At the risk of being shunned, could you cut one of the tassels and reattach it to the bottom so that it’s visually more appealing?

Careful...I can sense blood pressures spiking.

To me...4 or 0 are the only right answers. If you're going to perform a tasselectomy, you might as well just take the two off. However, on a 50s trench pennant that always came with tassels and has an endless supply of era appropriate donor tassels, I'd recommend an augmentation tasselplasty.

To each his own...Feel free to get a second opinion. ;)

Yeah, I'm going to try to match them as well as I can. No rush. I know we all have our own pennant characteristics that do or do not drive us crazy. For me the ones that bother me are (in order):

1) flaking paint graphics
2) missing tassels
3) bug damage to the spine
4) bleeding to the spine

If the graphics are flaking, I just can't buy it (unless maybe is is super rare and the price is very low). For the other three, I either need to wait for a decent example or I'm willing to buy a damaged example for an appropriately low price and repair it a bit. They are for me to display. If a pennant is very rare or very valuable, I would not repair it. But most of my pennants don't fall into that category.

Most Trench baseball pennants post 1950 don’t fall into that category.

Surprised ripped/missing tip didn’t make the list. That’s easily my number one.

If the tip is ripped and missing, that is a problem for sure. If it is ripped and still there, I don't care that much (if the price is right). It's also clear that a lot of pennants were cut with a blunted tip. That used to bother me more than it does now.

Yeah...the ole square tip deal doesn't bother me as long as it's not an inch or more up from where the tip is supposed to be. Would prefer that though over the dreaded fishtail cut.

What about faded pennants? Like, for example, a 1950s blue pennant ... that's now some color between brown and gray? :rolleyes:

Fading is certainly not good, although I guess it just depends. Here is my most faded pennant. I could not afford an unfaded one at true market value.

From the home office in Windsor, CT...Tonight's category:

Felt Football's Top 10 pennant issues...

10. Missing/Decrepit Tassels
9. Bleeding Spine
8. Moth Holes
7. Miscut/Centering
6. Cracked/Flaking Paint
5. Stains
4. Writing including Autographs
3. Fading
2. Ripped/Missing Tip

and now, the number one Felt Football pennant issue...

Drumroll...

1. Smells like ass

As you all probably know, I am far from the most condition sensitive pennant collector. Hell, I may be the least sensitive. I will usually grab any Giants pennant I don’t have if the price reflects the poor condition. I’m a “buy it when you see it; maybe upgrade later” guy. That said, a badly faded blue pennant just might be a disqualifier for me.