Hey, pennant guys

[erikc21]

Here is a WGN of mine that I’ve not seen another version of. Is there a ‘Day-Glo’ version?

[Duluth Eskimo]

That’s a cool pennant Erik. I’ve never seen that one before

[bocca001]

Is that a baseball with a dagger in its mouth? That is cool.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Is that a baseball with a dagger in its mouth? That is cool.

in Pirate parlance, it’s known as a “cutlass.”

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by erikc21

Here is a WGN of mine that I’ve not seen another version of. Is there a ‘Day-Glo’ version?

That is FANTASTIC! Never saw it before either. WGN pennants underwent a significant style change in the late 50s. Probably just hired a new artist. And it’s interesting that they went back to tassels for it.

[erikc21]

Originally Posted by thetahat

That is FANTASTIC! Never saw it before either. WGN pennants underwent a significant style change in the late 50s. Probably just hired a new artist. And it’s interesting that they went back to tassels for it.

I wish I could have been a fly in the wall in these factories. And Marc, yeah a cool design element with a dagger.

I often wonder with scarcity (and condition and subject matter) driving value, if past owners or execs of these factories ever intentionally produced just a handful of certain pennant runs to restrict supply and increase value. That’s assuming they had the foresight to think of collectibility. I fantasize that a child / grandchild of the original owner or factory worker has a stash of one of a kind pennants nobody is aware of…

[Domer05]

Originally Posted by erikc21

Here is a WGN of mine that I’ve not seen another version of. Is there a ‘Day-Glo’ version?

Whoa, never ever seen that one. Not in monochrome or Day-Glo/polychrome.

It's definitely modeled on their '59 AL champs pennant for the White Sox, which was also monochrome. They just updated the artwork with a pirate theme.

No clue why it features tassels. By 1958 or so, WGN was using an outside maker to supply them with pennants: G.B. Feld Co. I strongly suspect this may be why it features tassels. With that said, the other two WGN/Feld pennants I've come across featured a clear "FELD CO. CHI." mark on them; which this Pirate pennant lacks.

Come to think of it ... one of the WGN/Feld pennants I'm referring to had tassels and was monochrome. It's the SMU pennant featured at the very end of my WGN post.

So, most likely this Pirate pennant was made by Feld (for WGN?), and they just omitted their mark from the artwork.