Hey, pennant guys

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by matty39

The red ball sales company existed only from 1936 to 1938 During that period they produced an enormous number of small bf3 pennants. One set that they produced contained 16 pennants corresponding to the 16 major league teams. Below is an original 1936 salesman's sample displaying the 16 small pennants. with a promotion to buy a large pennant of the same style. For some reason, the only pennant that varies in color is the 1936 pennant shown above. There are several of these pennants that are extremely rare. Others are a little more common. Also shown below is a envelope with the same offer for the large pennants. Finally I have also included one of the gum wrappers.

Great info!

Now, a dumb question.....who were the Bees?

[Duluth Eskimo]

Boston Braves

[icollectDCsports]

Those pennants are great, and I appreciate getting more info about their origin, but I'd like them even more if all of them were in the appropriate colors for each team. Not sure if others feel the same way, but I much prefer pennants to be in a team's primary or secondary colors.

[matty39]

Here are a few of the premiums that I own.

[MK]

Originally Posted by matty39

Here are a few of the premiums that I own.

Question regarding the large premiums in your case. I see two large Charlie Grimm pennants in green, and another Cubs in pink. Is it also a Grimm or someone else? Can't make out the name.

[matty39]

Here is a little better picture. It is Grimm. It is an eight inch pennant, and is almost a perfect match for the smaller type 9 bf3 of Grimm. Probably larger because he was the mgr. of the cubs in 37 as Dykes was the manager of the White Sox. I presume they were made as part of the type 9 set.

[ooo-ribay]

Great stuff, Matty! I see you also have the Giants 1905 postcard :drool:

[erikc21]

Matty - thanks for the education and history - awesome stuff!!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great info!

Now, a dumb question.....who were the Bees?

Here's a different version of the Bees (Braves) Pennant. It's the only full-sized version I've ever encountered, and I'm still trying to decide if it's terribly ugly or beautiful. The "artist" made them look more like Flies.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Here's a different version of the Bees (Braves) Pennant. It's the only full-sized version I've ever encountered, and I'm still trying to decide if it's terribly ugly or beautiful. The "artist" made them look more like Flies.

Historically, it's beautiful.

Artistically, it's terribly ugly.

[bocca001]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Historically, it's beautiful.

Artistically, it's terribly ugly.

My first reaction was fly. I do kind of like it, though.

[perezfan]

Yup.... should've gone with the traditional Bumble Bee.

Perhaps that's why this one is so rare... they halted production as soon as they saw the anatomically incorrect Fly.

[Fballguy]

For the Minnesota collector out there...Not sure how common this one is. Pretty common style for major league teams.

http://r.ebay.com/TQ3NhP

[perezfan]

Haha.... That same guy definitely played for the Giants, Red Sox and Astros.

Must've started his career with Minneapolis