Hey, pennant guys

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

I don’t think they’re repros, I’ve never seen a bootleg repro. I think they’re cheaply made 70’s versions of the old 60’s pennants. To me it looks like they’re made from the thinner synthetic material, but who knows. Can’t believe the group went for that.

I have that Phillies baby blue variation. Believe it or not, the felt is thick and soft. Typical early sixties AdFlag… just a different color variation from what you normally see. It's no more recent than mid-sixties, IMO.

The Green Dodgers does appear to be the thinner/stiffer/cheaper/newer "felt" (if you can even call it that).

[Duluth Eskimo]

Mark,
I’ve seen that same one in the thicker felt. Just looks a little wrong. Sometimes it appears that way when the pennant was not really used at all and still very stiff, but I have seen some of those (like the dodgers) that are made with same design on new 70’s product. Pretty rare to find like that.

Rob,
Good show on the 1958 pennants. I have had a number of those variations over the years. The blue colored one dated 1958 was part of a find a bought probably 20 years ago from Northern Calirfornia. I think there was maybe 10 of those, but much less of the undated ones. Maybe because they were able to continue to sell the undated ones. Who knows.

Rob / Mark,
Did you pick up any of those ones in Hunt yesterday? There was a few toughies. I bought some other memorabilia for my personal collection. Some one of a kind items.

[perezfan]

Not me. Shut out completely. They realized very high prices on everything I found enticing. Not sure of the extent hidden reserves came into play, as Hunt does allow them.

Regardless, I thought the bidding was very aggressive with very few bargains to be had.

[Duluth Eskimo]

There was some crazy bidding for sure. That Yellow Jackets pennant almost stalled out at $650 then went for 10x that amount. One of a kind though. The early stuff went crazy during live bidding, although there were a few items I thought should have went much higher. I was satisfied with what I paid for the items I bought, but it was fun watching the action on some of the others.

[Fballguy]

I was only watching the pennants. I thought there was a lot of really cool memorabilia in this auction, but I've narrowed my focus lately pretty much to only pennants and diverted much of my 2020 disposable income to travel...So I had a feeling I'd be uncompetitive on most lots. I would've loved some of the Pottsville, Canton, Bears broadsides and banner...But at those prices, I'd rather go to Portugal, etc.

Really loved the Bears stuff...It was hard to keep my finger from swiping.

The Yellow Jackets pennant and display was very cool, but not knowing the condition of the pennant...and not being the Yellow Jackets fan that I know others are...I didn't even place a bid on it.

I was interested it the phantom Colts Super Bowl pennant, but not for $500+. There was no mention in the Hunt description that this was phantom. The Colts lost the Super Bowl in 1969.

The pair of Yankees pennants were a relative bargain, but I have both...possibly multiples of both so I passed. Hunt also mistakenly described these as being from the same team. The Yanks and Yankees were different teams. One in the AAFC and one in the NFL.

Seems many of the pennants were being bid on by people who never heard of eBay. The Chiefs 1969 World Champs pennant selling for $500+ all in, is comical. I've got a couple of those and paid under $100 each time.

Then the lot of 10 single bar helmet pennants selling for $280 all in. $28 per. That's funny.

The lot of eight 1950-60s pennants selling for $750+ all in. Each of those pennants sell regularly for under $100, some well under $100. The winner could've saved at least $200 by buying them individually on eBay right now.

I won the Dons pennant lot. Thought I was getting it for $200, but at the last second somebody threw another bid on it (Anyone here?). So I got it for $250, which will turn into about $330 after BP, Tax and Shipping. Hoping to recoup a good chunk of that on the red one, which I already have and get the stiff arm for a bargain. It's not a rare Dons pennant, just one I've missed out on many times and wanted to add to the collection. That last second bid turned this into an ok bargain instead of a nice bargain. I should've let it go....but I had been outbid on everything to that point and hate being shut out.

[Duluth Eskimo]

I don’t know if it was me on the Dons, but I had initially bid on them. Can’t remember if I did during the live auction. Still a decent for those two. I bought some other memorabilia, but saw some strong prices on the common stuff.

[vintagesportflips]

I was the underbidder on the Yellowjackets pennant. I didn’t love the display, as a 1927 program didn’t really fit the display with a 29 pennant and assorted 29 player photos. I would have framed the pennant by itself but was concerned if it and the other items could be safely removed (given some of the descriptions of other lots).
I don’t think the auction ever stalled at $650 in actuality. I was a phone bidder, and said yes to $750 but nearly 2 minutes passed (or at least seemed like it) before they took the bid and it showed up on invaluable. I think there was a delay for some reason with that lot.