This one is like a double pawed cat...

I recently came across a Button House catalog from 1970. My suspicions have been confirmed: Button House had the exact same street address as ASCO during that time (1205 E. Sanborn St.); and, the catalog listed them as "a division of ASCO." So, for whatever reason, some ASCO sports pennants were branded under this Button House moniker; and others, "ASCO." Regardless of the name, they're all coming from the same place.

If you ask me both names are kinda silly.... No wonder they went with "WinCraft" the moment it became available.

Whoa very nice! Reminded me of a Phillies pitcher (Alfonseca?) who had six fingers and toes on each hand/foot...

That Reds pennant is from the cool early 50s series, really thick felt, correct?

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Hey guys -

I always say I’m going to post more often, but It feels like my New Year’s resolution goals...I wanted to post another ‘before and after’ bleach cleaning. The first photo was taken in poor lighting with and old iPhone. The middle photo is the final product taken in better lighting with an new iPhone that seems to make everything brighter. Regardless, the pennant is much improved. The last photo shows what the back of the pennant where I didn’t apply bleach to.

I’ve made mistakes of spraying bleach too close to the spine in the past, so I applied the tape much further down the pennant. I’m still using the spray with water, spray with bleach, spray with water approach. Is that what you all do who attempt this? I let the bleach stay on the pennant for only a few minutes. I continue to stay away from red, but it looked like a Phillies pennant turned out pretty good recently.

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Hey Erik - it looks 100% better! I tape off the spine and then hang vertically to make sure the bleach stays away.

Great job Erik!

You beautifully revived a pennant that was ready for the junk heap. Looks good as new!

WOW Erik...Came out fantastic! Nice job. Like Rob, when I did this (haven't had a good candidate in a couple years), I hung the pennant vertically so the bleach would run away from the spine.

Interesting that you do bleach/water/bleach/water. Is it 100% bleach? I haven't tried that. I usually just use a mixture to whiten and then straight water to rinse at the end when I'm happy with the results.

Also, when I did it, I'd start by spraying the back to see how effectively it soaked through to whiten the front. Then I'd just spray the trouble areas of the front directly. That way you're avoiding spraying directly on to the graphics...at least somewhat. But I've noticed in the past, while some graphics run in varying degrees. Others, like this Browns (and another Browns I've done) had absolutely no ill effects from being sprayed. Must be something in the orange paint.

Yes...Thick felt. I usually avoid pennants with tip damage. I thought this was in mint condition when I bought it. It was listed at a price I felt it wouldn't last long at so I didn't have time to question the tip, which in retrospect is suspect was strategically cut off in the photo. When I received it I emailed the guy and he quickly offered a partial refund. So I kept it.

The pandemic has given me plenty of time to play with my pennants. Took inventory. Took pictures. Assembled albums. A little embarrassed to share my "Single A Ball" calibre baseball collection amongst you MLB All Star calibre collectors, but nonetheless....What else is there to do? Besides, there's a reason I'm called Fballguy. ;)

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Nice, Rob! I see lots of cool stuff in there. For example, I've never seen this Oakland pennant before (I watch Oakland stuff, but don't buy very often). I'm curious to hear from you and others about how rare it is. I also really like this NY Giants pennant. I'm sure that there are gems from other teams as well.