Hey, pennant guys

[ooo-ribay]

Looking forward to it, Domer!! ^^^

My Giants example was one of the few times I've been in the right place at the right time. I got it BIN for $70, shortly after it was posted. I have a "frenemy" who would have snagged it for sure, had he seen it first. Maybe it's a pipe dream, but I almost think mine could be a never mass produced prototype. Here's a pic of it, re-imagined with a Mays photo.

[bocca001]

Happy to add the top Astros batter pennant, which appears to be a knock off of the typical batter pennant (pictured below it). That "typical" batter played for the Astros, Colt 45s, and the Giants (and other teams too). This new one is much thinner, rather fragile, and is somewhat transparent when held up to the light.

The seller had a number of what I believe to be difficult to find pennants from this era including the Phillies pennant pictured below (bought by someone else).

Curious to hear if anyone has info about this series. And if there might be an SF Giants pennant that goes with the series (Oooribay?).

[ooo-ribay]

I’ve never seen a Giants with that variation of the LH batter.

Get the iron for those Phillies tassels! Dirty but cool pennant.

[perezfan]

Nice score on the Astros Pennant. I've never seen that particular version of the Batter either.

I've seen the Phillies, but only 3-4 times in 25+ years of collecting this stuff. Both are super rare and unique. Congrats!

[bocca001]

Thanks, guys. Just to be clear, I didn't buy the Phillies pennant, although I thought about it. It looked so puritanical. My kids would probably have been scared of it.

I've attached pics of the Cardinals (sold to not me) and Reds (still for sale as I write this) pennants. Not sure if these are all from the same series or not. Some have tassles, some don't. They all seem to be made of the same very thin (with strings) fabric.

[perezfan]

A question for either of the Robs...

Regarding that Reds Pennant pictured above... Do you think it would bleach successfully? I know the white cloth felt is a good medium for bleach, but seem to recall hearing problems with red paint bleeding on to the white felt.

Would love to grab that Reds pennant, but only if it would clean up ok.

Thanks!

[thetahat]

Mark, I successfully cleaned up this 1961 picture pennant, the pic was taken from an angle to avoid glare. The letters are red felt, though. I did the same to a ‘64 pennant, with red screen-paint ... with less success, but still, it didn’t run.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

A question for either of the Robs...

Regarding that Reds Pennant pictured above... Do you think it would bleach successfully? I know the white cloth felt is a good medium for bleach, but seem to recall hearing problems with red paint bleeding on to the white felt.

Would love to grab that Reds pennant, but only if it would clean up ok.

Thanks!

I don't want to talk you out of it, but I ruined this one. My only failure to date. The red batter? He's now a pink blur. What makes me mad is that it wasn't all that bad to begin with.