Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by edtiques

Thank you for your response. I know that you're very knowledgeable about pennants but that estimate seems kind of low to me. I don't think they ever produced pennants like this for retail sale.

I’m guessing that the resale merchant was to put a barcode sticker over the blank box. That’s what it looks like on another similar WS pennant that was sold at the Red Sox stadium store. But this being a modern pennant, even with what you claim renders it scarce, the question is how many collectors out there care about it enough to affect its value. My guess is few if any. Also I just noticed that this is a smaller pennant so I think $25 might be too high. If I’m mistaken I would certainly welcome any correction from the others.

[edtiques]

Originally Posted by thetahat

I’m guessing that the resale merchant was to put a barcode sticker over the blank box. That’s what it looks like on another similar WS pennant that was sold at the Red Sox stadium store. But this being a modern pennant, even with what you claim renders it scarce, the question is how many collectors out there care about it enough to affect its value. My guess is few if any. Also I just noticed that this is a smaller pennant so I think $25 might be too high. If I’m mistaken I would certainly welcome any correction from the others.

I see your point and I appreciate your reply. I wasn't saying that you were mistaken, I just imagined it being worth a lot more. You're right about it not being that much more valuable to most collectors though. It is a modern pennant (I've had it for 12-13 years) and it doesn't have the appeal like vintage pennants do.

[ooo-ribay]

I like the Winning Streak pennants and have 8-10 full size ones for the SF Giants. I don’t think the smaller ones have much value. Hell, the bigger ones aren’t valuable. That said, if this is indeed a prototype there might be a die hard Red Sox collector who would want it.

[perezfan]

Here's a similar 15" pennant for $9.99 or Best Offer....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125276073222


Here's one with the Bar Code Sticker placed over the spot that says "Bar Code". It is not a prototype... just a marker indicating where the retailer should price the item...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/39227465019...Cclp%3A2047675

[ooo-ribay]

I picked up an upgrade of this pennant. My other one had magic marker on it and a very funky, re-cut tip...but it did have tassels. This one clearly had its tassels cut off. Why do you all figure people did this? Tassels got trashed? People didn't like the tassels flopping, if the pennant was on the wall?

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I picked up an upgrade of this pennant. My other one had magic marker on it and a very funky, re-cut tip...but it did have tassels. This one clearly had its tassels cut off. Why do you all figure people did this? Tassels got trashed? People didn't like the tassels flopping, if the pennant was on the wall?

Well I would think that the tassels were damaged and the seller amputated them completely so that it might appear that it was made that way (without tassels). If we weren’t avid collectors, would we have any idea that this isn’t as it was originally?

I didn’t grow up buying pennants made with tassels, if I did there would be no way they’d still be intact. I still have my “originals” and they look like they endured a nuclear attack, with all the times I pulled them off and on my bedroom wall.

Cool pennant, very bright …

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I picked up an upgrade of this pennant. My other one had magic marker on it and a very funky, re-cut tip...but it did have tassels. This one clearly had its tassels cut off. Why do you all figure people did this? Tassels got trashed? People didn't like the tassels flopping, if the pennant was on the wall?

Congrats on the upgrade! That's a beauty, Rob.

Another reason the tassels may have been removed is for symmetry and overall appearance. I personally would rather have a pennant with both sets of tassels missing than just one set. My eyes are immediately drawn to the asymmetry if just one set of tassels is present. So I prefer the cleaner look of no tassels at all, and have been guilty of performing a "tasselectomy" or two.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Congrats on the upgrade! That's a beauty, Rob.

Another reason the tassels may have been removed is for symmetry and overall appearance. I personally would rather have a pennant with both sets of tassels missing than just one set. My eyes are immediately drawn to the asymmetry if just one set of tassels is present. So I prefer the cleaner look of no tassels at all, and have been guilty of performing a "tasselectomy" or two.

I can’t believe YOU would do that.

I may perform a reverse “tasselectomy” on this one.

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Congrats on the upgrade! That's a beauty, Rob.

Another reason the tassels may have been removed is for symmetry and overall appearance. I personally would rather have a pennant with both sets of tassels missing than just one set. My eyes are immediately drawn to the asymmetry if just one set of tassels is present. So I prefer the cleaner look of no tassels at all, and have been guilty of performing a "tasselectomy" or two.

I can deal with missing bottom tassels. But missing uppers with intact bottoms? NOOOOOOOO!

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Another reason the tassels may have been removed is for symmetry and overall appearance. I personally would rather have a pennant with both sets of tassels missing than just one set. My eyes are immediately drawn to the asymmetry if just one set of tassels is present. So I prefer the cleaner look of no tassels at all, and have been guilty of performing a "tasselectomy" or two.

The basic tassel rule 4 > 0 > 2

1960s tassels are more trouble than they're worth. If you have 4 nice ones great. But if even one gets that creased, broken, limp, dangly look it changes the entire aesthetic of the pennant. Then there's the super brittle, egg shell tassels that you could probably disintegrate just by looking at too long.

They make 60s pennants harder to store too because you need larger bins. Pre-60 tassels are soft and durable and can be tucked or bunched. With the 60s, I prefer to iron them flat and then agonize about anything touching them. I just did my annual pennant sort/audit and had one casualty. The horror of picking up a stack of pennants and seeing a chunk of red tassel on the floor left behind.