Hey, pennant guys

[perezfan]

All right... we need a confession here.

Who got the seller of the oversized teens Pirates pennant to end his auction and sell it outright? That was the best pennant to hit eBay in a loooong time.

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by perezfan

All right... we need a confession here.

Who got the seller of the oversized teens Pirates pennant to end his auction and sell it outright? That was the best pennant to hit eBay in a loooong time.

Uh oh .... (disclaimer: eBay permits this now.)

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

All right... we need a confession here.

Who got the seller of the oversized teens Pirates pennant to end his auction and sell it outright? That was the best pennant to hit eBay in a loooong time.

He told me he doesn't end auctions early.

Translation: I didn't offer $1250.

LOL

[chas]

Has anyone seen this one? 120772749_3320839144671625_3812604321819955729_o.jpg

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by chas

Has anyone seen this one? Attachment 420922

Never ... that is FANTASTIC! Super cool and in great condition

[perezfan]

Agree... That Tigers pennant is fantastic. I have never seen one from that series with an animal mascot. It is always an image of a Player.

Uber rare and super unique!

[bocca001]

Really nice Tigers pennant. Looks great.

I just framed my Giants pennant from the series.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Really nice Tigers pennant. Looks great.

I just framed my Giants pennant from the series.

Looks fantastic Marc!

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

He told me he doesn't end auctions early.

Translation: I didn't offer $1250.

LOL

Because eBay allows this now - can make offers even when seller doesn’t have the Make Offer option - it “forces” you to play along. Personally, I like the auctions, they are exciting. But now there’s no guarantee that it goes the distance, if other offers are being made. (Actually even before you could make offers, and there were only auctions, items I’d be following would sometimes vanish and then pop up in live auctions a couple months later .... one auction house in particular that isn’t too far from me.)

[Duluth Eskimo]

I’ve never seen that Tigers pennant. That’s definitely a new one to add to the list

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

All right... we need a confession here.

Who got the seller of the oversized teens Pirates pennant to end his auction and sell it outright? That was the best pennant to hit eBay in a loooong time.

Link?

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Link?

I’ll have it in a couple days.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by thetahat

I’ll have it in a couple days.

The pennant or the link?

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

The pennant or the link?

Both! Actually here’s a pic

[ooo-ribay]

Heavy Hitter!

[bocca001]

This (not mine) is for sale on ebay. I guess this is what happens when you try to dry clean a pennant.

[thetahat]

Came a day early. KB might have a better idea but my guess is that these are from Chicago Pennant Co. and are pre-1910. Perhaps the first “series” of pennants where a single company made a general style pennant for multiple teams. ... It appears that silk screening became commercial sometime between 1907-1911. It would seem to be that if it existed, it would have been preferred to simplify things. Most of these pennants have the same batter graphic, but they were drawn and cut by hand in leather, and then details were burned in with a heated tool. Same general batter graphic but considerable variability. Someone’s job was to make these painstakingly one at a time. And I think without screenprinting, leather was the only real option. These are all pure wool? with the feel of a heavy army blanket. Moths love these, my other two have some small holes.

Also noteworthy is the size ... 13” by 42”. Extra extra large. The three I have are all different size, White Sox is 13” by 39” and Cubs is 15” by 42.5”. Bizarre. They weren’t trimmed because of the reinforced edges.

Additionally I have seen this for Red Sox, Cubs with inverted colors (compared to mine), and “Pittsburgh” (presumably Pirates). But the Holy Grail from this set is the Tigers (I don’t have it) as it has a leather Tiger head. Mark has this and so does Jeff (he posted it last week here) ... . I’ll go so far to say that the Tigers is the single best pennant in existence. Optimal combination of beauty, rarity, workmanship, and age.

Anyway here’s a pic, I already made a custom fitting holder. This was kept in a vault somewhere, barely anything but a couple minuscule nips in the wool.