Up for sale is a stunning, beautifully preserved piece of mid-century American millinery history: a vintage Dobbs "Twenty" Alpine/Tyrolean-style dress fedora. This premium hat was originally retailed through Baskin, a famous high-end men’s clothing clothier based out of Chicago.

The "Twenty" designation denotes its original high-tier retail price point of $20.00 back in the 1950s/1960s (indicated on the surviving original paper price tag tucked behind the sweatband)—the modern equivalent of a $200+ luxury hat today. Crafted from incredibly soft, dense black fur felt, it handles beautifully and holds its form perfectly.

• Premium Dobbs "Twenty" Quality: Features the iconic gold-leaf embossed stagecoach logo on the genuine leather interior sweatband.

• Custom Tyrolean Accents: Bound with a multi-strand black gimp rope cord rather than a standard ribbon, decorated with an elaborate multi-feather spray, green leaf details, and a vintage metal hunting pin.

• Bonus Automotive History: The crown includes a beautiful red-enamel vintage Buick shield emblem pin added by the original owner.

• Interior Craftsmanship: Complete with a pristine, bright white satin silk lining featuring a gold-embossed "Dobbs Fifth Avenue New York" crest. The traditional folded silk ribbon bow is beautifully intact at the rear seam of the leather sweatband.