Small but notable stash of 1916 Ferguson Bakery pennants uncovered

[Boccabella]

Not large in quantity but a nice little quality find of these took place recently in downstate IL: http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...pennant-stash/

[sdkammeyer]

WOW, cool little find right there. The premium is in AMAZING shape.
Thanks for the link!

[Bugsy]

Beautiful Alexander! I have only seen one other before, which has sold 3 times in the past few years...which our very own Peerless Leader, Leon, has now

[Leon]

Great find and nice write up. A few of the facts need to be tweaked a little but overall it's a fantastic story. I am not sure we have any direct evidence of the small BF2s being issued by Ferguson but with groups being found, like this one, it sure points that way. Love the pennants and the large premium pennants...

[ctownboy]

That was fast.

In the article there was a tab you could use to go to his eBay page to see what he had listed for sale. I went there and saw the Alexander premium as just having been listed. The Buy It Now price was $4,500 or best offer. That was a couple of hours ago.

I just went back to that page and the Alexander has been sold.

Too bad I didn't have the cash.....

David

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

That was fast.

In the article there was a tab you could use to go to his eBay page to see what he had listed for sale. I went there and saw the Alexander premium as just having been listed. The Buy It Now price was $4,500 or best offer. That was a couple of hours ago.

I just went back to that page and the Alexander has been sold.

Too bad I didn't have the cash.....

David

That seems way too low.

[spec]

Originally Posted by Leon

Great find and nice write up. A few of the facts need to be tweaked a little but overall it's a fantastic story. I am not sure we have any direct evidence of the small BF2s being issued by Ferguson but with groups being found, like this one, it sure points that way. Love the pennants and the large premium pennants...

I'm not sure I understand why you believe this group points toward a Ferguson connection. I see the location of the find as yet another clue Ferguson, which distributed only in the Boston area, was not involved with BF2s. Though the Ferguson ad card illustrates a premium pennant, it doesn't match the premium pennants we've seen so far, while the pillow top is a perfect match.

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by spec

I'm not sure I understand why you believe this group points toward a Ferguson connection. I see the location of the find as yet another clue Ferguson, which distributed only in the Boston area, was not involved with BF2s. Though the Ferguson ad card illustrates a premium pennant, it doesn't match the premium pennants we've seen so far, while the pillow top is a perfect match.

I think what Leon was saying is that they were found together, which might illustrate a connection.

Also, we know the large premiums were distributed by Ferguson because the blotter specifically mentions the large pennants. How did a Ferguson premium end up in the location of the find?

[Leon]

here they are together...for comparisons sake...actually all three are different. This reminds me of Fulton Press Co and AWH E222 with their myriad backs on few examples. My guess is all of them are Fergusons. This blotter belongs to another board member, I hope he doesn't mind .