Show your Pre War Pins & Buttons-any sport
 

I just got a picture of my laminated, but unused 1890-1900? sheet of 3 second baseman pins. Please post pics of any pre war pins or buttons from any sport. Thanks!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...uttonSheet.jpg

I've shown some of these before, but here goes:

A few more:

Some displays:

Awesome collection sayhey24! Thanks for sharing. I noticed in one of the photos you had a couple of 1969 player buttons (the ones that are red and white with stars). Do you have any Minnesota Twins players from this series? If so, I would love to see them.

 

Has anyone seen one of these?
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9.../cobb_pin1.jpghttp://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9.../cobb_pin2.jpg

dwr11 -- I don't have any of those Twins pins, although I'm a big Tony Oliva fan an would like to have his.

Keith -- that Cobb looks kind of like an image from a P2 pin.

A couple more photos:

sayhey24 - great collection. let me know if you ever want to get rid of the Noodles Hahn pin.:)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/3900143335/" title="1911 Diamond Gum Pins PE2 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/3900143335_1c46b4e24c_o.jpg" width="560" height="752" alt="1911 Diamond Gum Pins PE2" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/4011645598/" title="1924 Mrs. Sherlock's Bread PD3 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/4011645598_f08a572c8e_o.jpg" width="560" height="753" alt="1924 Mrs. Sherlock's Bread PD3" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/3900947488/" title="1911 Diamond Gum Pins PE2 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/3900947488_bd23a1bcf9_o.jpg" width="560" height="739" alt="1911 Diamond Gum Pins PE2" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/4343498977/" title="1904 Stenzel's Rooter Button by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4343498977_376138489e_o.jpg" width="1120" height="739" alt="1904 Stenzel's Rooter Button" /></a>

Drum Tobacco Pin
 

A nice Drum pin

Cameo Pepsin Buck Ewing - graded a PSA 6...

Heres my best
 

My contribution:

SayHey
Will not show my pins after seeing yours. Very Nice!

Pins
 

Sayhey24 you have some very nice items. Love looking at the cameo pepsins. Here are a few as time permits I will post more.

Walter Johnson 1924 button
 

Al,
I love the Walter Johnson 1924 button. I've never seen that before. Very nice!!

Early football pin
 

This 1913 Univ. of Chattanooga once had a ribbon attached. I have seen this original photo which resides in the UTC library now, I think.

http://www.andybroome.com/1913utc.jpg

Posted these before... Picked them all up in one lot. Its hard to scan these and some of them certainly look better in person.

More....

Last one... Wish these were in better condition!

Pins
 

Hi Scott,
Yes a very rare pin. Actually I was the proud owner of 2 of those pins and just finished a rather big trade for one.

Pins
 

Both side by side

So many cool pins -- I too love the Johnson Pennant Winners.
Boomer, there's no such thing as a bad baseball pinback, so please post away.

Greg

Pins
 

Greg,
I also have that Fred Hoey Day pin. Funny it has the same tassle on it.:eek:
Here is a rare Wagner pin.

Detroit Tigers Pins
 

Sorry, the 1945 World Series pin is not pre-war, but still a great pin.

Here are the few pins I own.

There aren't too many collectibles picturing this guy.........

Ty Cobb Fob
 

Already posted this in it's own thread, but here it is again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...idWatchFob.jpg

Vintage buttons
 

Wow guys, these posts on vintage buttons have been absolutely stunning. Congrats on all of your amazing collections!!

OK - Dave4Reds, I'm seriously jealous of your pin collection. Nice!
Here are my 2.
RC
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...eetCaporal.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...eetCaporal.jpg

Feller button
 

Greg,
Approximately what year is the nice Feller button from? I was guessing around 1940...

Babe Ruth pin
 

A Few More Reds Pins
 

Thanks rc4157, but it's no match to a lot of the collections I've seen on here. The big difference is I just focus on the Reds.

Do these pins count as pre-war? They're from before we entered the war...

Attachment 14631
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A few more...
 

here's a few more...

Gotta love those non-sanctioned logos! That Cubs is really cool (as are the Pirates and A's) Great posts!

Scott -- Yes, I think the Bob Feller pin is 40s vintage.

Al -- Here is an original sheet of what I guess would be called printer's proofs for pins -- on there are several baseball pins including one with the same photo as your 1924 Walter Johnson, but I think made for a different version with a facsimile autograph and no pennant winners graphics.

Greg

Another pin display.

Pins
 

Greg,
That printers proof paper looks intresting. I have the smaller johnson pin and put them here side by side. The large johnson has no back paper and from the few that I know are out there the others dont either. My second one had no paper also. I do know of one that came with a very nice ribbon also . The smaller Johnson has a back paper and says James Spencer & Company Badges Buttons. 22 N. sixth st Philadelphia. This might help you on the printers proof paper. Does it say who was the maker of any of the pins anywhere on the paper? Nice intresting item thanks for sharing!!!

Al,

No indication on paper of the name of the company, but many of the pinbacks have a Baltimore theme, including quite a few pins for Baltimore Mayor William Broening.

Greg

Pins Buttons
 

Posting these for a good friend of mine.:eek: Pin collecting at its best!

Wow.... speechless after seeing those. Looks like your friend is a condition freak as well. I don't see any rust, foxing, frayed ribbons, etc.

Makes me wish that I pursued Pinbacks harder, back in the day! That 1934 Tigers Pin with the Figural Tiger is simply awesome. Is that a one-of-a-kind, or do those actually turn up every now and then? Would love to see some close-ups if at all possible.

Thanks, Al, for posting that amazing collection!

Pins
 

Hi Mark,
Yes the collection is in great shape! He is an old time collector. Here are a few close ups! Al

looking at those pins reminds me of why this is still the greatest hobby in the world.

Great stuff Al -- any chance of seeing a closup of the bottom right corner of the first display case you showed -- I can't tell what the second pin in from the bottom right is (just to the left and below the Connie Mack pin with ribbon) -- it's a portrait of someone.

The displays themselves are very impressive -- I have my pins spread out all over my baseball room -- i think there's something a little more stunning when you group them all together like that.

I've always wondered why pins aren't more popular -- take the Walter Johnson pins that Al showed before, or the amazing pins we've seen in a few photos now of Maranville and Hornsby.
How many T206 Johnson cards exist compared to those Johnson pins (there must be thousands more cards). You could make the same comparison between the Maranville Cracker Jack card and those two pinbacks, and Hornsby Goudey compared to his pinbacks. Plus the pins just look really cool!

Greg

Memorabilia is still so under-rated when compared to cards. There was a thread on the other (card) side of the board, in which a few people were actually comparing the rarity and desirability of a Ty Cobb Game-used Bat to his T206 Card. They also commented that a Cobb game-used bat carries little to no historical significance. I guess they think a small cardboard picture of Cobb is more significant than a Bat that he actually wielded.

I know this is way off-topic, but the number of Cobb T206 cards outnumbers his game-used bats by at least 100 - 1. Same can be said for so many other facets of baseball memorabilia, including these magnificent Pins. Thanks for posting the close-ups... salivating even more now!

My VERY meager contribution.

To add:

Al, your friends collection of P2s, et. al. might be my favorite display piece I have seen on Net54 in a LOOOOONG while.

Nothing better than a good pinback thread!

Best,

pins
 

Thanks Guys yes its a very impressive collection. Greg the pin is a boston celtics junior booster pin. I cant read the name (gets to distorted when I blow it up.) But I think its Bob Cousey. I will try and get my friend to send me some more closeups. But I can tell you that Its a very strong condition collection. He was very happy that I put the pics up for all to see.

pins buttons
 

I wanted to post these since I really never get a chance to show them and I figured this is a good spot for them. 3 Pocket mirrors. The Frank Baker being the most recent addition . Came out of an estate in Reading Pa. Where it survived almost un touched for 100 years. Irony is it was made by the keystone badge co. Reading Pa. It is the nicest one I had ever seen.