a pin anyone?

[Leon]

Having just received this in the mail today I was thinking we haven't seen a pin thread in a while.

[GrayGhost]

Wow, Super pin.

[baseballart]

Nice penny! (ok, I must admit that Matty is kinda cool too)

[Rob D.]

I'm thinking that press pins qualify for this thread. Although the popularity of these collectibles has fallen off since their heyday a decade or so ago, I still like them.

The one on the left is the pin that the Indians issued for the 1954 World Series. The next two are really tough prototypes that came from the estate of a former Balfour executive.

[Rob D.]

One more that I've always liked:

[perezfan]

Here are a few that I've always thought were pretty cool (in different ways, of course). Pins really serve to paint a visual picture of what each era of baseball was like....

1912 Redland Field- Cincinnati

1913 Athletics Composite

1929 Cubs Team

Press Pins (1929 A's, 1939/40 Reds, 1938 Yankees, 1948 Braves, 1956 Dodgers, 1948 Indians)

1939/40s Reds

[khkco4bls]

guys, a jackie robinson pin display, with a extremely rare jackie pin. also a couple of other pins attached. can anyone tell me anything about the dimaggio pin. thanks

[andypcl]

Hi Al,

I just saw the last line of one of your posts. Great pins as usual. I was going to put together one pic of a fifty or so buttons but I just don't have the energy right now. Eventually, I'm going to do that so that I can do a framed picture to hang up in my newly decorated garage.

I've got a pretty nice collection of buttons at this point but thought I'd post a few that, while not Baseball, are pretty cool ones that don't turn up too often. Here's one that I really like from the 32' L.A. Olympics. It has fantastic orange color that doesn't show as well in the photo but I found it about 5 years ago in a antique store in a little town near Hearst Castle. An added benefit to a short vacation.

The Knute Rockne kinda speaks for itself - a coaches conference in 1939 that honored him for his 50 years in football. I'll follow up with a few more a little later.

[slidekellyslide]

Great pins everyone....mine are too boring to post so I won't, but I'd like to add that if I didn't focus on Nebraska related item I think baseball pinbacks would be what I would collect.

edited to add that I'd love to see that old Husker pinback of yours Andy.

[andypcl]

Hi Dan,

Here it is. Maybe you could refresh my memory about who the fellow on the right is. Also, thanks again for the Omaha Booster button you sent my way a while back. It cleaned up pretty nice. I added a few more for you.

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks Andy! That's William N. Johnson who played 'End' on the offensive line. Thanks for showing those other pins...I see the Stadium builder pin every once in a while at the local antique stores and such, but I've never seen the football with the "N" pin before.

[andypcl]

thanks Dan, I'll copy that pic and keep it for reference.

[MK]

Some Cub pins.

[slidekellyslide]

Very nice first post MK! What are those black and white pins in the upper right corner?

[MK]

Those are the American Badge Co pins from the 1930's. All 22 of them.

[andypcl]

Just realized I called my Stagg button "Rockne" - I musta been tired that day!