End of the year PINBACK Extravaganza!!!

[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:

[Oldtix]

Originally Posted by 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?

You might want to check out the information at keymancollectibles.

http://keymancollectibles.com/pinsbu...uthessopin.htm

[stone193]

Originally Posted by Oldtix

You might want to check out the information at keymancollectibles.

http://keymancollectibles.com/pinsbu...uthessopin.htm

Hi Rick

Thanx - that's one of the places I got the info from. It's interesting how many times I've seen the fake in auctions - both ebay and 'houses.'

[RichardSimon]

Some rare 1965 Mets pins and a jumbo sized 1969 Mets pin.

[Scott Garner]

Richard,
I like the 1965 Mets pinbacks. Cool!

[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!