Any One Collect Pins?

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Anyone familiar with this Cubs pinback? I purchased it last night for my growing collection. Those weird, googly eyes were calling to me.

Nice little cubs pin Jim... I believe its the 1 1/4 inch one usually sells in the 10-20 dollar range..... Mike K can school you about cubs pins...

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Nice little cubs pin Jim... I believe its the 1 1/4 inch one usually sells in the 10-20 dollar range..... Mike K can school you about cubs pins...

Thanks! Happy to learn from you guys. Any idea on age?

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Thanks! Happy to learn from you guys. Any idea on age?

I believe 50s Jim

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

I believe 50s Jim

Great! Thanks! I thought it was a pretty cool pick-up for $5.00.

[MK]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Great! Thanks! I thought it was a pretty cool pick-up for $5.00.

Jim,
This pin came in three sizes and was issued in 1951.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by MK

Jim,
This pin came in three sizes and was issued in 1951.

Awesome info, thanks! Always neat to associate an actual date. I haven't received it yet but I'm assuming based on the photo with the woman's fingernail that its probably equal to the small one in your photo.

Learning more and more about pinbacks every day!

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Great! Thanks! I thought it was a pretty cool pick-up for $5.00.

You got a deal on that one, but it's not a high dollar pinback in any case, as others have stated. Which is a great thing about pinbacks -- some of the absolutely most attractive ones aren't necessarily rare or expensive. I love that about this niche of collecting.

(Also, yours looks to be absolutely legit vintage, but I do think pins of this design may have been reproduced at some point more recent than their original issue.)

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by icollectDCsports

You got a deal on that one, but it's not a high dollar pinback in any case, as others have stated. Which is a great thing about pinbacks -- some of the absolutely most attractive ones aren't necessarily rare or expensive. I love that about this niche of collecting.

(Also, yours looks to be absolutely legit vintage, but I do think pins of this design may have been reproduced at some point more recent than their original issue.)

Is there a way to tell the new ones from the originals?

[Vintagedeputy]

Ok, I caved.

I could not let Pee Wee Reese sit in that antique store display case one more day, so he came home to live with me instead.

I am now officially addicted to pinback collecting.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Is there a way to tell the new ones from the originals?

For this pinback design specifically, I've seen quite a few over the years that seem to have a different backing material, with bright and shiny rims, and just overall look new. I understand that there is "new, old stock" for some vintage items, but some of these just seemed much newer than 50s or even 60s to me.