Rick's the best! Always with the great selection and the nicest dealer you'll ever meet.

“Hey boss, from a company standpoint, the first weekend in August would be the best time for that trip” :p

Chicken or the egg situation with this one. As we know (thanks Kyle) Keezer never got an MLB license so this had to be early for the Rangers...and extremely late for Keezer.

Just realized this pennant is a blatant ripoff of the Midwest Badge & Novelty Co. pinbacks which came out in 1962. Although Keezers are super cool, their artwork was almost always inferior to Trench, WGN, etc.

Pennant pickups have been very slow for me lately. Just have not seen much that fits my niche.

The 49ers is missing one tassel, but the cost to me was only about half of what a 4 tassel version sold for on ebay last week (about $400... and that one had a stain). I'm thinking about using the small piece of the 4th tassel that is left to fill in the missing white in the spine. Just set it in. Or I may leave it alone.

My pennant collection started with Santa Clara about 30 years ago. Just when I thought I'd seen every Santa Clara pennant, this new (to me) one shows up. Glad to add it. And it provides the type of intermittent reinforcement that behavioral science tells us is such a potent predictor of behavior. And thanks to all my Net54 friends who send me links when a new Santa Clara pennant shows up somewhere.

Come on Rob...The design is nothing like that of the pin. The bats are pointing up! :D

What kind of behavior is that? If the same pennant keeps showing up we can accurately predict you'll buy it. :)

Rob, here's a few Giants pennants that I just saw.

And here's some pennant eye candy for everyone

The Polo Grounds is a 1970s repro, spine gives it away.

Thanks. Isn’t that D*dgers Luncheon pennant pretty rare?

That has to be Rick Haskins's set-up, right? What a hobby treasure he is!

I don’t know … I think someone once posted here a picture from the luncheon with the pennants at each table. Anyone recall?

This was Dale's Sports Collectibles. Great booth.

He had these Jimmie Hall and Bob Allison pennants for sale. I bought the Allison pennant because it was in much better condition. I haven't seen either of them before

Rick Haskins had one of those too. But my budget necessitated that I make a choice. I've seen the keezer for sale before but never the blue one. So I channelled my best American Pickers...if you've never seen something before, the time to buy it is when you see it.

That was the old (Frank Fritz) American Pickers. These days, Mike gets all philosophical about why people collect and what stuff “means” to people. Robbie is just annoying and says “iconic” a lot. :mad:

Rick Levy?

Is this one good? Be gentle.

Yes, this is legit. I think Mark S. would confirm.

Phew! I noticed the repro had $100 on it. I wouldn’t pay $100 for a real one.

Yes Rob, I posted that photo of the luncheon. That pennant is pretty rare, I have only seen 3 or 4 of them pop up for sale. I have several photos of the dinner, not sure which ones I posted before. Hers are a couple, and a photo of my pennant.

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Pretty cool for….well, you know. :cool:

Like Rick, a pennant guy's heaven.

Absolutely legit....

Just look at the spine. Common sense dictates that a stiff cardboard-like spine with perfectly straight rows of stich holes emanates from the 1970s or newer.

Contrast that with a soft felt spine with slightly wavy/curved rows of stitching that indicate pre-1960s. The imperfect stitching is a tell-tale sign that some overworked seamstress performed the task, as opposed to a post 1970 automated system.

I’ll sleep better tonight. :p

Am I shilling this thread to 10,000 replies? Maybe. :cool: :p

Pennants are cool.

I know the Orioles and Indians come up every once in a great while...but had never seen the Yankees. Apparently all from the same funky series. Anyone seen any other teams from it?

Who made that funky series? Green, red and yellow is quite the color combo.

Ad Flag had the market cornered on bad art and this company said "hold my beer".

I like them. I own a purple variant of the Orioles funky pennant. I've never seen the other 2.

We have another mystery manufacturer.

2024 World Series "War Towel"
 

All that talk last month about world series banners got me thinking....

I just finished making these banners, er--towels. Read about them here on Pennant Factory: https://pennantfactory.weebly.com/bl...kees-v-dodgers

Kyle this is GREAT stuff and what a nice job you did! A++

Nice work Kyle

They’re gonna be talking about your creations 100 years from now! Great work, as always.

Cincinnati Reds Mini Pennant Questions
 

Hello all. Can anyone give me some info on this Reds mini? Era, manufacturer, value. Need to sell but have no info.
Thanks in advance,
Tony

VERY minimal value. :(

Saw this funny photo on a photo seller’s site.

A $15 pennant (tip issues). It's nice to find an ebay seller (and Net54 member) who realizes his item isn't the Holy Grail. My other purple one is monochromatic and has spine issues.

I decided to "save" this torn and battered Seals pennant from ebay. Nothing too drastic. Just some very light fabric glue to keep the torn areas from getting larger and replacement vintage trench tassels for the bottom (also light fabric glue). I also have a damaged red/maroon one with the the player names written on the graphics. I can't seem to find a clean version.

It's strange to me that the green felt has faded so much (the back is much darker green) while the pink paint under the Seal has not.

Very nice, Marc. Green NYG pennants always seem to be faded.

a) is this website very slow to load for everyone else?

b) the Peaches pennant can't be vintage, can it?

Doesn't look vintage to me. The spine looks off and the graphic looks more iron-on than silk screened. Looks more like this 1990s issue.

Not “more like”….exactly like!

About 20/25 more will be up this weekend

Yes...Been like that for a few days.

Seems to be rectified.

New pick-ups…Now to get the American League versions.

Love those. Nice pickups.

Two rare beauties!

Both with offensive mascots! :rolleyes:

If more people want to get rid of their “racist” mascot pennants I will be happy to buy them. Indians/Braves and Pirates have the coolest vintage pennants from that era.

On that note … a few of my favorites

I love that 54 one! That is amazing.

I’m ready to offend!

Link?

Some new arrivals today. The 1978 WS pennant is a little incongruous against the others but I love it.

The A’s pennant is great and the colors on the 1938 (1938!!!!!) pennant are insane.

Awesome! You've been on a roll, Gary!

Hadnt seen this style before. Picked up 2 of them. A little help needed on Approx. Year and a price. 9 inches... 1 has a nice tip and tassel the other not so much... Thanks Gentlemen!

Thanks Sean. I've been lucky... It seems like there's been a load of great memorabilia coming to the market in the last few months.

I'm not sure but they have the look of the 1940s to me.

Not UKGary quality, but I just picked this up. Cedar Rapids was the Giants' affiliate from 1975-79. Notable alumni included Bob Brenley and Chili Davis. Rob Deer also played there...he went on to hit 11 HR's with the Giants and 219 elsewhere. What's interesting about this pennant (to me at least) is that I have 15 SF pennants with this basic design (in white, black and orange) but SF never used the white outlined ball on any of those 15.

Rob, I'm always impressed by your knowledge of Giants memorabilia. The font for "Cedar Rapids" seems unique. Have other Giants affiliates use the same font?

Funny you should ask. I tried to post a picture of an SF pennant a few days ago but my Net54 access was blocked. Leon said it was due to new software, Waterbury was a Giants affiliate in 1977-78.

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Recent pickup, a good friend tipped me off to this for sale. Tassels are continuous loops, I have seen this before with an Athletics pennant from the same time period. Clearly a different maker than the "B.B.C." Senators above it.

That's a really nice pennant, Greg.

Thank you! Crazy to think, it pre-dated World War I.

Wow, sure looks like a Repco-inspired pennant. But I don't think it's by them--it's just not printed as well as your Senators/BBC pennant, also from ca. 1913.

I believe it’s the same company that made the Athletics pennant that you nicely reproduced and featured on your blog. Also pictured a left handed pitcher. I used to own that, many years ago, it also had the continuous loops for tassels.

The BBCs are in a class of their own …

Wowza! I'd love to know the story, but then you'd have to kill me. I'll trust your expertise in adjudging this genuine, but color me at least a little skeptical from a distance. Strange they wouldn't have made the player a righty for WaJo in his greatest season and following his second greatest the year before. Overall, a mind-boggling acquisition. Congrats!

I need to find friends like yours. That's an amazing pennant.

It’s definitely authentic and of the time, the construction and feel of the pennant all point to that. My guess is that this was a generic graphic that may have been used for other teams.

The hits have been few and far between lately but what nicer way to break out of a slump than with a home run.

Wow! That's fantastic.

Or more appropriately, a touchdown!

With a two point conversion! 👍

Powerboat or Motorcycle
 

I know this is off the reservation...but does anyone have a vintage powerboat or motorcycle pennant for sale...pm me if so...or even not for sale please send photo anyway....thanks

As you know, those pennants do exist. Mecum has sold some old motorcycle pennants. I only search Giants pennants but some guys in this thread are constantly searching pennants in general. I wouldn’t doubt someone will give you a lead.