Hey, pennant guys

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Collegiate of Ames stuffed animals! Everyone knows they made amazing pennants...but the original Beanie Babies?

Talk about it...

Or maybe not....

I’ll bite. I like these stuffed guys. Here is "Leapin’ Lena” and “Lil Fritz", c1950.

[vintagesportscollector]

Cornell had displayed in one of the libraries, briefly, different Class mascots. Each class would have a different mascot. These aren’t Collegiate Ames, although some maybe, but still very cool. The Penguin is Class of ’36, the Elephant ’26, the Turtle is an Ames Personality Pet - Class ’49, the Teddy Bear is actually ’08. Followed by a Class of ’56 Horse.

[vintagesportscollector]

This is Dr. Joyce Brothers ’47 personality pet - Lil’ Herbie.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Cornell had displayed in one of the libraries, briefly, different Class mascots. Each class would have a different mascot. These aren’t Collegiate Ames, although some maybe, but still very cool. The Penguin is Class of ’36, the Elephant ’26, the Turtle is an Ames Personality Pet - Class ’49, the Teddy Bear is actually ’08. Followed by a Class of ’56 Horse.

Love these!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

I’ll bite. I like these stuffed guys. Here is "Leapin’ Lena” and “Lil Fritz", c1950.

So cute!

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

I’ll bite. I like these stuffed guys. Here is "Leapin’ Lena” and “Lil Fritz", c1950.

Really cool...I know Kyle alludes to these in his COA article but had never come across any. The old ones are especially cool. I wonder how many survivors are out there.

[perezfan]

LOVE these! The Horse, Elephant, Turtle, and especially the Penguin are awesome!

Would be so fun to try hunting these down... if only I was younger. Great stuff, Joe and Rob!

[bocca001]

Couldn't pass this up, even with the missing bottom tassels. The graphics colors were just too good and the seller was willing to negotiate. For some reason, it seems like about 90% of the copies of this pennant are red. I now have red, purple, and black. Would like to find blue next.

[perezfan]

One of the absolute classics of the mid-century. Great pickup, Marc!

[John1941]

Just wanted to say: I neither collect pennants nor plan on doing so, but I love reading this thread. So much cool stuff.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

One of the absolute classics of the mid-century. Great pickup, Marc!

Agreed...but the missing tassel must have given you a little shudder, Mark.

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Agreed...but the missing tassel must have given you a little shudder, Mark.

I’ll add that only missing bottom tassels looks way better than only missing top tassels.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Agreed...but the missing tassel must have given you a little shudder, Mark.

Yes indeed.... but so typical of Trench pennants. Best artwork of the Golden Era bar none... but their seamstress was (for some reason) adverse to sewing the spine all the way down to the bottom.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Agreed...but the missing tassel must have given you a little shudder, Mark.

That pennant is 10 seconds away from perfection.

No missing tassels > missing bottom tassels

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Couldn't pass this up, even with the missing bottom tassels. The graphics colors were just too good and the seller was willing to negotiate. For some reason, it seems like about 90% of the copies of this pennant are red. I now have red, purple, and black. Would like to find blue next.

At the risk of being shunned, could you cut one of the tassels and reattach it to the bottom so that it’s visually more appealing?

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

At the risk of being shunned, could you cut one of the tassels and reattach it to the bottom so that it’s visually more appealing?

Careful...I can sense blood pressures spiking.

To me...4 or 0 are the only right answers. If you're going to perform a tasselectomy, you might as well just take the two off. However, on a 50s trench pennant that always came with tassels and has an endless supply of era appropriate donor tassels, I'd recommend an augmentation tasselplasty.

To each his own...Feel free to get a second opinion.

[bocca001]

Yeah, I'm going to try to match them as well as I can. No rush. I know we all have our own pennant characteristics that do or do not drive us crazy. For me the ones that bother me are (in order):

1) flaking paint graphics
2) missing tassels
3) bug damage to the spine
4) bleeding to the spine

If the graphics are flaking, I just can't buy it (unless maybe is is super rare and the price is very low). For the other three, I either need to wait for a decent example or I'm willing to buy a damaged example for an appropriately low price and repair it a bit. They are for me to display. If a pennant is very rare or very valuable, I would not repair it. But most of my pennants don't fall into that category.