Yep, they are phone screenshots. I have had no luck resizing them of late. Only have a phone at present. Laptop needs to be replaced.

Rather than screenshots, can you save them to your photos and then use those?

My pennants may not be the best, but there’s no shame in my picture game. :p

Tried that as well. The file size is too large to post. Used a Resizer App which ends up giving me these poor results. Frustrating

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I was able to finally add this 1956 gem to my Minneapolis Millers collection. A big thanks to Marc for letting me obtain it! Also to Jordan for the Burgundy addition!

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Nice pennants Erik

Just curious, has anyone seen the Cards version of this banner or any other teams using the same design?

Looks like that Millers pennant made its way to the right home to be with its family :)

This 49ers just arrived today. Very tough color combo.

That’s from that lot of 12, from about a month ago? Did the winner of the lot ebay it or did you somehow track him down?

I have not seen that Cards version before.

Just got the email from Love of games for their preview of their auction.

They have alot of nice pennants in their upcoming auction

https://online.flippingbook.com/view/629731640/43/

Yeah, it is from the ebay lot. The person who bought them listed it on ETSY, which I check maybe once per week. Got lucky.

Note to self: Check etsy a little more often.

I check etsy very infrequently. Are their selling fees significantly lower than ebay’s? I see etsy as a marketplace for “crafty” items and can’t see why anyone would list baseball memorabilia there (eyeball, wise). I’m glad you found your pennant!

I’ve bought three Giants items on etsy….one was a smoking deal; another I never received and a pin from France that took a loooooong time to get here. :p

You need the patience of a saint to troll Etsy. There are a couple vintage sellers on there but aside from them you will be sifting through basically the worst items that get pulled into your eBay search. If you're running low on 1980s mini pennants or homemade flags of your favorite team, it's the place to be.

If you're just doing a couple teams, I guess it's not too bad. But for me, collecting all teams football, I lose interested after the Rams.

Well, you guys clearly aren't as bored as I am :)

Here are a few others I've picked up from ETSY this year. Usually the things I find/buy are relatively modern (1970s/1980s) but much more rare than people think.

One is a one-year pennant that is tough in general, but especially tough in orange (although there is a very beat up one on ebay right now).

The second is the rare cloth/1969 version of a rather common design.

But, yeah, mostly what I see is modern and not at all rare. It helps that I'm only looking for a few teams.

That cloth Giants is an awesome Etsy score Marc.

Here are a few of the very rare modern oddball/bootlegs I've picked up, whose value doesn't quite match their scarcity. I think some, possible all were made in the 1990s.

Those bootlegs are great, Rob.

Here are two that I really, really, really want to find.

It's interesting (to me anyway) that some of the bootlegs (like the one on the left) are made on thicker stock and others (like the one on the right, and all the ones I pictured) on thinner stock.

(Wow...Have vintage pennants really dried up this much?:eek:)

So, how is that any different than ebay? :p

I saw a good Etsy deal today on a Giants "coin purse" with the 1958 schedule on it. Good deal, but I have one.

Cloth Giants is the second-rarest, only to the A’s. Must be something about the Bay Area LOL … very nice

Picked up a few locally today. Having good luck finding older pennants in my area as of late.

I like the Indians. Kinda unique.

Where is our 1971 Pirates guy??? This pennant is wild:

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It looks like an Ad Flag with “stolen” ASCO graphics. Same style and mascot-lifting logo seen on the 1966 Orioles, but ASCO was still using cloth and the thicker softer felt. Still I can’t say I’ve ever seen this before. …

I alerted him.

I recall that some 1973 Steve Blass pennants were made but the graphics were way, way off center ….

This is a very of nice assortment of pennants

These are very nice, they are from that unidentified company that almost certainly made the pennants pictured here …

Anybody have a picture of the American League 1964 version?

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I’ve never seen the American League version. I’ve had hat pennant twice over the years, but I haven’t even seen one of those in years. That’s in nice shape too. Nice pennant.

Thanks, Jason. I’ve never seen the AL version either but figured if one exists, this group would know [emoji3166]

Two years later I finally landed this one tonight thanks to a huge assist from Rob (ooo-Ribay)! After doing a bit of research I learned that in 1970 there were 931 residents in Canaan Ct. This was likely the only opportunity I would ever have to add one of these to my collection. I owe you one Rob! I can’t wait to have it in my hands.

All right!!!!

Glad you got it, Mike! To say beautiful and rare pennant would be an understatement. Congrats!

Great pickup, Mike!!!
Congrats, my friend. Very cool...

The Blass pennant went to the proper home! Sure wish I could get that Holy Grail feeling!

It’s in damn nice shape, but maybe a little Oxy…….? :cool:

Very cool pennant, Erik!

I cheaped out on a JR NY Giants pennant and I’m kicking myself. :mad:

very nice indeed.

In fact all of these are great and looks like I am going to start lookin for some that might match my collection focus

Great pickup. Congrats. I love the story around it.

"The time to buy it, is when you see it"

--Mike Wolfe

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I’m kind of conflicted.

On one hand, I’ve got plenty of stuff and any new pennant I get gets ironed, put in a sleeve and stashed away.

On the other hand, I rarely see Giants pennants I “need.”

Well... looks like I outbid Rob for this one. I love the look of the batter. Wish it wasn't 3/4 size, but that seems to the only size for many of these NY Giants pennants.

Nice pickup Marc… beautiful example.

I've not seen the pennant before Marc. Love the bright red on that one.

I won an auction on Sunday for a lot of DiMaggio memorabilia including this pennant. I can't wait to get it in my hands. I'm pretty excited about the cap too. I've only managed to find 2 sales of it. One at Hakes in 2009 and the other at Lelands in 2001.

Nice pickups fellas! Was happy to add this 3/4 recently and would love to find its brother the red version.

Love the pennants with grommets. I've seen a couple of those from 1961. Even though it's not dated, any chance that it's from the same year?

Very nice Gary! That one is definitely "frameworthy"...

Very tough DiMaggio Pennant!

Sonofabitch! :p:

I believe it is Gary.

Wow that Joe D pennant is a great pickup

Have not seen one of those

What an amazing pickup! Great find [emoji91]

Love that DiMaggio congratulations!

just curious did anyone win that Christy Mathewson World Tour Pennant on HA?

Is that a record for a pennant sale? Wow.

Wow! That Mathewson is a beautiful pennant but $21K is a heck of a price.

The same pennant sold for $13,750 at Christie's not even a year ago. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6296494

Agreed it is a beauty and I had a few bids in for it. But it was way over what I was willing to pay.
Yes I was amazed that it would be that much over the year priors price.
Sadly it will not be in my collection hopefully someone here added it to theirs.

With pennant prices like that, I might have to part with this collection maker.

$21k is a big price, but people will pay 2x, 5x, 20x, even 50x that for a small, cardboard portrait of Mickey Mantle.

That there are 100's if not 1000s of.

So would this be the right time to put this up for auction?

Probably would be

It is a beauty

Hold it for your collection

Two cheap acquisitions, the A’s I didn’t have, and the Yankees was in such tremendous condition I couldn’t let it go (and I didn’t have that color). IMO one of the most beautiful pennants ever made by Trench.

Two underrated beauties. I used to have that classic Yankees pennant in 6 different colors... black, red, green, purple, blue and burgundy.

They looked amazing displayed together, but eventually decided to keep just the green one (as it was in gem mint condition). In retrospect, I wish I'd kept them all!

Great pickups!

+1 Agree to Beauties and that Yankee one is amazing

Thanks Jeffrey!

Same six colors as my Dodgers pennants … I think I have seen a lighter blue (like royal) and I may have seen orange once before? Can anyone confirm if an orange version exists?

If there's an orange version, I think one of us would've seen it by now. I can't recall ever seeing one (but would love to).

That rainbow of Brooklyn Pennants is so cool to see... I really think you have 'em all! My educated guess would be that the black one is the rarest, followed closely by purple. :confused:

Great stuff!

They're cool.....except for the obvious. :p

Signed,
Giants4ever

On most of these, Emmet Kelly’s eyebrows are the same gray as his hair, except on the blue felt the eyebrows are black.

I also display the variations of Phillies cap pennants together, the gray being the rarest. There might be thirty different ones if you figure in the different cap styles.

I didn't know that you had a 1980s/1990s wall, Greg

Not my Team but that is a great wall

Only a few and I used them because they were cheap, they are actually on the wall of a pantry underneath stairs and I cut them so that the doors can open. A little cheesy but I wanted no paneling left unused!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

My use of heavy but soft clear vinyl for making custom size holders failed. The tape didn’t stick well and they sagged over time. So I have been replacing them with rectangular holders which are rigid on the edges and the tape sticks better on the open end. Used extra large poster toploaders for the oversized pennants here … these work much better

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I really have no idea what you’re talking about,.Greg, but this is what we do…we adapt!

Can you show us a close-up shot of how you cut the toploaders and tape them? Do you cut the rectangular rigid toploaders with a scissors, blade, or something else to get it triangular? I can never get a straight cut. :mad:

I have an idea of what you're describing, but a close-up visual would really help.

Thanks!

Mark, I have cut down regular rigid pennant holders for 3/4 size pennants, using a mat cutter to get a straight edge.

Rick

Okay I did a couple this morning. Disclaimer: these still may look a bit cheesy but remember, I'm more interested in quantity displayed, and frames take up too much room on the wall. This is about the best I can do.

First pic is my initial attempt to use thick but soft vinyl. I ordered a roll from a marine warehouse. There was no binding on either edge so it had to be taped all the way around, the tape didn't stick well, and the lack of rigidity left a lot of glare from the "waves" on the surface.

So I tried the toploaders which works much better. First I bought a pack of photo-sized loaders for making holders for the minis. That worked extremely well. Then I bought 7 or 8 of the largest size for the oversized pennants. I can make two holders out of these. I tried using an Exacto knife but even with a long straight edge had trouble keeping it straight. I marked off the corners for custom fit and drew lines with a dry erase marker and carefully used scissors, cutting though both sides simultaneously. Each holder has a sealed ridge on the bottom, which is where I want it because of gravity. Before taping I put a few staples along the top end because I don't want the pennant to ever come in contact with the tape - this is just precaution. Then I use clear packing tape to seal the top edge. This is where some imperfections are apparent, I can never quite keep the tape from wrinkling in spots. But unless you are up very close you really cant see it. Maybe there's a better tape to use, I'd like to know.

Now I taped them shut with the pennant inside, so its a snug fit. I don't think this will make for easy removal like with ordinary holders without removing and replacing the staples and tape.

I still have some "edge" left over to use on my minis, for these I use a paper cutter and scotch tape, I just about have the gaps in the wall filled in with them. Please shoot me if I think about filling in the tiny spaces with BF3s ... I think I need to stop!

So these poster toploaders were $130 for 6 including shipping, so its about $11 for each holder. When I buy a pack of the photo toploaders for the minis it comes out to about $1 apiece.

Side note about the Athletics elephant pennant. I won this in a Heritage auction, it was described having a label with manufacturer name that wasn't legible. It turns out it is Gimbels, which was Philly's oldest department store (1887-1987). (My pic obviously isn’t the best)