Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

You asked for it! Another piece from my low end collection.

NICE!!!! Product of Monmouth University!

[thetahat]

I hate to see this thread drop down the page so here’s a new addition, had never seen it before ...

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Top pennant is also a new addition, interesting to see the subtle differences between ‘57 (felt) and ‘58 (cloth).

[bocca001]

Nice pickups, Greg. I like seeing the "I've never seen it before" pennants.

I just got this Houston mini pennant that is part of a baseball series. It was posted in this thread a few years ago when I asked a question about the larger Houston pennant (below, which I don't own) that may or may not be a Houston Astros pennant. The speculation is that there was a transition period between Colts and Astros and that some version of this star logo was used before the Astros name and/or logo was settled. Not sure if that is true or not.

[perezfan]

Marc:
Do you recall if there was a consensus on the generic Houston Pennant? Did most people believe it was a transitional pennant (prior to them naming the team "Astros"?) I could definitely see that as a possibility.

On a separate topic... WTF is going on with eBay? I can't ever recall a time in which pennant listings have been more pathetic. There is absolutely nothing to get excited about. Have all the good pennants finally dried up?

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Marc:
On a separate topic... WTF is going on with eBay? I can't ever recall a time in which pennant listings have been more pathetic. There is absolutely nothing to get excited about. Have all the good pennants finally dried up?

It's become a complete waste of time. My watch list has tumbleweeds. My wife even commented about me not getting packages any more. It seems like I see the same pennants recirculating every 48 hours too. I wonder if the new payment system has people listing elsewhere...or like me...not at all.

[bocca001]

Yeah, ebay has been pretty much a wasteland for me lately. I was just looking through some of jonsstats pennants. Interesting stuff, but none of it for me.

Mark- about the Houston stuff, I think most of us fell in the category of pretty skeptical until there is photo proof, but someone said that these have been long viewed as Astros pennants in the hobby (by people who would have been in the know many years ago).

But, why are these pennants always red, green, black... never blue or orange?

But, then there is the hat in this 1965 spring training photo that is just a star, and more recent hats have a star with a circle (with some other stuff).

I look for Houston pennants pretty regularly. These don't show up very often. Not sure what that means exactly. I also don't seen many pennants for the city of Houston in general. They are almost always tied to a particular place in Houston.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

On a separate topic... WTF is going on with eBay? I can't ever recall a time in which pennant listings have been more pathetic. There is absolutely nothing to get excited about. Have all the good pennants finally dried up?

Well, quit watching and you can be sure someone will put up the NY Giants 3D pennant, BIN for $199.

I did actually find a pin today that I’ve been after for a while.

[UKCardGuy]

Anyone have any details about this one. I picked it up last week (I'm still waiting for it to arrive).

I found one previous listing on Mears from 2011 here: https://www.mearsonlineauctions.com/...-lot42422.aspx

My one certainly isn't mint but it's one that that I've not seen before and it didn't cost much.

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Nice pickups, Greg. I like seeing the "I've never seen it before" pennants.

I just got this Houston mini pennant that is part of a baseball series. It was posted in this thread a few years ago when I asked a question about the larger Houston pennant (below, which I don't own) that may or may not be a Houston Astros pennant. The speculation is that there was a transition period between Colts and Astros and that some version of this star logo was used before the Astros name and/or logo was settled. Not sure if that is true or not.

My guess is that the larger pennant was made by the company who made the ones in Baseball Rob’s 1960s banquet picture from a few pages ago.