Originally Posted by perezfan (Post 1938071)

True that...

But Rob... outside of silk-screening new Giants pennants myself, I don't think I could ever come up with anything you don't already have! (maybe a few New York Giants). Stay tuned...

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo (Post 1938382)

Mike,
I assume you got those out of that collection that was sold on eBay. There were some really nice ones in that group. I remember those. I have only seen the black and orange one that Mark described.

Originally Posted by MK (Post 1938398)

The black one was from the collection that recently sold, but the red one was from another source. That collection did have a lot of really nice pieces.

Originally Posted by thetahat (Post 1938528)

Was this the eBay auction that only had one picture of a pile of pennants, just showing the one on top, with no description of the rest? What else was in there?

Originally Posted by thetahat (Post 1937511)

Here’s a question. Why do the Tigers have the most attractive pennants ... far and away. Probably the most variations, too, and the most dated pennants that do not commemorate a championship. But I don’t know of any scroll pennants of theirs besides the funky 1940 and the ‘45.

Originally Posted by MK (Post 1938115)

Speaking of Cubs pennants, here are a couple of scarce ones (at least I hadn’t seen them before) recently acquired.

Originally Posted by perezfan (Post 1938586)

Here’s that Raspberry colored Tigers Scroll I alluded to. Don’t have time to research the year, but it’s pretty unique. I don’t think I’ve seen another.

Was not looking to sell, but $350 shipped, if anyone wants it. The spine is clean (that’s just a shadow).

I’ll be listing a bunch of others on the BST later today, in all price ranges. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Domer05 (Post 1937704)

I think I have the answer: it's the Trench-Sportservice partnership. By the 1940s, Trench was making some of the best pennants on the market. Their artwork was tops; as were their production methods. All they needed was a marketplace to sell their merch in.

The Tigers were one of the first teams to really give them that. That's because the Tigers were the first team to partner with Sportservice. Once Navin Field's ballpark concession stands were run by Sportservice in the 1930s, that opened the door for Trench's pennants. Trench seems to have capitalized on things by the early 1940s, making some really cutting edge pennants for their exclusive use.

If you look at 1940s Tigers pennants, I suspect many were made by Trench. Whereas other Trench pennants from this era utilized generic ballpark designs, their Tiger ones featured custom renderings of Briggs Stadium. Several different ones, in fact.

By the 1950s Trench was making stadium pennants for other teams; but, early on, not so much. The Tigers enjoyed early access to Trench pennants via Sportservice; and that connection seems to have generated some really special pennants for them and them alone.

I think that best explains why Tiger fans have it so good when it comes to terrific pennant designs.