Hey, pennant guys

[Fballguy]

If any one has a time machine I can borrow for two weeks or so, I'm pretty sure I can get at least a 30,000% ROI on these. Will gladly compensate you with a 5% cut.

PS...How was shipping so much more efficient (two weeks?), not to mention free, in 1964?

[MK]

Not sure I had seen this pennant without the Frank Chance reference before.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by MK

Not sure I had seen this pennant without the Frank Chance reference before.

That's the one from yesterday's Memory Lane auction, right? The one from ML had 3 sets of tassels. The description had it at 37" x 13". Is that wider than the Frank Chance version?

It seemed a strong price considering that the fading.

On a separate note, I managed to win this Athletics pennant in the auction.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

That's the one from yesterday's Memory Lane auction, right? The one from ML had 3 sets of tassels. The description had it at 37" x 13". Is that wider than the Frank Chance version?

It seemed a strong price considering that the fading.

On a separate note, I managed to win this Athletics pennant in the auction.

Nice pickup! Size? Era? Very unusual font.

[perezfan]

Nice pickup Gary... very nifty embroidered Athletics pennant. Super stylish!

To answer your question, the "Frank Chance's Cubs" version came in 2 sizes... Oversized (like the Memory Lane example) and a version that's sized about mid-way between 3/4 and full size. I have the latter, pictured below.

My thought is that the "Frank Chance" version was sold around 1910-12. When Chance subsequently left the Cubs to manage the Yankees in 1913, Repco probably removed his name from the pennant. So I would guess that the Memory Lane example was manufactured around 1913-14.

[MK]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Nice pickup Gary... very nifty embroidered Athletics pennant. Super stylish!

To answer your question, the "Frank Chance's Cubs" version came in 2 sizes... Oversized (like the Memory Lane example) and a version that's sized about mid-way between 3/4 and full size. I have the latter, pictured below.

My thought is that the "Frank Chance" version was sold around 1910-12. When Chance subsequently left the Cubs to manage the Yankees in 1913, Repco probably removed his name from the pennant. So I would guess that the Memory Lane example was manufactured around 1913-14.

That makes sense Mark. Probably not as many without his name are out there.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Nice pickup! Size? Era? Very unusual font.

Thanks. It from the 1910s and is 20 inches long.

Thanks Mark for the info about the 2 RepCo Cubs pennants.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Did someone on here bid on this? There is no way this pennant is from 1938.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296927751925

[bocca001]

Wow, that really picked up at the end. The purple is the one that just sold for $1,200+. The Red one, which is clearly much older, is on Worthpoint. My gut reaction was that the purple was much newer, but I have to admit that I gave it a long questioning look. With things like this, I also always wonder why there are not more examples if it truly is a reproduced/modern version. Why bother to make it if you are going to make so few?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

If any one has a time machine I can borrow for two weeks or so, I'm pretty sure I can get at least a 30,000% ROI on these.

I wasn’t a math major, but your ciphering seems a bit off.

But I hear what you’re saying.

edit: the Google machine tells me “30,000 percent of .70” equals $210 so, yeah, you probably could.