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Mark SteinbergI came soooooo close to going after this one. But after seeing the others that the seller had up for sale on ebay (along with this) I just wasn't conviced that it was a sports-related pennant. It did not generate the type of bidding that a baseball pennant of the era would typically get, either...
The interlocking "NY" and the style of the pennant are very attractive, and do match many sports pennants of the era. I have an oversized Pirates Pennant nearly identical to this, and I'll try to post a picture later. It is quite similar to Greg's awesome BoSox pennant pictured above.
Regardless of origin, this "NY" pennant is a spectacular piece and appears to be in top condition, especially given its age. The unsettling (and rather unsatisfying) answer is that often we will never know the origin of certain memorabilia.