Show your Pre War Pins & Buttons-any sport

[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!