VINTAGE KNOX NEW YORK GIFT CARDBOARD BOX W/ MINIATURE BROWN FELT HAT 3"

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VINTAGE KNOX NEW YORK  BRAND MINIATURE HAT AND OBLONG BOX. HAT IS PAPER WITH A BROWN FELT LIKE MATERIAL AND WITH A GREEN RIBBON AND MEASURES 3 1/4" ACROSS AND 1 1/2" TALL. CARDBOARD OBLONG BOX MEASURES 4" LONG X 3 5/8" WIDE X 2 1/2" TALL.  THE BOX IS COVERED BY A HIGH QUALITY SHINY PAPER.  HAT AND BOX BOTH IN VERY GOOD CONDITION-I HAVE NO PROBLEMS TO POINT OUT.  ALTHOUGH SOME EBAY SELLERS SAY THIS TYPE OF BOX/HAT IS A SALESMAN SAMPLE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BOX AND HAT SERVED AS GIFT CERTIFICATES.  THE GIFT GIVER WENT TO THE KNOX HAT STORE AND PAID FOR A MEN'S HAT AND IN RETURN THEY RECEIVED A MINIATURE HAT BOX AND A MINIATURE HAT.  THE KIND OF HAT TOLD THE STORE THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PAID FOR THE GIFT.  THE GIFT GIVER THEN GAVE THE BOX/HAT TO THE RECEPIENT.  THE RECEPIENT TOOK THE HAT/BOX TO THE KNOX STORE AND THE STORE TOLD THE RECEPIENT WHICH QUALITY HATS THEY COULD GET FOR FREE.  THE STORE KEPT THE HAT/BOX.  SO THIS GIFT  WAS NEVER REDEEMED FOR  A  HAT.  THIS IS A BETTER QUALITY HAT IN THE BOX THAN YOU NORMALLY SEE SO THE GIFT PAID FOR MUST HAVE BEEN ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE.  ONLY ONE LIKE IT ON EBAY.