Hey, pennant guys

[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.

[perezfan]

Are the ones with the muddied/less detailed graphics remakes? They sure look cheaper, and the stiff bunched up "felt" looks post-1970.

I know the Polo Grounds one is a remake... I'm asking about the orange ones with the people worshipping at the feet of the "Giant".

[bocca001]

Good question, Mark. Seems to me like that Giants pennant was made for years. Maybe the poorest made ones were just at the end of the line? Some do seem post MLB licensure, so not sure whether Adflag just keep making them anyway, or if some bootleg operation started making them.

Here is the orange version of the Astros (also rather rare), with similar quality issues. Also Adflag (if I remember correctly). So that makes me wonder if there was some bootleg maker out there with an affinity for Adflag designs? Or they just ended up with the screens? Or ???

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Are the ones with the muddied/less detailed graphics remakes? They sure look cheaper, and the stiff bunched up "felt" looks post-1970.

I know the Polo Grounds one is a remake... I'm asking about the orange ones with the people worshiping at the feet of the "Giant".

Since we have no oversized 1910's pennants to talk about, let's discuss these stiff orange things a little more..

First of all, is the original "crowd at feet" Giants pennant AdFlag? It kind of seems that way, but Kyle does not show it in his blog. I actually kind of like this pennant, with the adoring crowd of men, women and a kid. All it's missing is a dog! Kyle does show Marc's Astos pennant as being AdFlag.

Now, for the stiff orange things.. besides the orange "crowd at feet" and New York Giants "Giant in the Polo Grounds," there's also this one. It's a remake of a non-AdFlag (Trench?). This one is available for the bargain price of $99.99. These three are, obviouly, all Giants. Were they done with other teams/designs? I don't think AdFlag did them because Kyle says AdFlag was out of the sports pennant business in the mid 60s. These seem later.

Speaking of Kyle...I'm jonesing for some new content on Pennant Fever. I know he's busy but he teased an article on AMCO(?).