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Lot # 250: Collection of Rare Felt Prison Pennants

Category: Exotica

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "June 2005",
which ran from 5/30/2005 12:00 AM to
6/26/2005 9:00 PM



Not just sports fans and college kids tacked pennants on their walls. Maybe Baby Face Nelson did, too. These rare felt pennants with the names of America's toughest "pens" -- which may have produced either a "team spirit" or a good laugh in the "hole" -- have never before been seen by us. Believed to be from the '40s or '50s, they include Devils Island (red/white with "devil" figure), Sing Sing (purple/gold with con holding "Please don't Disturb" sign), San Quentin (black/gold with "Rock Pile" drawing), and Alcatraz (green/white with ball-and-chained con). Three have the original owner's name (perhaps an inmate) and the Sing Sing pennant has a curious stamping reading "Hitler." Make of that what you will. All pennants EX.

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