Help with this Babe Ruth Pinback

[JoeTheBoss]

Hi Again,
I'm interested in purchasing this pin.
Can anybody give me some information regarding it an an opinion on price?
Thanks,
Arnold

[base_ball]

This is one of the many Babe Ruth "Quaker Oats" premiums. A Google search for "Babe Ruth Champions" and "Quaker Oats" will yield tons of info about your pin and many other products in this line. The good news is that your pin is somewhat less common and has probably not been reproduced over the years as have some of the other Ruth pins in this series. The other good news is that the pin is still fairly common and thus sells reasonably. $25 & up.

[JoeTheBoss]

Originally Posted by base_ball

This is one of the many Babe Ruth "Quaker Oats" premiums. A Google search for "Babe Ruth Champions" and "Quaker Oats" will yield tons of info about your pin and many other products in this line. The good news is that your pin is somewhat less common and has probably not been reproduced over the years as have some of the other Ruth pins in this series. The other good news is that the pin is still fairly common and thus sells reasonably. $25 & up.

I'm told that welds on the back of these pins are funky.
This pin is in premium or excellecnt condition with a funky weld on the back.
Does that make a difference?
Arnold

[base_ball]

I've handled a few of these and as far as I remember (pardon my lack of pin vocabulary) they all had the funky squeeze-the-eyelet mechanism that grasped onto the post mounted perpendicularly on the "medal."

[JoeTheBoss]

Originally Posted by base_ball

I've handled a few of these and as far as I remember (pardon my lack of pin vocabulary) they all had the funky squeeze-the-eyelet mechanism that grasped onto the post mounted perpendicularly on the "medal."

Joseph,
The one I'm interested in has a funky weld that even looks as if it was an afterthought.

I'm wondering if that's normal for the way these were produced.

[Oldtix]

Here's the back of the pins.