| 1917 Charles
Comiskey White Sox Pennant. One
of the rarest of all baseball
pennants, this black felt pennant features
a perfect likeness of White Sox owner Charles Comiskey
and dates from the era of the Chicago White Sox 1917
World's Championship. To the right of his image,
lettered in white, is the team name
"Sox." These pennants were sold at Comiskey Park
just before the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919.
Common
flaws with pennants are missing ties, pin holes, frying,
creases, and "crackling" on the printing.
Sometimes people will trim down or "Doctor" a
pennant to rid it of the frying or other flaws like a
flat tip (point) Caused by being pinned up and ripped
off. Any of these flaws will degrade the pennant
significantly. A 'Doctored" pennants is a term used
to describe a pennant that has been altered to cover up
a flaw. This practice is frowned upon among the
collecting community, and a Doctored pennant could sell
for less than a pennant with the flaws it was meant to
cover up.
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