Gotcha Jason. And much thanks.

Just picked this one up cheap, as most college pennants are...Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on age. It's soft felt. Guessing 1950s...but the shape of the football looked a little bloated. Maybe earlier?

The bottom two tassels are cut short, while the top two are intact. Curious what others approach to damaged tassels is? Do you leave as is. Do you remove altogether? To me, tassels do nothing to increase my interest in a pennant...but I tend to leave them as is, no matter how jacked up they are. What do others do?

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I like to leave the tassels as-is. Those are not too bad, and the body of the pennant is spectacular. Great/unusual design, and much like an oversized Tacoma Tigers Teens pennant that was posted here years ago.

That looks like a melon ball to me, and I think this one could be as early as the 1920s... but more likely the 30s or early 40s. Perhaps someone here can chime in with a more specific timeline. Sometimes you get lucky, and find a program or yearbook with an identical design (which helps date the pennant).

Wonderful acquisition... congrats!

Mark, I think you refer to this one?

Great Princeton pennant. I haven't seen that one before, but looks like a 1920s design.

RE the Tacoma pennant, I recall the discussion years ago on that. Wasn't there discussion about if it was even a baseball pennant?

I forgot how beautiful that Tacoma Pennant was. I didn't know you had that one, Greg.... looks great on your wall.

Yes, there were some people here who claimed that it was not a baseball pennant. A few felt it was a Tacoma Zoo pennant.

I personally believe it's a Tacoma Tigers Baseball pennant, and don't recall ever seeing an oversized Zoo pennant like that. A well-renowned PCL Collector (and net54 Board Member) has one of these with some sort of provenance, and is confident of its origin. Mears has also sold one of these as a Tacoma Tigers Pennant. Either way, it's a true work of art :cool:

Cardinals Pennant
 

Hi team!

Spent my Saturday at the swap meet and found this beauty. Don't know much about pendants and primarily a baseball guy (cards and such) but figured with the Super Bowl being this Sunday, now might be the time to invest a little dough on the Cardinals. The seller was asking for $50, but I talked him down to $40. Looks to be in pristine condition for it's age which I'm guessing probably dates back to the 1950s. Any ideas on age or value?

Thanks all.

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It's no earlier than 1960 (first year of team) and if the NFL logo came into being on pennants like the MLB logo, you'd be looking more like 10 years after that.

You can get into pennant collecting very inexpensively. If you are into the Cardinals, there are lots of nice variations that typically sell for under $50.

Here's an example of a neat looking one that recently sold for a mere $10...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-196...p2047675.l2557

And this one for just $12...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-Vintag...p2047675.l2557

The $10 one was mid '60s, and the $12 one was early '60s. It's an easy niche of the hobby to enter, and you'll find that your taste is likely to evolve pretty quickly.

As for your Cardinals Pennant (posted above), it's either very late '60s or early '70s. It looks like the tip portion is probably altered.... be on the lookout for alterations like this, as you collect them. There are enough available in this genre, that you shouldn't have any trouble finding EX - NRMT examples, like this one below...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-late...p2047675.l2557

Hope this is helpful!

Ditto to what Mark said