Pennant Collectors...How are they shipped?

[keithsky]

Anytime I won a pennant in an auction or on Ebay I always ask the seller to please ship flat in between 2 pieces of cardboard. They usually have high enough shipping costs anyway so it does cover the cost. If they aren't willing to do that I don't buy it. One time I got one rolled up in a tube which came ok. The worst was some idiot that folded it 3 times and stuck it in a 8x10 bubble envelope

[Rob D.]

Rolling vintage pennants -- even loosely rolling them -- and shipping them in a tube or box is a bad idea. More often than not the printing suffers cracking during the process. Shipping flat between two heavy, oversized pieces of cardboard is the only way to go.

[cbcbcb]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Rolling vintage pennants -- even loosely rolling them -- and shipping them in a tube or box is a bad idea. More often than not the printing suffers cracking during the process. Shipping flat between two heavy, oversized pieces of cardboard is the only way to go.

Do you tape the edges of the boxes together? I would be concerned that the felt could get stuck to the tape, but maybe that is too nitpicky and improbable.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by cbcbcb

Do you tape the edges of the boxes together? I would be concerned that the felt could get stuck to the tape, but maybe that is too nitpicky and improbable.

I place the pennant in a plastic sleeve, then place it between two heavy pieces of cardboard, securing it with a few small pieces of masking tape. Then I tape the corners of the cardboard together. I place that package between two larger pieces of cardboard and tape all of the edges with packing tape. It might seem like overkill, but I've received enough damaged pennants that it's worth it.

[perezfan]

A picture is worth a thousand words. Below is a properly packed pennant. The plastic sleeve should be taped to the cardboard so it doesn't move around, and the box should be sealed + marked "Do Not Bend".

Here you go... not much left to be said, as I think we've now beaten this to death.

[Kodi]

Hey you may feel that the topic was beaten to death, but better that, than someone who has little knowledge of these things (like ME!) killing an excellent pennant that has lived a good life for 50 years or more!

Thank you for the very detailed instructions!

[vintagesportflips]

I should clarify what I said about rolling pennants to ship. The only pennants that I would ever do this with are circa 1910 to 1920 pennants that have sewn on lettering, etc. Anything with embossed or painted on graphics, I would never roll. I really don't see rolling sewn on lettered pennants as hurting them at all. I would never fold them in half, or anything like that. I was probably too vague when I said roll all vintage pennants though, that was not true at all.
I have received far too many pennants folded in half and inserted into a manilla envelope.
With all that said, shipping flat is obviously the best option regardless of the type of pennant.