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Aaron M.I shied away from the cap in part because the inside looked like a cap manufactured post 1960 rather than turn-of-the-century, but Troy Kinnunen of MEARS was the winning bidder and I doubt he spends over $1,000 on the cap if he doesn't think he can authenticate it and re-sell for much more.
It will be interesting to see if Troy does indeed autheticate and re-sell the cap and if the auction house that sells it will disclose the fact that the consignor/authenticator has a conflict of interest.