Hey, pennant guys

thetahat · #1 09-21-2021, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rlevy

I know you have stated your preference for the cloth varieties, and I have to agree, especially in the Emmet Kelly pennants. I also have the LA version, but none of the Brooklyn ones yet.

You might be right on the value of the pennant, but I am certain it wouldn't get $10k if I were the consignor

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This is my only Jackie pennant, do you know that there is another �2nd baseman� version? I�ve seen it just once, I forget where ..

thetahat · #2 09-21-2021, 07:34 PM

So I�ve seen four pennants of the above style, which I do believe were WGNs:

Robinson
Doby
Paige
Luke Easter? I think I have seen Easter before but a Google search pulls up nothing.

Cool how they did this for the early African American players, I wonder if there are any others.

rlevy · #3 09-21-2021, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by thetahat

This is my only Jackie pennant, do you know that there is another �2nd baseman� version? I�ve seen it just once, I forget where ..

Right, the 1st baseman version is from 1947, the 2nd baseman from (1948) and later, which he was moved to in order to make room for Gil Hodges. I have seen the 1947 version in both green and red, but the 1948 only in red, and it hasn't popped up for sale very often.

perezfan · #4 09-22-2021, 01:41 AM

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perezfan · #5 09-22-2021, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rlevy

Right, the 1st baseman version is from 1947, the 2nd baseman from (1948) and later, which he was moved to in order to make room for Gil Hodges. I have seen the 1947 version in both green and red, but the 1948 only in red, and it hasn't popped up for sale very often.

I have the '47 Jackie version in blue, and have also seen it in burgundy and in black.

I also have a Don Newcombe pennant that may or may not be made by WGN, and same thing for a Pee Wee Reese (which is 3/4 size).

And yes, the Luke Easter is definitely WGN (it looks just like the Paige pennant)

thetahat · #6 09-23-2021, 03:12 PM

Mark your Newcombe pennant is awesome. I scrolled back and found it (post #231). Don�t know of another vintage pennant with a facsimile autograph. I think it�s from another unknown company, it resembles the Yankees and Red Sox roster pennants that are from that era. The letters are a dead giveaway.

perezfan · #7 09-23-2021, 06:13 PM

Nice observation Greg... I agree that the font is a match. Really fun to put these little pieces of info together after owning these things for so many years with little thought to who made them!

Domer05 · #8 09-23-2021, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by thetahat

Mark your Newcombe pennant is awesome. I scrolled back and found it (post #231). Don�t know of another vintage pennant with a facsimile autograph. I think it�s from another unknown company, it resembles the Yankees and Red Sox roster pennants that are from that era. The letters are a dead giveaway.

I'm pretty sure this Red Sox pennant, and the Newcombe one, are by Trench. That wacky font was also used on some Dodger and Yankee NL champ pennants from the late 40s, early 50s.

Can't be WGN because they weren't using tassels by the late 1940s.

ooo-ribay · #9 09-26-2021, 12:09 PM

I just picked this up from JR. I'm surprised he didn't mention that it has "GREAT EYE APPEAL"

This sort of fits in my Giants collection because the Giants played the Orions every spring from 1970-72. In 1971, the Orions conducted their entire Spring Training in AZ (a first) and ended with a game against the Angels in Anaheim and then two vs. the Giants in Candlestick. I would imagine the red, white and blue, with stars, was a nod to their American experience. This pennant is unlike anything we usually see - sewn on color panels and die cut lettering. I like it.

bocca001 · #10 09-26-2021, 07:05 PM

Rob- I almost bid on that Orions pennant, mostly because they owned (I think) and had players play on the 1972 (I think) California League team from Lodi (Lodi Orions). Did not know about the Giants connection. Glad you got it. The colors seem to be a clear match with that 1971 program.

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