Hey, pennant guys

[UKCardGuy]

Thanks guys.

I wasn't 100% sure about the Brooklyn pennant but I've not seen one before and couldn't find it anywhere so when I saw it in an auction I took a chance. Glad to see it paid off.

[Vintagedeputy]

Not really happy with how it was shipped but nonetheless, this beauty arrived today. I am not a Dodger fan per se, but you can’t go wrong with a vintage pennant that pictures the Dodger’s bum! I think that the creases will probably iron out.

The pennant guide says it’s very rare and it’s from when the Dodgers arrived in LA in 1958.

[perezfan]

Can’t believe they would ship it like that, but excellent pickup none the less. It’s a classic early LA Dodgers pennant, and their best one post-Brooklyn IMHO.

Just use a steam iron on medium-high heat from the reverse side only. Keep the iron moving, and not in one place for too long. Place the pennant face-down on a smooth clean surface prior to ironing… preferably plain white or beige, to ensure no color migration. The creases should come out just fine, but remember to apply just a little iron contact at a time, just to be safe.

Best of luck, and please show us the “before and after”.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Can’t believe they would ship it like that, but excellent pickup none the less. It’s a classic early LA Dodgers pennant, and their best one post-Brooklyn IMHO.

Just use a steam iron on medium-high heat from the reverse side only. Keep the iron moving, and not in one place for too long. Place the pennant face-down on a smooth clean surface prior to ironing… preferably plain white or beige, to ensure no color migration. The creases should come out just fine, but remember to apply just a little iron contact at a time, just to be safe.

Best of luck, and please show us the “before and after”.

Thanks for the advice!

Here’s how it arrived, sadly…

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Thanks for the advice! Here’s how it arrived, sadly…

The only way that's acceptable is if that's the way the seller found them, otherwise it's a travesty. I would guess those are "old creases." They look like that to my eyes, if that makes any sense, and I have a hard time imagining any seller pressing hard to fold a stiff pennant like that just to fit it into in a mailer. That would be stupid beyond belief. But, as we know, anything's possible.

[UKCardGuy]

I would follow Marc's recommendation and gently iron them out. I tend to put a cloth between the iron and the pennant for extra safety.

Here's a Dodgers WS pennant that arrived to me folded to hell like yours. A gentle steam ironing and voila.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

I would follow Marc's recommendation and gently iron them out. I tend to put a cloth between the iron and the pennant for extra safety.

Here's a Dodgers WS pennant that arrived to me folded to hell like yours. A gentle steam ironing and voila.

I’ll give the iron a try when I get moved in to my new place. This isn’t the first pennant that arrived all folded up from someone, so I have more to save.

In the shipper’s defense, they did take full responsibility for the way that it was packaged and told me that they have a disabled staff member who has been assisting them, and apparently didn’t understand the nature of it being a collectible and valuable item. They are looking at refunding me a portion of my purchase price.