BF2 premiums

[Jobu]

Thanks for posting, this is interesting.

Any idea why the actors/actresses are so rare? Is it just because nobody saved them like they did for baseball players? Or is there an indication that they produced fewer?

[1880nonsports]

I've sold two different of the giant actors and I believe at the time Chad had one in his collection........

[matty39]

Crazy. Since I posted, another prize actress pennant has shown up on Ebay, same seller as the other one. This one is Theda Bara.
BTW I think all four of the premiums should be considered quite rare. The baseball players might have been a little more popular, but as stated above, you had to save 50 tickets in order to get a premium. That was probably quite an accomplishment.

[Hankphenom]

The piece in Leland's is amazing! http://www.lelands.com/Zip/Image?pat...6874622854.jpg

[bcornell]

There have been a few informative threads about Ferguson Bakery issues (which almost certainly don't include the BF2 small pennants). You can learn a lot from reading through the posts.

Discussion about whether Ferguson issued BF2's (2005)

Large pennants and pillowcases (2013)

Another discussion about Ferguson Bakery issues (2013)

[bcornell]

Here are images of the 2 premium pillowcases, one ex-Luckey and the other one in the current Leland's auction.

The pillowcases have some of the same players (although not all), however they're not in the same order, plus a few players have different felt colors on the lighter pillowcase. These look to my eyes like they were homemade.





Bill

[matty39]

Just came across three ads that continue to complicate the source or sources for Ferguson bf2s. In these ads the actors pennants both large and small are available from places other than the Ferguson bakery, making a stronger case that the small baseball pennants may have been available from other sources . This is the first time that I have ever seen a source for the large pennants other than the Ferguson blotter ad.