These have natural aging and a few tiny moth holes. I think I’ve seen the Sox pennant (not this but another) as part of a homemade blanket with other pennants from the era. I think it was yours, Mark?

One interesting thing is that the sizes are all different … anywhere from 38” to 43” long.

I’m guessing that these were made before silk screening became widely used (which occurred in early 1910s). Only because that’s a lot of effort to make for a detailed graphic. Literally burning it by hand.

I was in two minds about it. The fact that the material looked a bit badly cut made me question whether it was a fantasy piece.

I had a $500 bid on this pennant and Clean Sweep emailed me to see if I meant $50. They wanted to be sure I knew it was "homemade". I thought maybe they and/or the consignor weren't familiar with this style and assumed it was homemade...but I had noticed the weird cut as well, so I let them cancel my bid anyway.

Greg's look more like what I was thinking. That recent Pitts and the Detroit are the ones that look maybe too new to me, but maybe they were just put away for many years. The Detroit one also has no tassels, but maybe that is not a big deal, as it seems that there is a lot of variability within this line of pennants.

Thanks for showing these. Is there an NY Giants?

I've never seen a Giants version, but am pretty sure that one must've been made.

I passed on the Tigers Pennant because the cut looked fishy to me... I could not get past the fact that it looked altered on both the top and bottom borders. Perhaps it was just crudely cut that way. I was, however the high underbidder but decided not to go any higher, largely because I already have a very similar one.

I don't think Verkman did the consignor any favors by saying the pennant was home-made and from the 1930s. It was sitting under $100 for over a month, and up until the final auction day. When extended bidding finally arrived, it was the dreaded scenario of me vs. one single person on the planet. Since I was lacking patience that night, I just let the other guy have it. Probably should've gone a few increments higher and then flipped it to REA or LOTG (who would've assigned it a proper age and description).

Hmmm … because of the considerable variability in size, shape of letters, etc … it’s possible that it’s a natural cut. But it’s the bottom edge where the reinforced border meets the wide part, it looks like it was cut through the line of stitching. The back of the pennant would tell the story. These were all seemingly made with tassels - often two color - this one probably had them cut off.

For the price? I still thing a good deal and a great display for whoever grabbed it.

Yikes….I’m glad I didn’t have to go back and forth on that pennant….since it’s not Giants and since I never even saw the auction. You guys don’t miss much. :p

I asked for photos of the back during the auction listing. There looks to be a lighter color on the back of the spine where a label might have been. But if it had a label, it shouldn't have the uneven cuts on the top and bottom borders.

In then end there were too many unanswered questions for me.

Thanks for posting that pic of the reverse. Still looks like a dull scissors job to me.

I have this in my pics … the third team I’ve seen now with two different versions (inverted colors)