Hey, pennant guys

thetahat · #1 12-27-2023, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by brad15

Thanks' Hank and Rob. I have read every post on this thread from the beginning. Thank you Rob for starting it. Looks like its every ones favorite thread. A friend of mine made the frame for this pennant and he included at least 50 screws to hold the back on. I'm not ready to take it apart again. I did send Mike Egner a pic of the label before I framed it but, I did not save it. The pennant measures 34 inches long and the spine is 15 inches. I really hope to see if there are any more out there. If not, I would like to see others post pics of their vintage Cardinal pennants. Thanks again, Brad

That�s an amazing pennant. What�s truly amazing is, with this surely being the only known example and no evidence of sales, the price guide threw up a value of � $250-350! What? Sample of size 0. � I can only guess that this pennant would fetch anywhere between $1500 and $5000 in auction, maybe more. Cardinals have some aggressive collectors and there just aren�t many super old oversized Cards pennants out there.

ooo-ribay · #2 12-28-2023, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by thetahat

That�s an amazing pennant. What�s truly amazing is, with this surely being the only known example and no evidence of sales, the price guide threw up a value of � $250-350! What? Sample of size 0. � I can only guess that this pennant would fetch anywhere between $1500 and $5000 in auction, maybe more. Cardinals have some aggressive collectors and there just aren�t many super old oversized Cards pennants out there.

Completely agree!

ooo-ribay · #3 12-28-2023, 01:46 PM

VERY happy to add this to my collection! Bocca of course saw it, too, and he was gracious enough to let me go for it. It was a long seven days waiting for the auction to end. I increased my max bid four times! It was another long nine days waiting for it to arrive, because the USPS decided to send it on a U.S. tour.

When I first saw this pennant, I thought "oh, someone replaced the 1962 team picture with a Falstaff postcard." Then, it dawned on me that this pennant is always black. Bocca searched Worthpoint and could not find another orange example. I know of another Giants collector who saw the pennant, but the Falstaff pic is what he saw and the color variation didn't "compute." I am actually glad JR just lists stuff as he finds it and doesn't bother with an iron, etc. Is this cloth (see blurry picture of the frayed thread)? Another odd thing is how the spine thread is black on the front and tan on the back. Even after picking off the remnants of the old spine, I'm not sure how this stitching is done. The replaced spine is temporary...it's in two pieces, as I didn't have enough black felt on hand. Anyway, happy to have this...it's been awhile since I've found a new Giants pennant.

Hankphenom · #4 12-28-2023, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

When I first saw this pennant, I thought "oh, someone replaced the 1962 team picture with a Falstaff postcard." Then, it dawned on me that this pennant is always black. Bocca searched Worthpoint and could not find another orange example. I know of another Giants collector who saw the pennant, but the Falstaff pic is what he saw and the color variation didn't "compute." Anyway, happy to have this...it's been awhile since I've found a new Giants pennant.

Sweet variation! Why did you take the picture out?

ooo-ribay · #5 12-28-2023, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Sweet variation! Why did you take the picture out?

The picture was completely wrong and I couldn�t very well iron it with the picture still attached. A buddy has the �right� picture, which he is going to give me.

brad15 · #6 12-28-2023, 06:44 PM

Thank you guys for the comments on my Cardinal pennant. That pennant price guide came out 10 years ago and I even thought then that it was valued pretty low compared to some others in the book. I guess they always look better in hand and Mike Egner only saw pictures. With that I was still hoping to see some more vintage Cardinal pennants. Does any one have more to post? Thanks!

thetahat · #7 12-28-2023, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by brad15

Thank you guys for the comments on my Cardinal pennant. That pennant price guide came out 10 years ago and I even thought then that it was valued pretty low compared to some others in the book. I guess they always look better in hand and Mike Egner only saw pictures. With that I was still hoping to see some more vintage Cardinal pennants. Does any one have more to post? Thanks!

Brad, here are my best Cardinals pennants. One very subtle difference between the two �46 WS pennants.

Hankphenom · #8 12-28-2023, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

The picture was completely wrong and I couldn�t very well iron it with the picture still attached. A buddy has the �right� picture, which he is going to give me.

OK. So the original was the B&W as on the black pennant, and it was damaged or gone so the owner made the color one fit? He did a pretty good job! Was that replacement noted in the offering?

ooo-ribay · #9 12-28-2023, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Hankphenom

OK. So the original was the B&W as on the black pennant, and it was damaged or gone so the owner made the color one fit? He did a pretty good job! Was that replacement noted in the offering?

Yes, yes and no.

I would beg to differ on the �pretty good job� on the replacement. Yes, it (kind of) fit but did you see the �vintage� masking tape on the back side?

Duluth Eskimo · #10 12-28-2023, 01:52 PM

That�s a sweet Cardinals pennant. I believe this is most likely from those years in the 20�s. I have never seen a Cardinals pennant like this, but have seen other similar styles. Maybe not a one off, but most likely a single survivor. Possibly custom made for some type of display. Coming up with prices on these is difficult, but I agree it�s most like in that $2500 to 5k range. The stitching with the Cardinal is outstanding.

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