Speaking of Vintage Pennants

[HiNeighbor]

Hey Guys,

Here are the two pennants I mentioned that I picked up last month. Finally got a camera to work to photograph them. Loved seeing those other two pennants in the other post. If you want to see crazy pennant prices, check out the Barry Halper auction catalogues (I'll have to look, they may even be in there, I don't know).

Anyway, here's the reason I have no allowance left for my baseball memorabilia fund.

Happy New Year guys.

Greg

[kjjavic]

Wow, beautiful pennants. That custom framing job would have really hurt my memoribilia budget, let alone the pennants.

[mjkm90]

Stunning pieces and displays Greg. Did you buy them from a fellow collector?

[HiNeighbor]

Hi Mike,

I did buy them from another BoSox collector. Great Guy. He actually put them in the frames. All I had to do is hang them on the walls. Good thing my wife is a huge Sox fan. Our bedroom is slowly but surely decorated in pre-1920s Red Sox. You can see our third pennant in my little picture next to HiNeighbor.

Greg

By the way, anybody out there know why I use "HiNeighbor"? Has to do with both my hobbies.

[mjkm90]

Well...I know you have an amazing beer collection Greg. Is it what I would say when I knock on your door to look at your collection while drinking beer with you? Either that or there is a beer manufacturer next to Fenway?

[HiNeighbor]

Hey Mike,

You're pretty much on the right track.

During the 1950s and into the 60s, the principle broadcaster for the Red Sox was Curt Gowdy. The principle sponsor for the broadcasts at that time was the Narragansett Brewing Company, one of the breweries my dad and I collect. The slogan of the brewery, repeated each and every broadcast by Mr. Gowdy, was "Hi Neighbor, Have a 'Gansett". It became one of the most well known slogans throughout New England.

Although Curt's era doesn't fit into my Sox collection, he's well represented in our Beer collection. Here are a few items we have. The fellow in the 1947 Braves/Sox schedule is actually Jim Britt who preceded Curt in the broadcast booth.

Sadly, as many of you know, we lost Curt just last year.

R.I.P. Mr. Gowdy

Greg

By the way. If you ever get to Rhode Island, Mike (or anyone else for that matter), my door is always open. Would love to share a cold one with you.

[slidekellyslide]

Did anyone happen to see all of the really nice early 1900s baseball pennants that an ebay seller had last month? I can't find a link anymore, but there were a bunch of early Red Sox, Giants, Athletics and other pennants. A few auctions ended early before the seller wised up and let the rest run. I think most of them went between $1,000-$3,000 each. Most of them I had never seen before. That was one lucky seller....I don't think they had a clue what they had value wise.

[mjkm90]

I do remember them Dan. As good as the ebay auctions were in November, they are stinking in January. I havn't seen many exciting items recently.

[slidekellyslide]

January has been very good to me....I was able to pick up an Nebraska Indians cabinet that I needed and was also able to land a copy of Guy Green's first book on the Indians - one that I was beginning to think was just an urban legend. I was also able to pick up a 1910 storefront window picture of Gimbel's dept store in Philly that I will take a better scan of and post here when I get it....it shows pictures of the 1910 Cubs and A's in their display.

[mjkm90]

Dan, I'm curious about your strong interest in the Nebraska Indians. Is there a story behind it?