I recently won a lot in the last Love of the Game auction of a complete set (sort of) of 1946-49 American Nut & Chocolate pennants.
Just wanted to share this most recent acquisition with you all. I placed a bid on this lot in the last Love of the Game auction and was pleasantly surprised it was enough to hold up over night after I went to bed.
I already had a handful of mini pennants in my collection but I didn't have any of these ones. This is basically a complete set of 16 pennants, one for each team in the majors at the time. There are five variations bringing the actual total to 21 pennants and I may pursue those others in time. But for now I'm content with the 16 I have.
The variations come in different color pennants, or a slightly different design for the team. The teams with variations are the Dodgers, White Sox, Reds, Giants and Browns. Trading Card Database (TCDb) has images of all the pennants except the Tigers variation, so I don't know what that one looks like.
Here are the 16 I picked up.
They measure 1 3/4" by 4". They came delivered from LOTG packaged in a couple really nice black frames with glass fronts and padding behind them ready for display. Great job packing them by the way. And very fast shipping.
American Nut & Chocolate produced pins for each team as well that were packaged in boxes of candy with the pennants. The treats were called Double Play and cost five cents a box.
Years later, the company produced another 22 pennant set that included white pennants with a line drawing of a player along with a facsimile auto. Those sets were sold for fifty cents back in 1950.
Here are examples of the original Double Play box, both types of pennants and the pins.
I hope you enjoyed my latest pick up. These are fun little pennants to collect and I'm hoping I eventually find some of the variations.
Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.
