This is truly a magnificent item. To me, the most interesting part is the reverse. There are images that have been made into both celluloid pins and mirrors. The construction process is different for each. The collet is the round piece on the reverse that holds the image, the celluloid cover, and a round metal disk (that is, what we see when we turn a pin over) together. As such, the collet holds all the parts in place. In a pin, the collet is not very thick or deep, just deep enough for a spring pin to be inserted for wearing the pin. With a mirror back, the collet must be thicker, as a glass mirror takes up more space than a spring pin. In production, the collet serves to crimp the mirror in place. But this item is beyond just a mirror. It also features a handle, which from my inspection of the photo, is not affixed to the collet, but appears to be an extension of the collet itself. From a construction standpoint, this "super collet" is extremely thick, thick enough to extend above the back rim of the mirror, and also double as a handle. Quite apart from its desirability as a baseball memento, it is extraordinary from a design standpoint. You would think after 100 years of use as a woman's pocket mirror placed in a handbag, being bumped and jostled, the handle part would have broken off by now. Many mirrors from that era are missing, severely cracked, or have lost some of the silvering on the reverse that produces the mirroring effect. This item seemingly retains its original features. As a baseball item, the "mirror with handle" does not enhance its value per se, but as a beautiful exemplar of a bygone manufacturing process, it is an extraordinarily wonderful specimen. If I had to assess its current value, I would start with the prevailing price of the pin version of this item, and then add whatever a collector wants to pay for this most unusual artistic expression.
Paul
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