Hey, pennant guys

[Fballguy]

Since it's Super Bowl Sunday and all...

Watching this badly faded, early 1970s (not 1960s as described) Raiders pennant eclipse $2,000 got me to thinking. What is the early 1970s baseball equivalent? If there is one, I've never seen it. I'm not sure I've seen a 1970s baseball pennant sell for more than $200-$300...if that.

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Then I got to thinking...If we listed the 10 most valuable pennants of the first half of the 20th century, they'd all be baseball. No surprise there. But what if we listed the 10 most valuable pennants of the second half of the 20th century. Would they all be football? The rise in popularity of football is attributed to the 1950s and often to the "Greatest Game Ever Played", but has anyone ever noticed that's where the pennant value tipping point occurs too?

What are the baseball pennants post say 1956 that approach $2000 in value? The only that come to mind would be the 3D pennants but are those post 1956? Below are the early bookends to big money football pennants with the Raiders above likely the modern one. I know there are multiple factors that play into this but it's still very interesting to me that if you're talking big money pennants of the last 70 years, you're largely talking about football pennants.

[ooo-ribay]

^^^ The seller, who has been around forever, described the color as “very bright.” He also charged $32 shipping.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Since it's Super Bowl Sunday and all...

Watching this badly faded, early 1970s (not 1960s as described) Raiders pennant eclipse $2,000 got me to thinking. What is the early 1970s baseball equivalent? If there is one, I've never seen it. I'm not sure I've seen a 1970s baseball pennant sell for more than $200-$300...if that.

Then I got to thinking...If we listed the 10 most valuable pennants of the first half of the 20th century, they'd all be baseball. No surprise there. But what if we listed the 10 most valuable pennants of the second half of the 20th century. Would they all be football? The rise in popularity of football is attributed to the 1950s and often to the "Greatest Game Ever Played", but has anyone ever noticed that's where the pennant value tipping point occurs too?

What are the baseball pennants post say 1956 that approach $2000 in value? The only that come to mind would be the 3D pennants but are those post 1956? Below are the early bookends to big money football pennants with the Raiders above likely the modern one. I know there are multiple factors that play into this but it's still very interesting to me that if you're talking big money pennants of the last 70 years, you're largely talking about football pennants.

For post war baseball pennants there's a number that would sell for over $1,000. The Mickey Mantle ASCO Photo Pennant comes to mind and the 1955 World Series tassel pennants, 1972 Clemente Memorial, Willie Mays, etc.

The selection grows a lot in the $500+ range, depending on the condition of course. Not all pennants are as bright as that 1970s Oakland Raiders penannt But a number of the ASG and World Series pennants would cross the $500 threshold and possibly the Koufax ASCO photo pennant.

[ooo-ribay]

Here's what $8.33 pennant postage gets you. Folded four times Just stellar.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Here's what $8.33 pennant postage gets you. Folded four times Just stellar.

Ouch! Isn't it routine to have a dialog about packing method with pennants, though?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Ouch! Isn't it routine to have a dialog about packing method with pennants, though?

I guess for $8.33, I figured I’d get a box!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I guess for $8.33, I figured I’d get a box!

But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Here's what $8.33 pennant postage gets you. Folded four times Just stellar.

That's unacceptable.

[UKCardGuy]

Oooh...charging high postage and using a cheap option....that's one of my pet peaves.

As an example, I try to avoid using ebay standard envelope for cards because I've had unreliable delivery with that service. The number of times that a listing shows USPS Ground Advantage and charges postage commensurate with that but I end up getting an ebay standard envelope service. Arghhhhhhh

Was your pennant OK after ironing?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Was your pennant OK after ironing?

It was fine. No positive feedback for the seller, though. Besides the shoddy packaging, it took him like 10 days to even get it in the mail.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

That's unacceptable.

Not patting myself on the back, but almost as soon as I started collecting pennants decades ago I made sure to communicate with sellers as to how they were going to be shipped, and get them to change it if I wasn't satisfied with their method. Hard to believe the uber-advanced pennants guys on this thread wouldn't be doing the same.

[MilkDudsMan]

Any help? Looking for a 1953 Necco Wafers New York Yankees 5.5"in pennant to complete the rare 16 team set with ad. I also have an extra NY Giants (blue/white) for trade. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
-Pat

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by MilkDudsMan

Any help? Looking for a 1953 Necco Wafers New York Yankees 5.5"in pennant to complete the rare 16 team set with ad. I also have an extra NY Giants (blue/white) for trade. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
-Pat

Just fill out the form and mail in your quarter!

[thetahat]

Got this for no other reason than it is beautiful. Trench at its best. Whereas halfback #12 played for virtually every team in the 1950s, I don’t recall seeing this graphic before.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Got this for no other reason than it is beautiful. Trench at its best. Whereas halfback #12 played for virtually every team in the 1950s, I don’t recall seeing this graphic before.

Gorgeous and cool!

[bocca001]

Reminds me of this pennant, which has similar font and style. This is also a less common design. There is a Stanford version and maybe a Shrine game?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Got this for no other reason than it is beautiful. Trench at its best. Whereas halfback #12 played for virtually every team in the 1950s, I don’t recall seeing this graphic before.

Really nice, Greg! Love the colors and graphics.

[bocca001]

Finally crossed this tough one off my list, with advice from Rob and Rob about what to do and what to not do, I went ahead and cleaned it. It was even more browned/yellowed in person than my original iphone picture made it look. I put it face down on some towels and sprayed with with a solution of maybe 25% bleach and 75% water. I blocked off the spine with some plastic. That left a bit of yellowing near the spine. I then used a small paint brush to apply some of the bleach/water mixture up near the spine. It did not come quite as clean as ones that can take a more concentrated bleach spray, but the red on this one is so ready to run. When I was using the brush to touch up on the front, I got just a bit of the solution in the red paint and it ran immediately. So spraying from the back is the way to go if you ever want to try this yourself on a pennant with red graphics.