1970s baseball pinbacks

[Cliff Bowman]

Someone got a wonderful early Christmas present on this $15 eBay Buy-It-Now . I don't know how many times over the years on eBay I have seen an uninformed seller lose big money on a way too low Buy-It-Now or if someone who knows what the item is really worth gives them a lowball offer and they take it. I admit that I have taken advantage of both when I have had the opportunity so I guess I can't complain.

[bocca001]

Not sure if you guys have discussed this or not, but the mark on the back of this pin indicates that it was made by ASCO (who also made pennants, and is discussed in the pennant blog below).

https://pennantfever.weebly.com

[thansen30]

That ASCO clue is the first progress we've had towards tracking down the origins. But, that mark only appears on the large, glossy versions--there are no markings at all on the smaller pins. Makes me think the small ones were released in 1971 (not by ASCO) and the larger pins reproduced and released by ASCO later . . .

[Cliff Bowman]

I figured that there was more than likely a 1971 Johnny Callison Cubs pin in this set, and while searching vintage Cubs pins on Google I stumbled upon Heritage Auctions Past Sales and found a couple of interesting scans. I also found a previously unknown (to me anyway) Randy Hundley 1973 black box pin, but that belongs in the other pins thread.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I figured that there was more than likely a 1971 Johnny Callison Cubs pin in this set, and while searching vintage Cubs pins on Google I stumbled upon Heritage Auctions Past Sales and found a couple of interesting scans. I also found a previously unknown (to me anyway) Randy Hundley 1973 black box pin, but that belongs in the other pins thread.

Great find, Cliff. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who wastes time with memorabilia searches on Google. What did that huge lot go for?

A's - Blue

Brewers - Bristol, Harper, Hogan, Joss, Koslo, Lockwood, May, Pattin, Saunders, Walton.

Cubs - Banks, Beckert, Callison, Hands, Hundley, Jenkins, Kessinger, Ortiz, Pappas, Pepitone, Popovich, Santo, Williams.

Dodgers - Allen

Giants - Mays (incl. Friars Club variations), Perry(?).

Mets - Seaver.

Orioles - Palmer, Powell, B. Robinson, F. Robinson.

Pirates - Clemente (Hernandez and Oceak photo proofs seen, but not actual pins).

Reds - (Bench and Rose photo proofs seen, but not actual pins)

Red Sox - Aparicio, B. Conigliaro, Culp, Griffin, Josephson, Kennedy, Petrocelli, Scott, Yaz.

Senators - McClain, Howard(?).

White Sox - Richard

Looks like 43 known, with Howard and Perry rumored. Size, pose, finish and/or whether they have the facsimile autograph can vary.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great find, Cliff. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who wastes time with memorabilia searches on Google. What did that huge lot go for?

Each scan was a separate lot, both lots were won back in April 2012 on Heritage, the cooler lot with this Callison pin went for $227 with BP and the other lot went for $179 with BP. Whenever I have looked at past sales of cool items from auction houses before I would often be shocked at how little they went for, I always believed they would have gone much higher if they were on eBay because there would be many more interested eyes on them. I'm sure that I have missed out on many rare underpriced items that I need over the years from these auction houses because I had no idea they were available and I am not signed up with any auction houses.

[ooo-ribay]

Gotta think there was “break value” in both those lots.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Someone got a wonderful early Christmas present on this $15 eBay Buy-It-Now . I don't know how many times over the years on eBay I have seen an uninformed seller lose big money on a way too low Buy-It-Now or if someone who knows what the item is really worth gives them a lowball offer and they take it. I admit that I have taken advantage of both when I have had the opportunity so I guess I can't complain.

Who is that? Jose Ortiz?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Who is that? Jose Ortiz?

Yes, worth 99 cents to most collectors but worth way more than that to a few.