Any One Collect Pins?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Hi Mike I would have bet that also but in doing a little research it may be possible that those redleg booster pins may have been put out in 1953 as the then Reds didnt want any association to communism so they made a change to the redlegs..... The pins themselves look older than 50s but could they have been the redlegs before that ? Possible but for now I will correct myself and say mid 50s... And Chris +Scott I will lean with both of you!

Well, just to add a little more doubt to the actual date of this pinback, it should be noted that the Reds were called the Redlegs by the press at least as early as 1938. I happened to be flipping through Louis Stewart's (Johnny Vander Meer's girlfriend and future wife) scrapbook of Vandy's career through the 1937-1944 era with the Reds. I noted several references to the Reds being called the Redlegs.

Oh well...

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Well, just to add a little more doubt to the actual date of this pinback, it should be noted that the Reds were called the Redlegs by the press at least as early as 1938. I happened to be flipping through Louis Stewart's (Johnny Vander Meer's girlfriend and future wife) scrapbook of Vandy's career through the 1937-1944 era with the Reds. I noted several references to the Reds being called the Redlegs.

Oh well...

See Scott now you have me thinking about my original thought to the pin being late 30s .... As i said from the start that pin looks older than the 50s..... So now what do we do ? I guess we will have to use the catch all phrase 30s to 50s era.. LOL

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Believe it or not, this was a Holy Grail for me. Part of a 1987-89 set with Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell, Candy Maldonado, Rick Rueschel and Joel Youngblood. Clark and Mitchell are very common; the others are tough, especially Rueschel. I had been looking for Krukow for 30 f**king years!

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[Scott Garner]

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[LuckyLarry]

At the Chicago National 2021 I picked up this beanie with 43 1933 Tattoo Orbit pins ($400) my favorite pick-up from the show

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

At the Chicago National 2021 I picked up this beanie with 43 1933 Tattoo Orbit pins ($400) my favorite pick-up from the show

Fantastic!