Hey, pennant guys

ooo-ribay · #1 03-30-2015, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieBaseball

Thanks so much to the few folks who emailed me. I had a tiny hunch, but wasn't sure as I own a mini BF Red ball with same logo on pennant. I had a ceiling of $69 and interestingly enough the bid went about to my ceiling. Makes me even wonder if the other bidders were schilling me as well. Pennants are not in my wheelhouse of collecting, but I do own a few and I will say the vintage ones I own are not near this nice! The pin hole was a nice touch to throw the scent off. One thing that did it for me was the smell when I got the pennant. It had no smell. All my vintage stuff has "that smell!" Thanks again - I will be returning this to shipper or full refund.

$69 seems to be around the going rate for those....if it had been a true 1930's pennant, I think you'd have paid in the hundreds of dollars, depending on how much competition you generally have for Nashville stuff.

Duluth Eskimo · #2 03-31-2015, 12:11 AM

Kudos to Jeremy for not getting defensive and looking at it constructively. I had not had a chance to email you back when you answered me, but ironically the "smell test" is one of the things I do when evaluating a pennant like this. All of these newer reproduction pennants will have a synthetic smell instead of a natural fiber (IE: cotton) smell to them. Also, when you manipulate the fabric it responds like a synthetic instead of a pressed natural fabric like most of these were made of. If you still cannot tell, you can attempt to pull the fabric apart. The original fabric will pull apart as it is pressed material where synthetic will stretch, but not pull apart. One last thing you can check is the graphics. When you attempt to crease the graphics the vintage graphics will generally crack, whereas most reproductions will bend and not crack. These "tests" can be manipulated by a forger, but it would take significant effort. If you choose to keep the pennant it will still look nice in your collection. If you choose to get a refund, let me know if you need any help with explaining details to the seller. I think they probably knew what they had though. BTW, those other full size pennants you showed are very difficult to find. Good luck with your collection. Jason

KrenBats · #3 03-31-2015, 08:43 AM

Recently picked up this 1940's Bills pennant from Keith at AntiqueSportsShop.com. Love the old AAFC pennants.

Teamgluck · #4 03-31-2015, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by KrenBats

Recently picked up this 1940's Bills pennant from Keith at AntiqueSportsShop.com. Love the old AAFC pennants.

outstanding pennant!

Darner · #5 03-31-2015, 04:35 PM

I'd like to get some info on these two minis, the approximate date and maybe who issued them.

The green pennant without the ties is 14.5 inches long with the clipped tip. The Egner guide lists it as 1950's but I suspect it's earlier than that and I recall seeing similar pennants for other teams.

The black mini is 4 inches long x 1.5 inches high probably a gum or candy premium but I haven't seen this particular design before.

Thanks!

Teamgluck · #6 04-08-2015, 09:21 AM

I was going through ebay and what in the world is this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Da...p2047675.l2557

seems like a strange and unique item (collegiate of ames?)

ooo-ribay · #7 04-08-2015, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Teamgluck

I was going through ebay and what in the world is this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Da...p2047675.l2557

seems like a strange and unique item (collegiate of ames?)

Never seen anything like it......but it sure seems like Collegiate of Ames.

unclebaseballmike · #8 04-09-2015, 01:20 PM

Can a woman's silk headscarf also be a banner? Is this a hobby subset? They have some great graphics... Mike

mrkrab · #9 04-09-2015, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Teamgluck

I was going through ebay and what in the world is this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Da...p2047675.l2557

seems like a strange and unique item (collegiate of ames?)

I think its some type of book cover or something among those lines.

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