Hey, pennant guys

ser1979 · #1 08-16-2024, 06:27 AM

Excited to add this to my collection of Tiger pennants. It's not in the best shape and needs a little cleaning but overall I'm happy to have it, especially since I've never seen one come up for sale before.

ooo-ribay · #2 08-16-2024, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ser1979

Excited to add this to my collection of Tiger pennants. It's not in the best shape and needs a little cleaning but overall I'm happy to have it, especially since I've never seen one come up for sale before.

If you�re a team collector (and I think you are), you�ve gotta jump on stuff you�ve never seen, even if the condition is less than ideal. Great find!

perezfan · #3 08-16-2024, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ser1979

Excited to add this to my collection of Tiger pennants. It's not in the best shape and needs a little cleaning but overall I'm happy to have it, especially since I've never seen one come up for sale before.

Looks like they "borrowed" the Cincinnati Bengals first year Tiger mascot for this one. They took the football out of his paws and lost the flying helmet. Makes sense in terms of the timing as well (1968).

Interesting, as the Tigers seemingly had endless Tiger designs to draw from (without having to steal from the lowly Bengals!) First time I've seen this one... great find!

thetahat · #4 08-16-2024, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by perezfan

Looks like they "borrowed" the Cincinnati Bengals first year Tiger mascot for this one. They took the football out of his paws and lost the flying helmet. Makes sense in terms of the timing as well (1968).

Interesting, as the Tigers seemingly had endless Tiger designs to draw from (without having to steal from the lowly Bengals!) First time I've seen this one... great find!

My favorite Tiger is the Slightly Disapproving Parent Tiger

ser1979 · #5 08-16-2024, 01:00 PM

Maybe disapproving parent is related to slightly overweight Tiger....

perezfan · #6 08-16-2024, 01:51 PM

Slightly disapproving Tiger Parent looks like his son broke curfew and had beer breath.

Overweight Tiger just looks mean, and ready to bite your head off if you say or do the wrong thing. Let’s call that one the PMS-ing ex-wife Tiger.

Fballguy · #7 08-16-2024, 03:34 PM

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Overweight Tiger just looks mean, and ready to bite your head off if you say or do the wrong thing. Let�s call that one the PMS-ing ex-wife Tiger.

All I see is a white mustache and beard. Santa Claws.

perezfan · #8 08-16-2024, 05:16 PM

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perezfan · #9 08-16-2024, 05:19 PM

Aw come on� not fair to Santa! I�ve never seen him irate like that.

Look at the glare in those eyes� the outraged look when your wife first discovers that you forgot to do the dishes, and then finds a receipt for something expensive you bought on eBay.

It�s an unmistakeable look� I�m positive that the artist was a married man and drew from his experience.

ooo-ribay · #10 08-17-2024, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by thetahat

My favorite Tiger is the Slightly Disapproving Parent Tiger

Spot on description!

UKCardGuy · #11 08-17-2024, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ser1979

Excited to add this to my collection of Tiger pennants. It's not in the best shape and needs a little cleaning but overall I'm happy to have it, especially since I've never seen one come up for sale before.

Great pickup that's a pretty rare pennant. I love team photo pennants. Is that photo glued on to the front of the pennant or is it fixed from the back?

Vintagedeputy · #12 08-17-2024, 07:56 PM

I saw this 1955 Dodgers World Series pennant in a live online auction and the sellers kept remarking about how wonderful the condition was on this vintage pennant. I immediately felt like it was a modern fantasy piece. Anyone ever see this before?

Domer05 · #13 08-17-2024, 09:10 PM

Your instincts are correct. It's by Mitchell and Ness, ca. 2000s.

And, the auctioneer certainly knows better....

perezfan · #14 08-17-2024, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Domer05

Your instincts are correct. It's by Mitchell and Ness, ca. 2000s.

And, the auctioneer certainly knows better....

Amazing how many people are "fooled" buy this one. I actually had to contact REA (sometime around 2010) to have this pennant taken down from one of their auctions.

Their consigner had a long-winded story about his father acquiring it at Ebbets Field. Nothing about it looks vintage, so I don't understand why people (who should know better) are continually duped by it.

Vintagedeputy · #15 08-17-2024, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Domer05

Your instincts are correct. It's by Mitchell and Ness, ca. 2000s.

And, the auctioneer certainly knows better....

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Originally Posted by perezfan

Amazing how many people are "fooled" buy this one. I actually had to contact REA (sometime around 2010) to have this pennant taken down from one of their auctions.

Their consigner had a long-winded story about his father acquiring it at Ebbets Field. Nothing about it looks vintage, so I don't understand why people (who should know better) are continually duped by it.

The auction was one of these live Facebook group auctions, and it was a couple that I had never seen before or had never participated in their sales. I was 99% sure it was a modern piece, but since I didn’t have absolute certainty, I didn’t say anything during the sale. I saw it when they first brought it up and then I left the sale for a bit and when I came back, it had been sold already. I believe it sold for about $155.

I actually can’t fault the auctioneers but so much because they try to sell so many different things that they come across that they aren’t well-versed in much of anything. There are often times where I get really good deals on stuff because the seller just isn’t knowledgeable enough about the item that they’re selling. I now know that this is definitely a modern piece, so I’m going to message the seller and hopefully they’ll do the right thing and let the buyer out of their bid.

Edited to add: I just spoke with the seller and told them that it was a modern piece and they thanked me very much and said that they had bought it as a vintage piece and didn’t know so they were going to contact the buyer and cancel the sale.

perezfan · #16 08-17-2024, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

The auction was one of these live Facebook group auctions, and it was a couple that I had never seen before or had never participated in their sales. I was 99% sure it was a modern piece, but since I didn�t have absolute certainty, I didn�t say anything during the sale. I saw it when they first brought it up and then I left the sale for a bit and when I came back, it had been sold already. I believe it sold for about $155.

I actually can�t fault the auctioneers but so much because they try to sell so many different things that they come across that they aren�t well-versed in much of anything. There are often times where I get really good deals on stuff because the seller just isn�t knowledgeable enough about the item that they�re selling. I now know that this is definitely a modern piece, so I�m going to message the seller and hopefully they�ll do the right thing and let the buyer out of their bid.

Edited to add: I just spoke with the seller and told them that it was a modern piece and they thanked me very much and said that they had bought it as a vintage piece and didn�t know so they were going to contact the buyer and cancel the sale.

Nice job! You did the right thing and so did the AH, as the buyer paid about $125 too much.

UKCardGuy · #17 08-18-2024, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

The auction was one of these live Facebook group auctions, and it was a couple that I had never seen before or had never participated in their sales. I was 99% sure it was a modern piece, but since I didn�t have absolute certainty, I didn�t say anything during the sale. I saw it when they first brought it up and then I left the sale for a bit and when I came back, it had been sold already. I believe it sold for about $155.

I actually can�t fault the auctioneers but so much because they try to sell so many different things that they come across that they aren�t well-versed in much of anything. There are often times where I get really good deals on stuff because the seller just isn�t knowledgeable enough about the item that they�re selling. I now know that this is definitely a modern piece, so I�m going to message the seller and hopefully they�ll do the right thing and let the buyer out of their bid.

Edited to add: I just spoke with the seller and told them that it was a modern piece and they thanked me very much and said that they had bought it as a vintage piece and didn�t know so they were going to contact the buyer and cancel the sale.

That's a good result and auctioneer has built some good will for the future. For reference, I believe that Mitchell and Ness had a series of these pennants with the year screen printed on the spine. Here's another example.

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