Hey, pennant guys

[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…