Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Really cool, Gary. Wonder if these are the exact ones Greg had on his pool table?

Looks like the phots say Sports Specialities. Isn't that the name that goes with the concessionaire baseball logo (with the ss pattern for the ball stitches)? Or maybe that is a coincidence. Looks like the big pennants were used as displays to help sell the smaller stuff. Any other info about where the photos came from?

Four of my six have grommets.

I’m really intrigued by these and Gary just unlocked a bit of the mystery. Amazing how scarce these are.

Also it appears that the pack of the photos read “Sports Personalities”. These are definitely large versions of the ASCOs. Unfortunately no Pilots or Brewers to pin down the year.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Four of my six have grommets.

Also it appears that the pack of the photos read “Sports Personalities”.

Yes, it does say Sports Personalities. I wonder if it was a dinner for local athletes?

I can make out the following info on the back of the photos

Edited Sports Personalities
27670 Groesbeck Highway
Roseville, Michigan 48066

I've found a listing for a slide that proports to be from Edited Sports Personalities (Roseville, MI) https://www.ebay.com/itm/201304051653
I've also found a site that lists postcards printed by Edited Sports Personalities https://www.cardcow.com/search3.php?...0Personalities The address on the post card reads "Groespeck Hwy" but I'm guessing it was a typo???

I think we know the company on the back of the photos. I haven't been able to find any more info about them though.

[perezfan]

Looks like the Red Sox Pennants (Lots 17 and 18) went for $4K and $5K respectively. I'm assuming those prices were before the 18% BP was applied.

So $4,720 and $5,900... pretty strong prices for an obscure Auction House!

https://auctions.ejsauction.com/auct...GNY#F474D8393C

[Hankphenom]

[QUOTE=perezfan;2486010
So $4,720 and $5,900... pretty strong prices for an obscure Auction House!
[/QUOTE] And considering how far below most of their other results missed from the estimates (which they might think about bagging altogether if they can't do better than that!)

[ooo-ribay]

Obviously, the same company did these two picture pennants. My Giants has the WC, which Kyle identified as West Coast Concessionaires. Now, please refresh my (faltering) memory...was WC just a distributor, but not a maker? And both my Giants have the "cartoon font," which dates back to some Giants Seals Stadium pennants. So, are both the catoon font (and the USC pennant) by the same maker or did the picture pennant maker "borrow" that font? I get so confused!

[Domer05]

As far as I can tell, "WC" (West Coast Novelty) was just a a bay area concessionaire. From all the Giants and Golden Bears pennants I've seen bearing their mark, I'm confident Trench was the actual manufacturer.

This USC pennant was probably made by Trench. As it lacks the WC concessionaire's mark, it was probably purchased in southern California--not at Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Domer05

As far as I can tell, "WC" (West Coast Novelty) was just a a bay area concessionaire. From all the Giants and Golden Bears pennants I've seen bearing their mark, I'm confident Trench was the actual manufacturer.

This USC pennant was probably made by Trench. As it lacks the WC concessionaire's mark, it was probably purchased in southern California--not at Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium.

Gotcha. Did ANY other team get the cartoon, bubble font?