Today's Estate Auction Find -Pinbacks

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

My brother was at an auction today and called me up to tell me there was a box filled with pinbacks that had a few baseball. We split the box - he got all of the Pep pins -about 50 of them and I got the baseball.



Anyone know what set the Yankee pin is from?

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Posted By: jims

the Yankees pin is from the American Nut and Chocolate set of 16 teams around 1950. Each box of double play candy had a pin and a small pennant along with the candy.

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Posted By: scgaynor

I have never seen the 2nd one before, but there was a find of the Cubs Junior Boosters pins. While they are vintage, they always turn up in Mint condition.

Scott

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Thanks fellas....the second one has a companion piece for the Chicago Cubs. They are listed in Muchinsky's book. Can I assume it's from 1959-60? Was 1959 the only year the Sox were nicknamed the Go Go Sox? As for the Yankee pin I always thought the American Nut and Caramel pins were the same size as the Guys Potato Chip pins. This one is bigger than those. And I figured out that the Cubs Junior Booster pin must not be that hard to find with a quick ebay search. Looks like they go pretty cheaply.

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Posted By: scgaynor

The American Nut and Chocolates are bigger than Guys Potato Chips.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

They are pretty common on ebay, but they are not common to my area so they must not have been distributed around here. This is the first one I have ever found.