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Bob Dylan's personally-owned Stetson black fur felt western hat, size 7, with brown tooled leather decorative band, purchased from Fast Eddie's of Aspen, Colorado, in the mid-1970s. Eddie Golub founded Fast Eddie's in the early 1970s and swiftly became a legendary maker and seller of high-quality wide-brimmed cowboy hats. The hat is gilt-stamped on the inner hatband: "Fast Eddie's / Aspen, Colo." and "Stetson." In fine condition.
Dylan acquired this hat in the wake of his debut in the Western movie Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) or while on tour with The Band in 1974. Barry Feinstein was invited by Dylan to serve as the official photographer for the tour, both on stage and behind the scenes, and was, like Dylan, a hat wearer. Dylan gave him this hat during the tour, and Feinstein kept it in his studio until his death in 2011—next to Steve McQueen's cowboy hat and gunbelt with holster from 'Wanted Dead Or Alive' (1958).
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Estate of Barry Feinstein / Barry Feinstein Photography.
