1970s baseball pinbacks

[ooo-ribay]

I'm new today and don't know the etiquette of bumping 2 1/2 year old threads but I just asked about these pins in my second post. Perhaps someone knows something new from 2011? This is a strange bunch of pins without much rhyme or reason....

[thansen30]

ooo-ribay I've been searching for these pins for years. All i know for certain is they were unlicensed and sold outside the ballparks in 1971. I bought the Joe Pepitone Cubs pin on the street outside Wrigley Field from a vendor that year.
The Brewers displayed a "complete set of 10" at their fanfest a few years ago, confirming the year. I have pins from Cubs, A's, Giants, Redsox, Brewers, Pirates, Senators and Orioles, with multiple samples from Cubs, Redsox and Brewers. None of the pin "experts" know anything about them. There is no checklist (or anyone else who collects them, evidently!) Since the photography is so stunning, I thought Ozzie Sweet might have shot them, but his estate told me a few years ago that is unlikely. Paul Muchinsky lists only one--Dave Bristol of the Brewers--in his book about pinbacks, with no other details. They are a true mystery!

[thansen30]

This is the checklist of Brewers pins, provided by Mears:
Dave Bristol - Manager
Tommy Harper - 3B
Mike Hegan - 1B
Andy Kosco - LF
Skip Lockwood - P
Davey May - CF
Marty Pattin - P
Ken Sanders - P
Bill Voss - OF
Danny Walton - OF

http://collectiblescentral.com/ReadA...x?articleid=11

[thansen30]

There are superstars and journeymen in this pin "set." All of them are hard to find. There are also variations in size (the dave bristol is smaller than most) and finish (the Santo example above has a glossy plastic on the front, and an easel back not present on any of the others i've seen).http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1309278619

[Scott Garner]

This may be O/T, but if anyone has a Vida Blue from this set, I would be interested in purchasing it for my no-hit pitcher pinback collection.
PLMK

Thanks!

[JMEnglish27]

Kicking myself right now...

A few years back I saw a bunch of these in a bin, a buck each or so, at a twice-annual Peddler's Faire in Coarsegold, CA.

Memorial Day is coming up again...so I'll have to head up to it this year and see if they're out there again.

Couldn't tell you who or what was there for sure, but they were definitely these, as I remember that McLain one (or some Sen) and maybe the Vida Blue.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by bigj7489

Kicking myself right now...

A few years back I saw a bunch of these in a bin, a buck each or so, at a twice-annual Peddler's Faire in Coarsegold, CA.

Memorial Day is coming up again...so I'll have to head up to it this year and see if they're out there again.

Couldn't tell you who or what was there for sure, but they were definitely these, as I remember that McLain one (or some Sen) and maybe the Vida Blue.

Thanks, that would be awesome!

[thansen30]

Originally Posted by bigj7489

Kicking myself right now...

A few years back I saw a bunch of these in a bin, a buck each or so, at a twice-annual Peddler's Faire in Coarsegold, CA.

Memorial Day is coming up again...so I'll have to head up to it this year and see if they're out there again.

Couldn't tell you who or what was there for sure, but they were definitely these, as I remember that McLain one (or some Sen) and maybe the Vida Blue.

good luck with the bin! That would be incredible. Please post anything you come across--there is little known about these pins, so the more examples we can share the better

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bigj7489

Kicking myself right now...

A few years back I saw a bunch of these in a bin, a buck each or so, at a twice-annual Peddler's Faire in Coarsegold, CA.

Kick yourself a little more. This guy just went for $411 on ebay.

[sago]

They appear to have been shot in a studio, and probably at the same time for each team. You can ask one of the pictured players if they remember, should one of them appear at a show to sign autographs.

[thansen30]

The were definitely shot in a studio, using the same backdrops. They are also very well photographed--that's why I got in contact with Ozzie Sweet's biographer to see if he had anything to do with it. Dead end.
They also feature the imprint of an actual signature, reproduced primarily in brown ink (not a signature font like many modern pinbacks). The Tommy Harper pin has no signature on it.
Because of the teams involved, i'm guessing they were shot in NY, Chicago or LA, for access to teams from both leagues, and probably within the same time frame. I'm wondering if there are 10 players from each of the teams, as we no know there are for the Brewers. I have multiple players from Cubs, Brewers and Red Sox, but only single players from the A's and Giants, and have seen single players from Pirates and Senators . . .

[whiteymet]

Hi Guys:

I just picked up the Billy Conigliaro pin from this super tough set. I will be posting it on the B/S/T forum.

Sorry for the bad photo!

PM me if interested.

Fred