Hey, pennant guys

[Huysmans]

Thanks Jason! I appreciate the information.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Brent,
Just so you know, I have little knowledge on Canadian football league other than running across some of the Grey Cup pennants over the years. You may want to do more research to see if you can link it to the late part of the 30's team. I just think it is more likely 50's. Good luck.

[bocca001]

So, I bought this Seals pennant on ebay suspecting that it was probably some kind of modern reproduction. The seller had it listed about a month ago, pulled it, but then listed it again. I thought it was intriguing enough to buy, given the price. I paid about what I would expect for a repro and was the only bidder. But, I can't find any other examples of it. If it was a repo (e.g., sold at SF Giants games or something like that) it should be more common. I'm no PCL expert, but do keep an semi-regular eye on Seals items.

I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this pennant, has a thought about it, or has seen it before. It is soft felt, with no tags. The Seals graphic is raised a bit above the felt and "soft" to the touch.

[perezfan]

Definite Reproduction... albeit a nice looking one.

Great contemporary display piece!

[bocca001]

Yeah... repo was my thought as well. I wonder where it came from? Seems like there would be more floating around.

I've attached a photo of a similar one that is posted online. I wonder if that one is real or a repro as well.

This all made me realize that I don't really know much about new pennants, as I haven't purchased one (other than maybe this one) in years.

[perezfan]

The distance between the two sets of tassels and the raised velvet graphics are the two biggest tipoffs that it's a Mitchell and Ness. The graphics should be painted/screened on, and not soft to the touch. The paint should show some evidence of cracking, rippling, puckering or other general effects of age.

Other factors become more apparent when you touch it / have it in your hands... the style of stitching (where the spine is applied) the limp composition of the felt, and the design itself, among other things.

When you've seen enough of these M&N Pennants, you know immediately. Still, some inevitably make it into Catalog Auctions, like any other decent reproduction (Ad Signs, Lemon Peel Balls, Autographs, Reprint Cards, etc.)

[perezfan]

I suppose it's cool that people can own a Seals Pennant for a fraction of the "vintage cost"... But I still wish they'd stop making these near-exact copies of the originals. Or they could simply print their company logo on the reverse side.

The way they are currently sold is with a paper hang-tag that ebay sellers "conveniently" like to tear off... leaving no evidence that these are repros. Here is the way that Seals Pennant was originally packaged...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yankees-CLAS...cAAOSwfpVZInYz

And here's one that actually snuck into the last Huggins & Scott (before they removed it...)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITCHELL-NES...8AAOSwqJRZpCg0