Any One Collect Pins?

[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.

[batsballsbases]

Very nice Jim and a dodger to boot.... Enjoy..

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Very nice Jim and a dodger to boot.... Enjoy..

Thank you, Al. I went back to that same store and saw that this vendor was having a considerable sale. I pointed out to him that there was no pin and I got it for a fair bit better price than he quoted last week. Then, I found another vendor who had miscellaneous old pinbacks for $1 each and I found one with a comparable, vintage pin and bought it for the Reese. I think it looks period appropriate and it fits well.

[Vintagedeputy]

I’m relatively new to serious pinback collecting so let me ask you guys…what draws you to these?

- There are no stats on the back like cards.
- Probably not much in the way of checklists or set building for many of these.
- Many seem to be somewhat crudely designed or just plain
- Can’t recall many people wearing these to games or in every day life during my youth (1970s-1980s)

So what’s the draw? What attracts you to them?

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I’m relatively new to serious pinback collecting so let me ask you guys…what draws you to these?

- There are no stats on the back like cards.
- Probably not much in the way of checklists or set building for many of these.
- Many seem to be somewhat crudely designed or just plain
- Can’t recall many people wearing these to games or in every day life during my youth (1970s-1980s)

So what’s the draw? What attracts you to them?

O.K. Jim I will flip the script what made you start collecting these? Now if you can answer that then you know why we do...

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

O.K. Jim I will flip the script what made you start collecting these? Now if you can answer that then you know why we do...

I’m old school, prior law enforcement. I’m a dinosaur, they tell me. I like writing stuff down on post-it notes better than an electronic to-do list. I’d much rather have a clipboard in my hands than a spreadsheet on my computer. I liked when people came to work every day, and on time because that mattered. I liked when cops hid their tattoos and were clean shaven, when the girl serving my coffee had less rings on her face than my shower curtain…when people came in for job interviews in a suit and their hair didn’t look like a bag of Skittles. I liked when kids showed respect to adults, when men looked like men and the women didn’t.

I liked when all you could think about all week was catching Mel Allen on This Week in Baseball. I liked falling asleep to the voices of Phil Rizzutto and Frank Messer calling Yankees games on 77 WABC over the pocket transistor radio hidden under my pillow. I liked when a card set could be easily built from packs, when kids flipped their cards. When cards were not shiny, refractor, serial numbered 1/1, latest/greatest nonsense. I liked when cards were just fun to collect, not investments based on a price guide.

I like when people sent linen postcards of baseball stadiums to their friends. I liked that baseball players had regular jobs in the off-season to pay the bills. I like that Willie Mays came out and played stickball with the kids in the street. I like when ball players rode the subway home like a regular Joe. I like when a ballplayer gladly signed an autograph because you revered him and wanted his signature.

I guess the pinbacks just remind me of a life that was a little simpler. Like I said, I’m a dinosaur.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I’m relatively new to serious pinback collecting so let me ask you guys…what draws you to these?

- There are no stats on the back like cards.
- Probably not much in the way of checklists or set building for many of these.
- Many seem to be somewhat crudely designed or just plain
- Can’t recall many people wearing these to games or in every day life during my youth (1970s-1980s)

So what’s the draw? What attracts you to them?

I would disagree on lack of checklists. Unfortunately, most of those checklists are homemade on our computers….at least mine is.

[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.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by icollectDCsports

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.

I guess a little rust can be a welcomed sight!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I guess a little rust can be a welcomed sight!

Right.... Grading be damned.

We like them clean, but (unlike cards) signs of age are very much welcomed (especially when confined to the reverse side )