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19 Pennants Representing the Washington Senators and Other D.C. Area Baseball.
Lot 338. 19 Pennants Representing the Washington Senators and Other D.C. Area Baseball. The oldest pennant, apparently from the 1940s, has an abstract representation of a runner sliding into a base as the ball is about to arrive in the fielder’s glove. The graphic intersects “Washington Senators” text. The printed area of this white-on-blue 10” x 25” pennant displays as vg+. The tip is frayed and has a tack hole, and there are several holes in the red vertical strip at the left. The blue field below the strip remains intact. Another vintage Senators pennant, 11 ½” x 29”, is from 1957-60. Printed in white, pink and grey on a blue field, it features a politician Senator as a left-handed pitcher and “Washington Senators” to the right. Ex. A pennant dated 1964 has a 5” x 7” color team photo with “The Senators” in red and blue on a white field. The photo is ex, while the pennant is g. Five late 1960s-71 full-sized pennants, all white on red, have a logo with a pitcher in the foreground, the Capitol behind him, and “The Senators” above. In one case, the pitcher is multi-colored. All say “Washington Senators” to the right. Three of these pennants have the MLB logo, are dated 1969 and are on soft felt. The pennant with the multi-colored pitcher is nm, while the two others are g-vg. Two of these five pennants are on stiff felt and grade nm. Another full-sized pennant with a similar design is printed in red and blue on white, g+. Two 3 ¾” x 8 3/3” pennants, printed in white on blue, have the same logo. Ex. Another smaller pennant, 5” x 12” and white on red, has the Capitol to the left and “Washington Senators” to the right, nm. One full-sized pennant is from the Alexandria (VA) Dukes, an entry in the Class A Carolina League in 1978 and 1980-83. The Dukes were the first professional team in the D.C. area following the relocation of the Senators to Texas in 1972. Very scarce g. pennant. Six pennants are from the Cracker Jack Old Timers Baseball Classic. Two 9” x 21 ½” pennants, one with a red background and the other with blue field, list participants in the 1982 game. One is ex, and the other vg with a clipped tip The full-sized pennants are for 1982 g-vg, 1983 vg-ex, 1984 (light stain, otherwise) nm and 1986 ex+ with two stains.
Winning Bid $102.
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