Hey, pennant guys

[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.

[ooo-ribay]

Wow! Our pennant thread has been dormant for 11 days. Much too long.

I just picked up this pennant with gold graphics. Would we guess this is AdFlag?

[ooo-ribay]

When I got the above pennant, I proudly told fellow Giants collector Bocca that I had found a "variation." He said "duh" (not really) and sent me a pic of all the colors he has. I had always thought it only came with orange graphics. At least I now know there are some affordable pennants out there that I can look for. On a related note, Bocca and I have never seen the orange "felt" version in anything other than stiff "felt" and crappy, less detailed graphics. These remind me of the Polo Grounds pennants I see from time to time. I don't really think these are meant to deceive. Maybe just a later printing by a different maker? BTW, the orange Polo Grounds is available on ebay for the bargain price of $125.

[bocca001]

Nice, Rob. Looks like the spines got switched on your two pennants : )

Looking for these variations keeps me entertained and I pick them up every so often when the price is right.

The orange with orange spine is particularly bad with respect to quality control. Really bad cuts. They seem hastily made. I picked up this new (to me) one a few weeks ago. The cut is ok, but the pennant material is bunched near the spine.