Hey, pennant guys

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Well, the original bleacher made his first foray into dyeing. FB Rob gave me a few pointers...

In a nutshell:

1) remove spine. I used a single edge razor blade. It took maybe five minutes.
2) lay pennant face down on some old towels. I put the towels on a scrap of plywood.
3) mix dye. Rit tells you how to make 3 gallons. I figured 2 tbsp. for a gallon of water.
4) spray the back side liberally. When soaked in, spray again...and again...and again...and again. I'll bet I sprayed it 20 times. I used two full spray bottles of the dye mixture. If you check the front, it will be "speckled" at first and eventually take on a more uniform color.
5) re-attach spine. I had a friend do it. A professional seamstress may have sewed a straighter line.

I may have gotten a little carried away...the dye bled a little onto the white paint because the paint was cracked. Other than that, no issues. Had the paint not been cracked, it probably would have been a total success. As it is, I give my effort a "B." I would, and may, do it again on a faded green Polo Grounds pennant.

Great job Rob. Looks fantastic.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Great job Rob. Looks fantastic.

Would you say it has GREAT EYE APPEAL?

[Teamgluck]

Am I the only one that believes the current card hype is about to spill over to pennants? Also glad to have won this! Hunt had a superb selection of pennants this go around

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Teamgluck

Am I the only one that believes the current card hype is about to spill over to pennants?

I don't think so. I hope not!

Beautiful pennant, Jordan!

[perezfan]

Stunning rare pennant, and congrats on that pickup.

I think some of the card fervor will spill over to memorabilia. It already has, actually. It's pretty inevitable that when collectors are priced out on cards, they turn to other cool things pictured in those REA, Lelands, Hunt and LOTG catalogs which are more affordable.

Some will get hooked on memorabilia and some won't ever make the foray. But I have spoken with hundreds of memorabilia/pennant collectors who started out collecting only cards.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by Teamgluck

Am I the only one that believes the current card hype is about to spill over to pennants? Also glad to have won this! Hunt had a superb selection of pennants this go around

Nice pick up. I placed an early bid and meant to come back on Saturday and forgot. I don’t have that pennant in my Gopher collection and that one is as good as it gets. That’s about where I figured it would end. Luckily we didn’t bid each other up. Great pennant.

[thetahat]

Thought I would share with you all my first two pennants. As a six-year-old I attended Game 2 of the 1976 championship series between the Phillies and the Reds. My first game. Not a good day for the home team. But my father bought me these, and they were moved around my bedroom walls dozens of times. At some point in my late teens I colored in the Reds spine and the Mets came off. I even made a mini set when I was around 11-12, drew the logos and glued them on felt my mom bought. .... And I had about 15-20 stored away until around 1996-7. Mitchell and Ness had their original store downtown in Philly, and they had a 50% Super Bowl sale, which included their repro pennants. I bought eight of them to decorate the just finished basement. But in the store they actually had some vintage pennants in the wall, nothing we’d go nuts over but still they looked so much better. .... Then one day I was at a flea market and bought a pile of 1950s pennants dirt cheap and then got into eBay. ... I think I may have shared the latter part with you already ...

Anyway I’m always amazed that we find old pennants in such nice condition. There would be no way that those soft felt pennants would have survived my childhood. They’d all look much more like that Chiefs Grilled Cheese pennant above (and the Philade) ...

[perezfan]

Great stories, Greg...

I too am amazed that we find so many old pennants in great condition. It's nothing short of a miracle. The pennants that hung on my walls as a kid are beaten to hell, and not even displayable. Fading, tears, holes, frayed tips, and you name it. I've kept them all for sentimental reasons, of course.

But its amazing how many have stood the test of time... even the small percentage that were safely stored away were prone to moth holes, rodent bites, silverfish, dust mites, etc. I won't question how so many have survived... just glad that they have!

[ooo-ribay]

I'm not sure I ever had pennants on my walls, as a kid. I do remember having this life size poster on the back of my bedroom door.