Fake World Series Pins

[Ron]

The pin attachment is a dead giveaway. The fakers use a oval metal piece with hole in middle that attaches the the pin to the badge. This identical attachment has been used for years on fAke radio and cereal premium badges

[EddieRebel]

Thanks Ron, I have seen the same Pin attachments on Fake WWII Nazi Pins from Germany

[Chris-Counts]

"Unfortunately, karma doesn't always catch up to people."

I'm still betting it does. When I first started going to card shows as a kid in the early 1970s, I learned very quickly — and sometimes the hard way — that there were shady people in the hobby. They just couldn't hide behind an internet handle back in those days. Regardless whether it's true, the belief that karma is real has helped keep me sane all these years.

[Hankphenom]

...that someone would go to this much trouble to make and sell fake stuff like this. Wonder if it's paying off. I guess a lot of people haven't learned--or won't pay attention to--the old lesson, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

[jbsports33]

No question these are aged to look old, many of these pins are very hard to find - and any pre-1930 pins do not come around often, I noticed the 1915 Red Sox pin the other night right away - have not seen an original in at least 20 years.

Jimmy

[D. Bergin]

If my memory serves me correctly, fake press pins have been a problem in the hobby for decades. Long before the advent of the internet.