Any One Collect Pins?

[Vintagedeputy]

I’m just as excited to show these finds as I hope you are to see them. My Muchinsky book is still in storage somewhere so if anyone has any insight from the book about these, I would appreciate it.

Here’s the first box.

Two beautiful 1967 St. Louis Cardinals pinbacks. Apparently their first base coach nicknamed them El Birdos and the nickname took off.

I need to do some work on the ribbon to flatten it some, but these two pinbacks are beautiful.

Here’s a link about El Birdos - https://mosportshalloffame.com/induc...uis-cardinals/

[Vintagedeputy]

Here’s box number two, if you’re still following…

I think the photo speaks for itself…and one of the things I love is vintage rust on the back of a pinback button.

The Berra must be an early one since he’s “Larry” there, and the light, eggshell blue is beautiful!

[Vintagedeputy]

Here is box number three from the large collection that I bought. It is very Red Sox heavy and 1970s heavy. I’m probably going to keep the large PM10 pins as well as the two crossed bat ones but much of the rest may be available if anyone sees anything interesting.

[Vintagedeputy]

Last pics..

[Cliff Bowman]

There's that Bill Lee Red Sox black box pin that someone told me about a couple of years ago but didn't provide a scan, I will add it to the checklist now. I think that is the only black box or numbered pin I see in all of those that isn't already on the checklists. That's quite a haul.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

There's that Bill Lee Red Sox black box pin that someone told me about a couple of years ago but didn't provide a scan, I will add it to the checklist now. I think that is the only black box or numbered pin I see in all of those that isn't already on the checklists. That's quite a haul.

Thanks, Cliff! Glad that I was able to contribute something! Sad that they chose such a terrible close-up shot of the spaceman for his pin. They could’ve pulled back a little bit better and made a better image.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Thanks, Cliff! Glad that I was able to contribute something! Sad that they chose such a terrible close-up shot of the spaceman for his pin. They could’ve pulled back a little bit better and made a better image.

The “black boxes” were all over the place in terms of quality. Here’s the good and the bad. I wouldn’t mind seeing some more of the bad.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Last pics..

Great stuff, Jim!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Great stuff, Jim!

Thanks, Hank. I think the Larry Berra in that light blue is my favorite out of all the ones that I got yesterday although I do really like those two el Birdos pinbacks from 1967 as well.

[perezfan]

I hate to state the obvious.... But shouldn't it be "Los Birdos"?