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02-21-2020, 07:43 PM
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Won this in Huggins and Scott’s auction the other day. Wondering if you guys had thoughts on what it is? I found an old thread on here regarding what seems like a similar DeMar pennant but I can’t see the photos for some reason.
Contacted the guy who wrote the book on pennants and he doesn’t know what it is. Anyways, any thoughts would be appreciated. 
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02-23-2020, 12:50 AM
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That "reverse direction" style was offered by several manufacturers in the 1910s and 1920s, which is when I'd date your pennant to have been made. But is it a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball pennant, I think your question is? I think the consensus was: probably not. I've seen more than a dozen pennants from that era by DeMar, and nearly all were travel/souvenir pennants. No professional sports teams. One or two pennants that could have been collegiate pennants, e.g., a blue and gold sewn letter "MICHIGAN" pennant. But that's it. The challenge with pennants from the early 20th century is that travel/souvenir pennants were far, far more common than professional baseball pennants, which were actually quite rare. I think the consensus of people on this thread is: it's a travel/souvenir pennant until you can produce a photo of somebody in the ballpark waving said pennant. But hey, it's a cool pennant either way. Hang it in a room full of Pirates stuff, like your Honus Wagner T206 baseball cards, and it will look even better! 
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02-23-2020, 09:19 AM
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Not really a pennant collector, but I have these ads saved:
Detroit_Free_Press_Sat__May_17__1913a__zpsnwnca6uj.jpg aDetroit_Free_Press_Wed__Mar_19__1913__zpsj25u73l6.jpg s-l500.jpg
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02-23-2020, 12:17 PM
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Wow, very interesting ads. That's exactly the kind of evidence you need to make your case.
Any idea when those ads were run?? Now we'll have to find the other six AL city/team pennants.
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Always looking to buy minor league pinbacks Last edited by cincicards; 02-23-2020 at 06:44 PM.
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https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=53212 Scroll left-to-right underneath the picture, to see them all (as well as the newspaper ad from 1913). Solid evidence that Randall's Detroit Pennant is indeed the real deal! Last edited by perezfan; 05-05-2020 at 01:48 PM.
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05-05-2020, 11:49 PM
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Wow, I had not realized that these pennants were all sewn letter--not screen printed. Historically, most promotional pennants were of lower quality since they were basically given away, i.e., no tassels, no spines, smaller sizes. As the ad claims, these really were $0.75 pennants for the day--for only $0.15.
I'm kind of surprised nobody bid for the lot. The auction house did a great job of researching this series and establishing their provenance as legitimate baseball pennants from 1913.
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