Hey, pennant guys

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Time to defibrillate this thread...CLEAR!!!!

This baby just sold on Ebay while listed as an International League minor league baseball pennant...However, I feel that's wrong. This pennant is made of 1960s material (the baseball Bears disappeared around 1949) which would make it a Newark Bears Continental Football League pennant. The spine and tassels also scream 1960s. Curious what others thought.

Don’t know, Rob, but it’s a great pennant. What did it go for?

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Don’t know, Rob, but it’s a great pennant. What did it go for?

$144. Hope the buyer is a football fan.

[perezfan]

I would lean towards football as well. I have seen a few late 1940s Pennants with this cloth material and sporting these "flimsy" type of tassels. That Brooklyn Dodgers Football Pennant with the Bum would be one example.

But this cloth material and construction was far more prevalent from the late 1950s to mid 1960s. It could conceivably be either Baseball or Football, but I'd lean pretty heavily towards Football. The Bear logo looks more "football-ish" as well.

I don't know the color scheme for either team off the top of my head. But would guess this pennant was once light-to-medium blue, and has since faded to grey. Perhaps it would help to research the colors for the two teams, if anyone here wants to invest the time. That could help narrow it down as well.

[bocca001]

Just arrived today. An unusual green Houston Oilers pennant.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Just arrived today. An unusual green Houston Oilers pennant.

Love it! Especially the oil rig worker, kicking the ball.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Just arrived today. An unusual green Houston Oilers pennant.

Wow.... That arrived fast! Why does my stuff always take 3 weeks or more?

Great pickup of a super-rare one, Marc!

[bocca001]

Thanks, guys. It only had to travel about 3 hours down I45. They shipped it in what I would call a "brick" of cardboard, about 4 flat sheets on top and 4 on the bottom. It might have stopped a bullet. I'll take it over the pennant oragami that I've been receiving lately.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Just arrived today. An unusual green Houston Oilers pennant.

Congrats Mark! I was an early bidder but I bowed out pretty early. Damn that 28.25% Buyer's Premium in Texas.

[bocca001]

Yeah, buying from Heritage is tough when you live in Texas.

[bocca001]

Here are a few others I've picked up over the past few months. The Giants pennant is an upgrade. The Houston All Star Game pennant has been elusive. And the random yellow circa 1983 unlicensed 49ers pennant may be the most difficult to find.