End of the year PINBACK Extravaganza!!!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

A Few Wagners

Al,
Your Honus Wagner pinbacks are terrific. I especially like the Wagner Day committee pinback. Wow!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Al,
Your Honus Wagner pinbacks are terrific. I especially like the Wagner Day committee pinback. Wow!

I completely concur with Scott. Your pin and photo collections are absolutely top-shelf, Al.

Happy New Years Guys!

P.S. Hey Al... are you taking good care of my Gehrig photo?

[batsballsbases]

Jimmy, Scott, Guys Thankyou much for the kind praise! I try as I just had a nice talk with Mike H. to let other people put up pics of thier collections. I really enjoy seeing what others like to collect in the way of pins. I could post all day but thats not what I want to do. I really enjoyed the 1924 picture that Stone193 posted Thats the kind of stuff I love.

Jimmy my friend Your collection is one of the best I have ever seen your photos are the best. And yes (YOUR) Gehrig burke photo is resting comfortably in my collection with your name on it! I love every thread you start when it comes to memorabilia even the beatles! Happy holidays my friend!

Im going to try and scan some items that might not be worth a ton but just to show some items that other pin collectors can keep an eye out for.
Keep posting!!

[batsballsbases]

Jimmy,
Just for you!! Sorry Mike just a little Hi Jack! for Jimmy.

Back to the pins!!!!!!!!

[batsballsbases]

Here are a few I like to say keep the juices flowing.
1 a blue edged 1 1/4 white sox crossed bats
2 a very hard to find Yankees old Timers Day Crossed bats
3 a 1/14 cleveland indians crossed bats (just a little find of these over the last year or so)
4 a 1 1/4 Detroit Tigers pin with the ball on the bottom of the crossed bats
5Mike Kendall this one is for you so you can keep looking a 3 1/4 red edged crossed bats dodgers pin.
6 and you know that the sickness has really hit you when you consider this a crossed bats pirates pin.
I cant give all my secrets guys but this will keep you looking!

[stone193]

I found this scan in my file - just to add to the crossed bats:

[stone193]

I know everyone is familiar with this pin - I picked them up cheap due to condition and - I believe - fear they're not real?

Here's a few:









Two "key" features are telltale for spotting the fake:

1. The threads of the ball - on the real pin - touch the 'oval' Esso (dealer stations).



2. The Font on the "R" in Ruth is different in the real vs. the reprint pin.

I don't have a fake - took this off of ebay - I wouldn't mind having a fake one but right now all of them are going for good money - and one of them is from a good seller - so - either the info I have is bad or they fool a lot of people?



Comparison of the real vs the fake with respect to the "R" font.

Real:

Fake:

Here's a cool pic of the Babe which was part of the promotion:



I picked up this companion piece - a stack of application forms:

[MK]

Al,
Thanks for the crossed bats pins photos. I will be looking for the red border Dodger large pin among others. The Detroit pin with the bats and ball upside down has got to be a very scarce misprint. There is a 1.75 inch Detroit crossed bats spelled "Detriot" that Muchinsky shows in his book. This is why collecting this group of pins is so much fun for me. Just when you think you have a checklist of all the pins, someone shows you one you never knew existed.

[batsballsbases]

Here is a crossed bats that is very hard , I took this scan from my good friend Andy! The pin is around but the ribbon isnt!
Mike no problem at all. You were kind enough to post yours (and I was glad to see them) this is why I love the pinback posts new items that you never see!