Awesome information Rob. Particularly interesting to me is I recently picked up an old Steelers pennant that supposedly still had the original stick...and the stick looks exactly like the one in the all star game photo with the round ball on the end. I don't place much value on the stick, just think it's kind of cool.

Let's see some more.

I know football card wrappers from the late 50's/early 60's advertised a Ram pennant mail in offer. I've always wondered what pennant that was.

Rob-

It’s a tough one....

I couldn’t find it in Google Images, but it’s a Charging Ram on a rock (I believe). And I think it says “Go Get ‘em Rams”, or something like that.

I know you have it, and it’s one of the rarer ones. Hope this rings a bell :rolleyes:

This one?

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Sorry for the super size. Did it on my phone and can't figure out how to fix.

That’s it! I very clearly recall seeing the mail-in form with that pennant featured.

Obviously, not a whole lot of people bothered to order it!

Pennant sources
 

Apparently, a major producer of baseball pennants was... Bart Starr? (Not mine... but available on Ebay).

Recent pickups
 

First off - Greg, your room is amazing. My jaw dropped when I saw it!

I grabbed these two pennants in recent months. Wasn’t planning to get them, but sometimes it just works that way! :)

L.A Angels pennant.
 

Anyone familiar with this style Angels pennant? Pacific Coast League or early MLB?

Great pennants Erik! Two that I've been after for a long time. Congrats!

Did you forget something? ;)

Recent pennants
 

Offseason pennant purcahses. Some less commonly seen (by me) Giants pennants, and a few interesting Astros pennants (it's kind of hard to find interesting Astros pennants). The orange Astros pennant is 15 inches. The 1966 pennant is 18 inches.

Nice pickups, Marc. Your blue pennant came in several colors. I have white and green and there is an orange one on ebay, right now (at a ridiculous price). I'm also attaching a picture of a very similar pennant.

The cream colored pennant is very distinctive with no others of that style. The enclosed Candlestick Park would put it in the 1970s.

The black and orange pennant is early SF...it looks to be a direct descendant of a NY pennant.

Giants
 

Rob- I like the Green. I'll have to find one to go with the blue.

Someone posted in a different thread about the cream pennant being rare, and it is listed as "extremely rare" in Mike Egner's book (and as being from 1961). Is it really all that rare?

I’d call it “rare, but not that desirable.” :p

It’s not 1961...they didn’t “enclose” the outfield of Candlestick until 10 years later.

Added to my collection of the neat early 50s series; actually I had this Tigers pennant but it was much dirtier. Tigers sure did it right when it came to pennants. I've discussed this before, think this dates to 1951-53 because of the Cubs 75th anniversary version. Brooklyn dates it '52 or '53. Have two different versions of Senators; one of two Red Sox (Mark S. has both, I believe), also some come in different colors (Cubs, Pirates). Need Cardinals (super duper rare) and Browns (even rarer) to complete set. ... Also have seen these pennants in a smaller size with a longer strip.

That’s s beauty, Greg!

LOVE that particular series of Pennants. Congrats on finding such a clean example. That yellow/orange felt was really conducive to soiling.

Beautiful NY Titans pennant Erik!

Mike

Can anyone help me on these? I just recently purchased the grey pennant and told the seller I could try to get more info for them on the red. The grey seems fairly knew but I am unsure as I am new to collecting pennants. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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Go Buckeyes!

I’m no expert on college FB, but I don’t think either of those are particularly old and/or rare.

Still, go Bucks!

Yeah...The red one is fairly common. It may be a few decades old but typically sells for $10-$15 on Ebay (as recently as 09/29/17).

Now if you come across this one, let me know. ;)

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A recent pick up...
 

One of the few rare ones to show up on Ebay lately...

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^^^^ Love it! The condition looks outstanding.

wOW, GREAT STUFF''' JUST WENT THRU FIRST 20 PAGES :D

Love the pennant, Rob! Good pickup!

+1

That's the only one I've seen with orange felt. The other two were black, and that's it... super rare early Bears version, and condition looks incredible. Jealous! :p

Acquired a fourth oversized Athletics pennant recently (three pictured), the new one is below the oversized 'Sox' pennant. Has three sets of tassels and everything is embroidered.

Also I just realized that my cell phone can take panoramic pics, so I was able to do this ...

Great pennant collection!

Mike

Wow Greg... sensational! And great Oversized Athletics Pennant. Never seen that variation... awesome!

A question.... when you acquire a new one now, does something have to come off the wall in order to make room? Or do you still have some available wall space? It looks pretty full :eek:

I'm at the point where something has to come down to allow for any new entries. But I do have a few of those 'Under the Bed" storage bins that are typically used for wrapping paper. They work equally well for pennants!

Hey Mark...If you need to sell me some of your football pennants to make room, just let me know. ;)

Rob

Thanks Mike and Mark!

I have two big tubs of pennants in holders, I keep buying even though most go in storage. So I guess it's an addiction now. Every now and then I'll put up some different ones.

I think in five years or so I'll be selling them all off, that will be another can of worms as far as how to go about this without "flooding the market", so to speak.

Holy cow! You just dropped a big bomb! I can see every pennant guy out there searching your posted photos deciding what pennants they want.

Greg that is a pretty sick collection! I saw that collegiate of ames Yankees pennant on the wall I love those 3D pennants. Let me know if you need a place to put any spares.

I’m not positive, but I don’t think Collegiate of Ames was the maker of the 3(?) major league 3D pennants....

I am pretty sure they did a Yankees, Giants and Red sox version. Also this beauty which I have never seen before is on ebay now and has 40 bids.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FOOTBALL-19...19.m1438.l2649

Have you seen any other ones like this where it is two different schools mascots on one pennant?

This is the picture on the pennant between UNC and Rice for the 1950 Cotton Bowl. Has anyone seen anything like this?

I've never seen them like that on a CoA pennant before, but its common to see two schools featured on the old decals which tend to share the same graphics that CoA used on the single school pennants. I'd love to find a rose bowl one like this!

Thanks. I've seen four: the ones you list and Brooklyn Dodgers. I have the Giants and Yankees. ...

It's pretty rare....

Speaking of rare pennants with both teams' logos depicted, here are a couple from 1914 and 1915, respectively.

The Overland Car Company sponsored an "Employees Day" those two years. They actually brought Major League Baseball Teams to Swayne Field in Toledo, to play an Exhibition Game in recognition of their factory workers. Prior to the game, the Players accompanied the Auto Employees in a "celebratory march" from the Overland Factory to Swayne Field.

Imagine a company today bringing in top stars the likes of Cobb, Crawford, Matty, Bresnahan, Bender, Collins, Baker, Tinker, Evers, Chance, etc. to accompany the employees. Those were different time, to say the least...

These pennants were given to the fans, to wave during the parade and at the game. I was extremely lucky to find one of each, and have never seen another example surface. If anybody has one, I'd love to see it here!

Wow, those two are amazing!!! Stunning pennants.

Those are great pennants Mark.

Wowie zowie!

So, Mark (aka perezfan), are the 3D pennants Collegiate of Ames? :confused:

YES.... that is indeed the manufacturer, as evidenced by the tag on the reverse.

Mark ... awesome pennants!!! Thanks for showing pics.

Rob ... Yes those are Collegiate of Ames and here is the tag on the back ...

I love the education I get here.

Man......that 3D Giants pennant :drool:

Agree... the 3D Giants is insanely cool. My favorite of the four 3-D Pennants, and easily the 2nd rarest (behind the Red Sox). Perhaps just as rare... I think I’ve only seen 2 of each... ever! :eek:

I think 3D Red Sox has to be harder to find. Up until that live auction a couple years back, I don't think anyone knew it existed. I believe Rick the pennant dealer picked it up, he has a pic of it on this thread. ... The Giants pennant I've seen once before in an eBay auction, it was missing the little baseball pin.

The open question is: are there any other teams out there besides the four? Surely there is an elderly person somewhere in Iowa who has the answer ...

I gotta imagine the Chicago teams to be out there somewhere. Iowa boarders Illinois it would just make so much sense especially since they produced a plentiful amount of Big 10 Pennants.

Amazing pennants Mark!

God, I love that 3D Yankees pennant.

Mike