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Lot # 1117: 19th Century & Early 1900s College Football Pennants & Tobacco Felt Banner Collection (41)

Category: Football

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 5 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Summer 2016 Catalog",
which ran from 5/17/2016 9:00 AM to
6/17/2016 9:00 PM



Rah! Rah! Sis Boom Bah! This vintage collection of 41 pennants and tobacco felt banners dates from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The pennants include: Harvard (8), Army (2), Princeton (2), Yale, Georgia Tech, California, Stanford, College All-Stars, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Navy, Virginia, Virginia Polytech, Tulane, TCU and Pennsylvania (hole in it). One Harvard has a detached right end about 2" long, while another has a hole in it (the square one). The small tobacco felt banners include: Princeton (3), Missouri (2), Chicago (2), Columbia, California, Ohio, Georgetown, Brown, Michigan and Indiana. There's a 1910s Harvard Fatima Cigarettes felt banner measuring 13x28" and a small 8" Bucknell pennant. The overall condition VG-EX, few worse, many better.

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