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Baseball Pennants
11 Lots
 Lot 192. 1930s Very Rare Brooklyn Dodgers Three-Quarter-Size Pennant. This colorful 8” x 25” pennant shows a game scene and the Ebbets Field grandstand at the left and says “Brooklyn Dodgers” in white at the right. Nice vg to vg-ex example with the tip slightly clipped or relatively significantly rounded, an unobtrusive 1” repair at the left and the stripe at the left apparently missing. Displays as very close to ex. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $113.
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 Lot 193. Brooklyn Dodgers Rare 1940s Pennant with the Bum Mascot Above Ebbets Field. Three-quarter-size 27” pennant in white on a blue-gray field. Vg to vg+ with the usual small tack holes, the tip clipped and a very slightly uneven bottom border at the left. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $127.
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 Lot 194. 1950s “Them Bums Brooklyn Dodgers National League Champs” Pennant. Very rare three-quarter-size 26 ½” pennant that uses at the left the same artwork employed in a 1930s Dodger pennant. It shows a game scene with the Ebbets Field grandstand in the background. Vg to vg+ with very slight rounding at the tip and stains around several of the usual tack holes. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $301.
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 Lot 195. Brooklyn (Bklyn.) Dodgers Rare 1950s Three-Quarter and Two Smaller Pennants. The 25 ½” pennant and an 11” pennant share artwork – at the left, a batter set against a baseball with a grandstand in the background and at the right, “Bklyn. Dodgers” in white, all on a red field. The larger pennant is g-vg with the stripe at the left missing, a slightly irregular border at the top left, two ¾” repairs and stains around several tack holes. The smaller version is g with two small tears. The other 1950s small pennant shows a Kelly-style Bum mascot and is vg to vg+ with the tip clipped. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $94.
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 Lot 196. Rare 1955-56 “World Champs B’klyn. Dodgers” Three-Quarter-Size Pennant. This 26” pennant shows Ebbets Field in color above crossed bats at the left, and the text, with “Brooklyn” abbreviated, is at the right. Vg to vg+ with a very slight tip clip, uneven fading in the blue field and stains around three tack holes. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $303.
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 Lot 197. Uncommon 1940s-50s Brooklyn Dodgers Small Vertical Pennant. This 5” x 10 ½” pennant shows a batter with “Brooklyn Dodgers” above on a purple field. Ex. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $187.
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 Lot 219. 6 Philadelphia Phillies Full-Sized Pennants from the 1940s-70s. The least common offering shows a 1940s right-handed batter with his bat lowered at the left and “Philadelphia Phillies” to the right. White type and images on a blue field, very slight tip clip, ex to ex+. A 1960s example, white on black, shows a Pilgrim-like batter at the left and a baseball player to the right. The pennant has a small chip along the bottom at the right and a couple of pin holes in the vertical strip; otherwise, ex. Three pennants have the logo with a baseball orbiting a cap and say “Phillies.” A red on white example is ex, a white on red example fair with two holes, and a red and black on white pennant, vg with several small stains. A 1976 Philadelphia Bicentennial pennant shows Veterans Stadium and has logos for the Phillies and the Eagles. Ex-m+ to nm.
Winning Bid $168.
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 Lot 220. Extremely Rare 1950 Baseball All-Star Game Full-Size Pennant. White and yellow text and graphics on a green field list members of the National and American League teams and depict Comiskey Park. Among the players listed on this 29” pennant without tassels are Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, Ralph Kiner, Roy Campanella and Pee Wee Reese for the N.L. and Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Larry Berra, Ted Williams and Larry Doby for the A.L. Ex-m with two tack holes showing. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $390.
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 Lot 221. Extremely Rare 1951 Baseball All-Star Game Large Pennant. Beautiful, colorful 26 ½” pennant plus 3 ¾” of tassels showing Briggs Stadium and the seal of Detroit and listing players for the National and American Leagues. Ex-m with slight fraying at the tip and tack holes showing only on the tassels. The pennant is printed in yellow, red and light blue on a blue field. Among the players listed are Richie Ashburn, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Ralph Kiner, Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, Enos Slaughter and Warren Spahn for the N.L. and Larry Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Nelson Fox, George Kell, Bob Lemon and Ted Williams for the A.L. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $472.
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 Lot 222. Early 1950s All-Star Game Pennants for the National and American Leagues. Two pennants, each about 26 ½” long and ex-m to nm with very slight tip fraying and two tack holes in each. On a red field, one pennant says in white “National League All Stars” and, inside baseballs, “Phillies, Cinn., Cubs, Bums, Braves, Giants, Cards” and “Pitt.” The A.L. pennant is white on blue, and the teams listed are the “A’s, Yanks, Red Sox, Cleve., Wash., White Sox, Browns” and “Detroit.” Impressive display items. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $216.
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