Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

I love old photos like that. Thanks for sharing it.

I have an interesting challenge for the collective wisdom on this thread.

So here's the story, I bought a couple of pennants recently.

• 69 Mets Champions Photo pennant
• 1962 Yankees Champions Photo Pennant

So far so good. As I live in the UK, I use a shipping service in Florida. I get deliveries sent there and they store them for up to a month and then combine them in a single shipment to the UK.

The process works like this: package arrives at the shipping service, they open it up, take photos, identify the relevant customs category and let me know what's arrived.

Generally this works really well....occasionally it doesn't. It seems that when the 2 pennants arrived at the shipping service, somebody used a knife to open the box and cut through the pennants too. They compensated me for the damage, so that's OK. But now I'm left with 2 really nice pennants except they have "knife wounds".

Any thoughts on whether they can be repaired? and How?

I'm on the razors edge waiting for some sharp insight .

Nice pennants Gary. Especially like the Mets. They will display just fine as is, if I were you I wouldn’t touch them.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Nice pennants Gary. Especially like the Mets. They will display just fine as is, if I were you I wouldn’t touch them.

Thanks. I've left them as is.

I was thinking there might be a way to use fabric tape to repair it from the back. But they do display well as they are.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Thanks. I've left them as is.

I was thinking there might be a way to use fabric tape to repair it from the back. But they do display well as they are.

There's no harm in using blue "painter's tape" from behind. It would close up those gaps, would not show through at all, and peels right off without sticking to the felt or doing harm to the pennant itself.

[perezfan]

Anyone surprised by this one? A pretty strong price, to say the least...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37386022411...p2047675.l2557

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Anyone surprised by this one? A pretty strong price, to say the least...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37386022411...p2047675.l2557

Price is pretty crazy….especially with the usual “blue issues”….but the dude on the buffalo is way cool.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Anyone surprised by this one? A pretty strong price, to say the least...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37386022411...p2047675.l2557

I thought I was playing it safe by bidding $650. My snipe bounced right out as the high bid went from $261 to over $1800 in the time it took me to submit my bid. That's an amazing price for a non-championship, non-dated football pennant. Love to see it.

[Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey]

Thanks everyone. Sorry I didn't get to this yesterday.

A little backstory, so I won pretty much all these in a single "lot" last summer from an online auction (not a major sports one, like a retail online one that sales literally everything, state by state). I think to get it shipped and everything I paid roughly $80 - $90 range and this was well before shipping starting to get more expensive, so maybe like $100 +/- total.

I'm going to start with the minor league stuff, then the "MLB teams other than the Yankees", and close with "odds and ends" (Part 1)

There is enough to do a Part 2 with just the Yankees, so I will follow up with that momentarily. I have a few question about a couple of these as well, but we'll get to that a little later. Sincere thanks for any and all help, in way over my head here.....

[Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey]

Part 2 as promised.....

(Very curious about the last one)

[Fballguy]

Nice haul for $100. If the intent is to sell, should be pretty easy to at least triple your investment...if you're really patient more.

[Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey]

Originally Posted by Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey

Part 2 as promised.....

(Very curious about the last one)

So on the Part 2 pictures? Would anyone please help me out with more info on the last one? Like how old maybe? It's made from a material I have not seen before in any pennants I have or have come across, its like if traditional felt and silk had a kid together??

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Anyone surprised by this one? A pretty strong price, to say the least...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37386022411...p2047675.l2557

One of the coolest-ever football pennants, for sure. The graphic is awesome. Right up there with the 49ers goldpanner.

[thetahat]

Yikes. This just sold. Definitely. Not. Vintage.

Cardboard label still attached …

[ooo-ribay]

Not thrilling at all, but my other example was faded blue and missing its tassels. Red sure holds up better than blue, huh?

P.S. the reproduction of this on the synthetic crap is quite prevalent.