it sold for $10,157 (see attached).

A good friend owns the Bartlett uniform items and other pieces and would like to arrange a reunion of the slouch hat. If you would kindly inform me if you happen to recall to whom the Bartlett hat sold in the 2008 auction, or have seen the Bartlett hat in the last 15 years, my friend and I would be grateful for the information.

Feel free to email ([email protected]) or call me (502-299-1863).

Thanks!
Mike Cunningham

 

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I am searching for the brown felt slouch hat of Lt/Cpt. Asa Bartlett, who served in the 12th New Hampshire and the Signal Corps.

Jim Stamatelos owned the Bartlett hat, along with Bartlett's line officer's frock coat, royal blue vest, small Signal Corps insignia from the front of the hat, tin cups, notebook, pocket book, and other ephemera. Jim sold the clothing, tin wear and other items in 1979, while retaining the hat. Years later, the hat surfaced in the collection of John Henry Kurtz.

The Bartlett hat's most recent public sighting was at the John Henry Kurtz collection auction of Nov. 21, 2008, where it sold for $10,157 (see attached).

A good friend owns the Bartlett uniform items and other pieces and would like to arrange a reunion of the slouch hat. If you would kindly inform me if you happen to recall to whom the Bartlett hat sold in the 2008 auction, or have seen the Bartlett hat in the last 15 years, my friend and I would be grateful for the information.

Feel free to email ([email protected]) or call me (502-299-1863).

Thanks!
Mike Cunningham

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You might try Peter Jackson, it seems as if he took half of that auction back to Australia.

 

[Dr.Mike]

You might try Peter Jackson, it seems as if he took half of that auction back to Australia.

I was in the room in the 2008 JHK auction and was aware that I was bidding against Lord of the Rings money. I took home two choice items by bidding twice what I thought the items were worth and was outbid on the rest. I'd love to contact Jackson at his Weta offices in Wellington, New Zealand. Do you happen to have his email address or phone number?