A couple of great scores, Rick.... Congrats!

Thanks Mark.

I have an unrelated question for all the pennant collectors. A while ago I picked up a Cooperstown pennant that was made for the 1972 Induction game between the Dodgers and Yankees. I mainly bought it because it was the year Koufax was inducted into the HOF.

I know they make generic Cooperstown HOF pennants, but was wondering if anyone has or has seen or any other dated years for the baseball HOF induction games?

Rick

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Wow. I love those. Great pennants. I kicking myself that I missed the Mears auction.

Those are great, Rick! What color would you say the 1972 one was originally? :p

I've not see any other dated pennants for the HOF game that I can recall, but it is interesting to see that graphic on a pennant from 1972. I used to have an Expos pennant with that batter on it and always wondered how that happened since the Expos didn't exist until 1968 and that graphic (and material) is associated with earlier years.

Rob, I'm sure it was Dodger Blue!

Yup, no doubt.... blue. For some reason, that color on woven cloth pennants commonly faded to grey like no other.

And Rob, I was thinking the same... Trench used that same batter on their 1954 Lopez Limited Pennant. So that's at least 18 years of utilizing that same graphic!

I wonder how many other graphics had that long of a life span?

Rick,
Those are great ones. I was talking to a friend during the auction about how nice that Koufax is other than the spine. Doesn’t both leave that much because it’s mint otherwise. Just for info, Koufax comes in at least one other pose. Nice to get the Drysdale too. They are just way too rare to pass up in great condition. Now you just have to keep buying the other Dodgers guys when they come up.

I’ve never seen that Yankees / Dodgers HOF game either. That’s the kind of weird stuff I would have been all over if I saw it. Nice pick up. Rare graphics for 1972.

I see the Yankees pennant with the gold decorative tassle is finally getting some love for how difficult they are to find. $300 in Jon's last auction.