Pennant - St Louis Browns?

[Shoeless Moe]

New Seller (attn gullible buyers):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Circa-1910-...kAAOSwUdZeljTI



Original Seller (had quite a few "city" and state pennants):

St Louis
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-St-...p2047675.l2557

as well as:

Texas
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-TEX...p2047675.l2557

Florida:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-FLO...p2047675.l2557

Colorado
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-COL...p2047675.l2557

[Shoeless Moe]

and this one became a Naps pennant:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Circa-1910-...8AAOSwJPRenHfY

[thetahat]

Yeah no shot Browns ...

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

and this one became a Naps pennant:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Circa-1910-...8AAOSwJPRenHfY

He should have said Spiders!

[Shoeless Moe]

Does anyone want to buy this one before it turns into a "rare just discovered Blue & Yellow version Detroit Tigers" next week:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fel...s/392765093507

[perezfan]

Don't forget this one....

Same seller/same gullible bidders (11 of them to date )

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1910-1915-A...UAAOSwSWZenHIn

[cincicards]

I believe I have posted these before:

detroit.jpg

pennants.jpg

aDetroit_Free_Press_Wed__Mar_19__1913__zpsj25u73l6.jpg

Detroit_Free_Press_Sat__May_17__1913a__zpsnwnca6uj.jpg

[Shoeless Moe]

In the ads they say 10 x 30 and "shaded" black lettering, your Detroit example is shaded white, not sure about the size of yours either but that shading cancels that Detroit one out.


and NONE that the seller has are any of those in the ads as well

[perezfan]

It might just be the way the ad was printed back in the day, for the sake of ease and uniformity of the print. On the actual Detroit Pennant, the black felt background could easily have dictated that the letter shading be light instead of black (for the sake of proper contrast).

Randall's Detroit Pennant could actually be legit, and I would not immediately rule that one out. But it would help if Randall could confirm the dimensions.

As for those others on eBay... all are just overhyped City Souvenir Pennants, none of which are part of that American League Series.

[perezfan]

Also note that in the print ad, each pennant has a double set of streamers, in which one is black and one is colored. That matches Randall's example to a tee. I think his is the real deal.

[Shoeless Moe]

Font is different, but possible I guess.

[Butch7999]

Mark makes good points in both his posts above. In our contemptible little niche of researching tabletop games,
we've seen many major discrepancies between item and descriptions thereof in the manufacturer's own catalogues,
let alone in print ads. Presumably it's sometimes the result of a lag between the time the ad copy was prepared
and the time the item was actually produced, other times simply errors by the writer of the catalogue or ad text
or by the proofreader. We think Randall's pennant is a match.