
07-14-2021, 04:44 PM
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The Uber Anal Retentive Freak
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: not far from Mt. Vernon, PA
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Originally Posted by perezfan
That's a super long one. It used to be mine, and re-surfaced in Hunts which closed today. The Batter looks like he had a little adhesive work done at some point, to overcome some loosened stitching. The outer cut of the die-cut Batter looks the same as yours. But the inner detail is much clearer on yours. Perhaps this is due to 100+ years of surface wear on the Hunt example, and perhaps yours was just burned in deeper by the "artist".
I suppose no two are exactly the same.... pretty cool. As I recall, the front of the Hunt's White Sox example faded nicely to an attractive baby blue. The reverse (unexposed) side was a darker navy blue. Great stuff!
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Interesting! Moths love these pennants as much as I do …
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