Boston Braves pin question

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Posted By: Alan Elefson

Hi-
I recently acquired the Boston Braves pin scanned below and I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me with the following questions:
1. Who made it?
2. How old is it?
3. Is it part of a set where there is one per team? I got this from a flea market dealer who said he had about 50 more (7 or 8 different teams) in a can at home.
4. Value? That is, besides the 5.00 in nonsports cards in trade I gave to get this pin.
5. Any other information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com

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Posted By: jims

The pin in question is a circa 1950 american nut and chocolate pin. There are 16 different pins in the set. There are also 16 small pennants. I believe that each box of candy had one pin, one pennant and several pieces of candy. It is a very popular set and quite easy to complete.

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Posted By: Alan Elefson

Thank you Jims! I had no idea it was from a catlogued set, I just figured it was something obscure. I checked on Old Cardboard and it showed a year of 1935, but if these were issued at the same time as the player pennants from the same company, they would be 1950. If the year on Old Cardboard is incorrect, I am guessing the price is also incorrect (25.00 each), but I have no idea. If they sell for more than 5.00 each I might try to get the whole lot of them, depending on condition and bulk price.
Thanks again,
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Alan, if you can assemble a complete set at $5/pin you will be doing very well. Consider that each of these pins sells on ebay in the $10-$20 range...sometimes a bit more for the Brooklyn pin. I'd definitely go for it if I were you.

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Posted By: Alan Elefson

Dan-
Thank you very much! I am not sure if I will call him (and appear to eager) or wait until I see him at the flea market next weekend (supposedly he is bringing them in for me, but every one knows how that can turn out). Either way I am quite pleased with how I did at the flea market as I also bought a Mecca and a Hassan cigarette packs possible 1910 era (has the stamp, very similar to ones on Leon's website) very cheaply, as well as some nice valuable Boy Scout patches. I will post the cigarette packs after I do some more research to ensure they are period.
Sorry for the rambling and thanks again for the help.
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com

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Posted By: Al Simeone

Alan,
Dan is right its a fun little set to work on. They do come up on ebay often and if you can try and buy a nice lot of them 8-10 at a fair price. And set a limit of lets say 15-18 dollars each. You will prob. get them a bit cheaper. Being tin litho try to check for sctatches as that will make them alot cheaper. Good luck!

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Posted By: Fred Y

For those not completely familiar w/ this issue is it is generally recognized as 1950 American Nut & Chocolate, altho some use 1949 as a date also, and some have even listed it wrongly as a 1930's issue!

My set was put together back in the day as I ate the candy and I would definitely class it as 1950-51-ish!

Notice the Washington pin is Nationals & the pennant is Senators--That's the way they were produced.

The last pic on the pin page is a cutout from the front of a box--The pennants are 4" long & the pins are 1 1/8" around.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Great stuff...thanks for sharing Fred. I've always loved that Athletics Pin....it would fit nicely in my Lincoln Athletics collection simply because it doesn't say "Philadelphia" on it.

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Posted By: jim sexton

Here is the box the pennants and pins came in.

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Posted By: Fred Y

Hi Dan--

Wish I had a dupe of that A's pin for 'ya, but they DO show up on the 'Bay every so often.

Jim--

Is there an exact Company name & location on that box?? I hate to think how many I cut up to get the little pin picture circles !!!

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Posted By: jim sexton

Hi Fred, On the end flap of the box it says "American nut & choc Co., Boston, Mass."

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Posted By: Fred Y

Thanks Jim!

I had a chance to buy a box a couple of times, but it was too much $$!

I'm just as happy w/ the pins & pennants complete anyhow.

I saw a complete set at the recent Boston show--Dealer was asking $400 for it and it was only EX at best---Mine is much nicer! LOL!!

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I saw a box on ebay with the contents sale for less than $100 just in the last year.

edited because my reading comprehension sometimes sucks.