Hey, pennant guys

[perezfan]

Well, unfortunately a couple of bidders felt this Mitchell & Ness Repro was worth over $300. Such a shame.... I wonder if the "winner" will still be happy when he has it in-hand?

https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/19...p2047675.l2565

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Well, unfortunately a couple of bidders felt this Mitchell & Ness Repro was worth over $300. Such a shame.... I wonder if the "winner" will still be happy when he has it in-hand?

https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/19...p2047675.l2565

Just curious...Did Mitchell & Ness make more than one version of this pennant? The M&N version I saw had a thinner spine and no 1946 designation on it. Do you think it was added later by someone?

That's a pretty good looking reproduction. Damn Mitchell and Ness.

[perezfan]

Yes... Someone probably added the date along the spine. The graphics of the pennant appear to be the typical M&N "raised velvet", but the date written on the spine looks like paint.

If authentic, this pennant would have sold closer to $2K.

[bocca001]

Well... you all know that I ended up with an SF Seals one of these (modern pennant with vintage look) at an early point in my pennant collecting career. That Seals pennant was even listed/pictured in Egner's vintage pennant price guide, which was why I thought it was ok. So people do get fooled.

Here are a few recent pickups that are clearly vintage (both were cheap, and I'm a sucker for red).

Jimm- if you read this, I want to know if your Bay Area collection includes a "Billy Ball" A's pennant. That's another pennant on my want my list (I heard so many Billy Ball commercials on the radio as a kid).

[jimm]

Nice don't recall a Billy Ball one... an abundance of the BigHead player style ones in my area. Probably closer to 1990

[jimm]

Do the MNs say MN on them somewheres?

[perezfan]

Unfortunately not...

They come with a paper hang-tag that has the Mitchell & Ness name and logo plastered all over it. But once that is detached, there are no markings on the actual felt pennant. Very unfortunate, as these can look pretty convincing when artificially "aged".