Hey, pennant guys

[Hankphenom]

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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!)

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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.

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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?

[Domer05]

Don't think so.

[thetahat]

So this falls into the “only I give a **** about it” category, but this relatively modern pennant has been so hard to find. I have seen maybe 2 or 3 in 25+ years of collecting, I had one and it has considerable wear. This is pristine. Only need the Expos to complete a 1969 set in cloth.

[thetahat]

Domer … consider the pennants below. The top one is “Epstein”, correct? What about the bottom?

The bottom pennant has features that are shared by many others. I suspect it’s a NYC company, the same one that made the ‘55 and ‘56 two-team WS pennants with the Dodger cap.

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Originally Posted by thetahat

So this falls into the “only I give a **** about it” category, but this relatively modern pennant has been so hard to find. I have seen maybe 2 or 3 in 25+ years of collecting, I had one and it has considerable wear. This is pristine. Only need the Expos to complete a 1969 set in cloth.

I get it.

The Giants with ball(s) orbiting the cap are rare, but I think there are many Phillies with this motif. Correct? So, is the rarity the cloth, the font or a combination of everything? Do all the cloth ones have the 1969 MLB mark? If so, could you please post the Giants….because I don’t have one with that mark. At this very moment, I’m too lazy to see if either of my two orbiting ball(s) pennants is cloth.