Hey, pennant guys

[perezfan]

Can’t believe they would ship it like that, but excellent pickup none the less. It’s a classic early LA Dodgers pennant, and their best one post-Brooklyn IMHO.

Just use a steam iron on medium-high heat from the reverse side only. Keep the iron moving, and not in one place for too long. Place the pennant face-down on a smooth clean surface prior to ironing… preferably plain white or beige, to ensure no color migration. The creases should come out just fine, but remember to apply just a little iron contact at a time, just to be safe.

Best of luck, and please show us the “before and after”.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Can’t believe they would ship it like that, but excellent pickup none the less. It’s a classic early LA Dodgers pennant, and their best one post-Brooklyn IMHO.

Just use a steam iron on medium-high heat from the reverse side only. Keep the iron moving, and not in one place for too long. Place the pennant face-down on a smooth clean surface prior to ironing… preferably plain white or beige, to ensure no color migration. The creases should come out just fine, but remember to apply just a little iron contact at a time, just to be safe.

Best of luck, and please show us the “before and after”.

Thanks for the advice!

Here’s how it arrived, sadly…

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Thanks for the advice! Here’s how it arrived, sadly…

The only way that's acceptable is if that's the way the seller found them, otherwise it's a travesty. I would guess those are "old creases." They look like that to my eyes, if that makes any sense, and I have a hard time imagining any seller pressing hard to fold a stiff pennant like that just to fit it into in a mailer. That would be stupid beyond belief. But, as we know, anything's possible.

[UKCardGuy]

I would follow Marc's recommendation and gently iron them out. I tend to put a cloth between the iron and the pennant for extra safety.

Here's a Dodgers WS pennant that arrived to me folded to hell like yours. A gentle steam ironing and voila.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

I would follow Marc's recommendation and gently iron them out. I tend to put a cloth between the iron and the pennant for extra safety.

Here's a Dodgers WS pennant that arrived to me folded to hell like yours. A gentle steam ironing and voila.

I’ll give the iron a try when I get moved in to my new place. This isn’t the first pennant that arrived all folded up from someone, so I have more to save.

In the shipper’s defense, they did take full responsibility for the way that it was packaged and told me that they have a disabled staff member who has been assisting them, and apparently didn’t understand the nature of it being a collectible and valuable item. They are looking at refunding me a portion of my purchase price.

[ooo-ribay]

Wow! Our pennant thread has been dormant for 11 days. Much too long.

I just picked up this pennant with gold graphics. Would we guess this is AdFlag?

[ooo-ribay]

When I got the above pennant, I proudly told fellow Giants collector Bocca that I had found a "variation." He said "duh" (not really) and sent me a pic of all the colors he has. I had always thought it only came with orange graphics. At least I now know there are some affordable pennants out there that I can look for. On a related note, Bocca and I have never seen the orange "felt" version in anything other than stiff "felt" and crappy, less detailed graphics. These remind me of the Polo Grounds pennants I see from time to time. I don't really think these are meant to deceive. Maybe just a later printing by a different maker? BTW, the orange Polo Grounds is available on ebay for the bargain price of $125.