"Slouch" Officer's hat

[Specster]

Hi I went to a local auction house to preview military and they have a "Slouch" officer's hat, black, with a big black feather...looked like iron brigade hat. The guy running the auction is somewhat of a friend...I dont think he would burn me and he was very confident it was authentic. It is in good shape. want your opinion on the hat overall and possible value. I am going https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui...tid=E67411D2-D60E-4AC5-932E-95B967F39244&zwto try and get the pics off my phone and on to this post. When I saw it I though Hardee Hat and i think that is what it actually is.. Ill try to get better pics posted

 

[Specster]

Hi I went to a local auction house to preview military and they have a "Slouch" officer's hat, black, with a big black feather...looked like iron brigade hat. The guy running the auction is somewhat of a friend...I dont think he would burn me and he was very confident it was authentic. It is in good shape. want your opinion on the hat overall and possible value. I am going https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui...tid=E67411D2-D60E-4AC5-932E-95B967F39244&zwto try and get the pics off my phone and on to this post

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[Specster]

Im sorry for posting the estimated price. I tried to block it out to no avail. Cant find a smiliar hat for sale online.

 

[Specster]

I did not end p bidding..I previewed in yesterday afternoon and didnt have the time to vet it in a serious way. I was thinking 5k if it were in fact officr, iron brigade, Hardee

 

[Specster]

It went for 6k before fees & tax

 

[Salterr]

It went for 6k before fees & tax

That estimate tag was way out of range for one of those hats. The insignia alone is worth over $1,000

 

[Rhea Cole]

Here are some comparable Hardee hats that have sold in the stated range.

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Bonhams Skinner : A CIVIL WAR OFFICER'S HARDEE HAT.

Black felt body with taped edged, black and gold hat cord, gilt eagle "I" button and ostrich plume, with embroidered eagle emblem on the side, the interior with black sweat band and stamped with an eagle and "US" in the crown.

www.bonhams.com

ORIGINAL, 1858 PATTERN, ENLISTED CAVALRYMAN’S ARMY HAT, A.K.A. THE “HARDEE” HAT — Horse Soldier

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This is so Very Rare Identified Confederate Texas Slouch Hat of Pvt./Corp Henry Goodnight Terrell`s Texas Rangers this came out of the Fort Worth Texas Civil War Relics Museum.

www.midwestcivilwarrelics.com

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Find Quality Clothing, Furniture, Toys & Baby Products and Sports Merchandise for Men and Women!

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Note: The item being valued is a Hardee Hat, not a slouch hat.

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Two Rebel Hats

Adolphus Confederate Uniforms offers Frederick R. Adolphus' scholarly research, articles, and his book Imported Confederate Uniforms of Peter Tait & Co...as well as large images with construction detail.

adolphusconfederateuniforms.com

 

[Trooper "D"]

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I don't know about those hats cords.

 

[7thWisconsin]

If it's any consolation to you: there are only 2 authenticated Iron Brigade hardee hats in existance. Both are in museum collections. I think the chance that an Iron Brigade officer's dress hat is going to appear at auction 160 years after the War (without provenance) is vanishingly low. So you may have missed out on an authentic relic Hardee hat, but probably not an IB Hardee hat.