Show your Pre War Pins & Buttons-any sport

[olsport]

I just got a picture of my laminated, but unused 1890-1900? sheet of 3 second baseman pins. Please post pics of any pre war pins or buttons from any sport. Thanks!

[sayhey24]

I've shown some of these before, but here goes:

[sayhey24]

A few more:

[sayhey24]

Some displays:

[dwr11]

Awesome collection sayhey24! Thanks for sharing. I noticed in one of the photos you had a couple of 1969 player buttons (the ones that are red and white with stars). Do you have any Minnesota Twins players from this series? If so, I would love to see them.

[Rob D.]

 

[vwtdi]

Has anyone seen one of these?

[sayhey24]

dwr11 -- I don't have any of those Twins pins, although I'm a big Tony Oliva fan an would like to have his.

Keith -- that Cobb looks kind of like an image from a P2 pin.

A couple more photos:

[Dave4Reds]

sayhey24 - great collection. let me know if you ever want to get rid of the Noodles Hahn pin.

[calvindog]

A nice Drum pin

[the-illini]

Cameo Pepsin Buck Ewing - graded a PSA 6...

[tlwise12]

My contribution:

[Boomer]

SayHey
Will not show my pins after seeing yours. Very Nice!

[batsballsbases]

Sayhey24 you have some very nice items. Love looking at the cameo pepsins. Here are a few as time permits I will post more.

[Scott Garner]

Al,
I love the Walter Johnson 1924 button. I've never seen that before. Very nice!!

[abroome]

This 1913 Univ. of Chattanooga once had a ribbon attached. I have seen this original photo which resides in the UTC library now, I think.

[smokelessjoe]

Posted these before... Picked them all up in one lot. Its hard to scan these and some of them certainly look better in person.

[smokelessjoe]

More....

[smokelessjoe]

Last one... Wish these were in better condition!

[batsballsbases]

Hi Scott,
Yes a very rare pin. Actually I was the proud owner of 2 of those pins and just finished a rather big trade for one.

[batsballsbases]

Both side by side

[sayhey24]

So many cool pins -- I too love the Johnson Pennant Winners.
Boomer, there's no such thing as a bad baseball pinback, so please post away.

Greg

[batsballsbases]

Greg,
I also have that Fred Hoey Day pin. Funny it has the same tassle on it.
Here is a rare Wagner pin.

[Tigerden]

Sorry, the 1945 World Series pin is not pre-war, but still a great pin.

[ctownboy]

Here are the few pins I own.

[bcbgcbrcb]

There aren't too many collectibles picturing this guy.........

[mjkm90]

[olsport]

Already posted this in it's own thread, but here it is again.

[Scott Garner]

Wow guys, these posts on vintage buttons have been absolutely stunning. Congrats on all of your amazing collections!!

[rc4157]

OK - Dave4Reds, I'm seriously jealous of your pin collection. Nice!
Here are my 2.
RC

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

So many cool pins -- I too love the Johnson Pennant Winners.
Boomer, there's no such thing as a bad baseball pinback, so please post away.

Greg

Greg,
Approximately what year is the nice Feller button from? I was guessing around 1940...

[stone193]

[Dave4Reds]

Thanks rc4157, but it's no match to a lot of the collections I've seen on here. The big difference is I just focus on the Reds.

Do these pins count as pre-war? They're from before we entered the war...

[cincicards]

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[Dave4Reds]

here's a few more...

[perezfan]

Gotta love those non-sanctioned logos! That Cubs is really cool (as are the Pirates and A's) Great posts!

[sayhey24]

Scott -- Yes, I think the Bob Feller pin is 40s vintage.

Al -- Here is an original sheet of what I guess would be called printer's proofs for pins -- on there are several baseball pins including one with the same photo as your 1924 Walter Johnson, but I think made for a different version with a facsimile autograph and no pennant winners graphics.

Greg

[sayhey24]

Another pin display.

[batsballsbases]

Greg,
That printers proof paper looks intresting. I have the smaller johnson pin and put them here side by side. The large johnson has no back paper and from the few that I know are out there the others dont either. My second one had no paper also. I do know of one that came with a very nice ribbon also . The smaller Johnson has a back paper and says James Spencer & Company Badges Buttons. 22 N. sixth st Philadelphia. This might help you on the printers proof paper. Does it say who was the maker of any of the pins anywhere on the paper? Nice intresting item thanks for sharing!!!

[sayhey24]

Al,

No indication on paper of the name of the company, but many of the pinbacks have a Baltimore theme, including quite a few pins for Baltimore Mayor William Broening.

Greg

[batsballsbases]

Posting these for a good friend of mine. Pin collecting at its best!

[perezfan]

Wow.... speechless after seeing those. Looks like your friend is a condition freak as well. I don't see any rust, foxing, frayed ribbons, etc.

Makes me wish that I pursued Pinbacks harder, back in the day! That 1934 Tigers Pin with the Figural Tiger is simply awesome. Is that a one-of-a-kind, or do those actually turn up every now and then? Would love to see some close-ups if at all possible.

Thanks, Al, for posting that amazing collection!

[batsballsbases]

Hi Mark,
Yes the collection is in great shape! He is an old time collector. Here are a few close ups! Al

[GrayGhost]

looking at those pins reminds me of why this is still the greatest hobby in the world.

[sayhey24]

Great stuff Al -- any chance of seeing a closup of the bottom right corner of the first display case you showed -- I can't tell what the second pin in from the bottom right is (just to the left and below the Connie Mack pin with ribbon) -- it's a portrait of someone.

The displays themselves are very impressive -- I have my pins spread out all over my baseball room -- i think there's something a little more stunning when you group them all together like that.

I've always wondered why pins aren't more popular -- take the Walter Johnson pins that Al showed before, or the amazing pins we've seen in a few photos now of Maranville and Hornsby.
How many T206 Johnson cards exist compared to those Johnson pins (there must be thousands more cards). You could make the same comparison between the Maranville Cracker Jack card and those two pinbacks, and Hornsby Goudey compared to his pinbacks. Plus the pins just look really cool!

Greg

[perezfan]

Memorabilia is still so under-rated when compared to cards. There was a thread on the other (card) side of the board, in which a few people were actually comparing the rarity and desirability of a Ty Cobb Game-used Bat to his T206 Card. They also commented that a Cobb game-used bat carries little to no historical significance. I guess they think a small cardboard picture of Cobb is more significant than a Bat that he actually wielded.

I know this is way off-topic, but the number of Cobb T206 cards outnumbers his game-used bats by at least 100 - 1. Same can be said for so many other facets of baseball memorabilia, including these magnificent Pins. Thanks for posting the close-ups... salivating even more now!

[CobbvLajoie1910]

My VERY meager contribution.

To add:

Al, your friends collection of P2s, et. al. might be my favorite display piece I have seen on Net54 in a LOOOOONG while.

Nothing better than a good pinback thread!

Best,

[batsballsbases]

Thanks Guys yes its a very impressive collection. Greg the pin is a boston celtics junior booster pin. I cant read the name (gets to distorted when I blow it up.) But I think its Bob Cousey. I will try and get my friend to send me some more closeups. But I can tell you that Its a very strong condition collection. He was very happy that I put the pics up for all to see.

[batsballsbases]

I wanted to post these since I really never get a chance to show them and I figured this is a good spot for them. 3 Pocket mirrors. The Frank Baker being the most recent addition . Came out of an estate in Reading Pa. Where it survived almost un touched for 100 years. Irony is it was made by the keystone badge co. Reading Pa. It is the nicest one I had ever seen.